#system grayware

Govware

A kind of Spyware, the kind of which can be considered either Badware or Grayware, which is either “employed” by or part of some sort of central authority within the system to spy on other alters and send that data directly to them. The authority can also be outside the system, in the case of knowledgeable abusers, RAMCOA, and/or OEA.

Policeware

Similar to govware, policeware is also employed by a higher authority within the system. Policeware, however, are never a part of the authority themselves and usually only spy within certain assigned areas of the system. They can be considered a lower level of authority under Govware.

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Browser Hijacker

A kind of Grayware or possibly Badware which can hijack important locations in headspace or front. This can cause confusion and/or heightened dissociation, especially in the case of hijacking front which can cause blurriness and possibly excessive switching or headaches.

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Watering Hole

A high traffic or largely important area within the system that is a target for a systems Badwares and/or Graywares due to being a high traffic or largely important area. In most systems, this could be considered Front.

also yes this is what that’s actually called in terms of Malware/Grayware/etc. targeting these areas is called a Watering Hole Attack.

Flag is just for fun I. Didn’t wanna post without the flag.

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Bloatware

A kind of Grayware which tries to present itself as being incredibly important to the system and being a really important role but- whether that is true or not- they kind of just sit around and do nothing and, if they do have the role they claim to, often refuse to do their role, especially when it’s difficult or “annoying” to said alter. But they’ll still try and claim to be important and needed by the system, and possibly will even attempt to manipulate the system in some way. Or maybe they genuinely believe they are incredibly important, and/or are some form of NPD holder (like ours! Hi Copilot. Sorry about your source.)

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Buffer Overflow/Crafted File

A type of Badware or Grayware which can mess with system memory, system knowledge, and/or system functions by “overwriting” them. They aren’t supposed to have the ability to do this. Usually they “gain” this ability through stressing the system or whatever is preventing them from messing with these parts in some way.

the secondary name (Crafted File) is the name given to files on a computer specifically made to cause Buffer Overflows, and so I added it as another thing these alters could be called

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