olemus
programm, mis installib arvutisse muu kahjurvara:
üheastmeline sisaldab ise kahjurkoodi,
kaheastmeline võtab selle mujalt;
mõnes kontekstis nimetatakse pipetiks ainult üheastmelist
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malicious software whose main purpose is to install other malware components

ülevaateid
https://www.techopedia.com/definition/54/dropper

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dropper_(malware)

https://encyclopedia.kaspersky.com/glossary/trojan-droppers/

https://www.lastline.com/blog/droppers-malware-that-precipitates-malware/

https://resources.infosecinstitute.com/malware-spotlight-droppers/

https://conference.hitb.org/hitblockdown/materials/D1%20-%20Hiding%20In%20Plain%20Sight-%20Analyzing%20Recent%20Evolutions%20in%20Malware%20Loaders%20-%20Holger%20Unterbrink%20&%20Edmund%20Brumaghin.pdf

näiteid
https://blog.malwarebytes.com/detections/trojan-dropper/

https://www.securityweek.com/malware-dropper-supports-dozen-decoy-document-formats

https://medium.com/maverislabs/analysis-of-a-vbs-malware-dropper-2e1705da9510

https://www.subexsecure.com/pdf/malware-reports/June-2020/Linux-Dropper.pdf

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/04/anatomy-android-malware-dropper