What is a hook and how malware can damage you using a “hook”?
Is there also a global hook?
What is a hook and how malware can damage you using a “hook”?
Is there also a global hook?
A hook is a mechanism by which an application can intercept events, such as messages, mouse actions, and keystrokes. A function that intercepts a particular type of event is known as a hook procedure. A hook procedure can act on each event it receives, and then modify or discard the event.
Here’s some reading about it
Thanks I’ll give it a read