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In-the-Wild (ITW)

By Mary Landesman, About.com

Definition:

In-the-Wild (ItW) refers to viruses or other malware that are actively circulating or actively infecting users' computers - as opposed to malware that exists in a laboratory (zoo) testing environment only.

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