Also called
slag code,
programming code added to the
software of an
application or
operating system that lies dormant until a predetermined period of time (i.e., a period of latency) or event occurs,
triggering the code into action. Logic bombs typically are malicious in intent, acting in the same ways as a
virus or
Trojan horse once activated. In fact, viruses that are set to be released at a certain time are considered logic bombs. They can perform such actions as reformatting a
hard drive and/or deleting, altering or corrupting data.
