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What is a logic bomb?

What is a logic bomb? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A piece of code intentionally inserted into a software system that will set off a malicious function when specified conditions are met.
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Hey, script kiddies, need to make your l33t logic bomb into a l33t3r worm?
Lucubee Inc. makes no warranties respecting any harm that may be caused by the transmission of a computer virus, worm, time bomb, logic bomb, or other such computer program.
In addition, in cases where a virus contains a time or logic bomb, sandboxing is rarely successful.
Various actions are covered, for example material destruction, introduction of a virus or a logic bomb, changing a code, sending a large number of emails.
A time bomb occurs during a particular date or time, and a logic bomb occurs when the user of a computer takes an action that triggers the bomb.
If he were malicious, he could do extensive damage uncork a virus, plant a logic bomb, joyride through their servers and trash their data.

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