Kaspersky Internet Security 2012

G L O S S A R Y
B L O C K I N G A N O B J E C T
Denying access to an object from external applications. A blocked object cannot be read, executed, changed, or deleted.
B O O T V I R U S
A virus that infects the boot sectors of a computer's hard drive. The virus forces the system to load it into memory during
reboot and to direct control to the virus code instead of the original boot loader code.
C
C O M P R E S S E D F I L E
An archive file that contains a decompression program and instructions for the operating system for executing it.
D
D A N G E R O U S O B J E C T
An object containing a virus. You are advised not to access these objects, because it may result in infection of your
computer. Once an infected object is detected, we recommend that you disinfect it using one of Kaspersky Lab's
applications, or delete it if disinfection is not possible.
D A T A B A S E O F P H I S H I N G W E B A D D R E S S E S
List of web addresses which are defined as phishing by Kaspersky Lab specialists. The database is regularly updated
and is part of the Kaspersky Lab application.
D A T A B A S E O F S U S P I C I O U S W E B A D D R E S S E S
List of web addresses whose content can be considered to be potentially dangerous. The list was created by Kaspersky
Lab specialists. It is regularly updated and is included in the Kaspersky Lab application package.
D A T A B A S E U P D A T E
One of the functions performed by a Kaspersky Lab application that enables it to keep protection current. In doing so, the
databases are downloaded from the Kaspersky Lab update servers onto the computer and are automatically connected
to the application.
D A T A B A S E S
Databases created by Kaspersky Lab's experts and containing a detailed description of all current threats to computer
security, as well as methods used for their detection and disinfection. These databases are constantly updated by
Kaspersky Lab as new threats appear.
D E L E T I N G A N O B J E C T
The method of processing objects which ends in it being physically deleted from its original location (hard drive, folder,
network resource). We recommend that this method be applied to dangerous objects which, for whatever reason, cannot
be disinfected.
D I S I N F E C T I N G O B J E C T S O N R E S T A R T
A method of processing infected objects that are being used by other applications at the moment of disinfection. Consists
of creating a copy of the infected object, disinfecting the copy created, and replacing the original infected object with the
disinfected copy after the next system restart.
D I S K B O O T S E C T O R
A boot sector is a particular area on a computer's hard drive, floppy, or other data storage device. It contains information
on the disk's file system and a boot loader program that is responsible for starting the operating system.
There exist a number of viruses that infect boot sectors, which are thus called boot viruses. The Kaspersky Lab
application allows scanning of boot sectors for viruses and disinfecting them if an infection is found.
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