Kaspersky Internet Security 2012

U S E R G U I D E
D O M A I N N A M E S E R V I C E ( D N S )
A distributed system for converting the name of a host (a computer or other network device) to an IP address. DNS
functions in TCP/IP networks. As a special case, DNS can also store and process reverse requests and determine the
name of a host by its IP address (PTR record). Resolution of DNS names is usually carried out by network applications,
not by users.
D U A L - H O M E D G A T E W A Y
Computer equipped with two network adapters (each of which is connected to a different network) which transfers data
from one network to the other.
E
E M A I L D A T A B A S E S
Databases containing emails in a special format and saved on your computer. Each incoming/outgoing email is placed in
the mail database after it is received/sent. These databases are scanned during a full computer scan.
Incoming and outgoing emails are analyzed for viruses in real time at the time that they are sent and received if real-time
protection is enabled.
E V E N T S E V E R I T Y L E V E L
Description of an event logged during the operation of the Kaspersky Lab application. There are four severity levels:
Critical event.
Functional failure.
Warning.
Information message.
Events of the same type may have different severity levels, depending on the situation when the event occurred.
E X C L U S I O N
An Exclusion is an object excluded from the scan by a Kaspersky Lab application. You can exclude files of certain
formats, file masks, a certain area (for example, a folder or a program), application processes, or objects by threat type,
according to the Virus Encyclopedia classification from the scan. Each task can be assigned a set of exclusions.
F
F A L S E A L A R M
A situation when a Kaspersky Lab application considers a non-infected object to be infected because its code is similar
to that of a virus.
F I L E M A S K
Representation of a file name and extension using wildcards. The two standard wildcards used in file masks are * and ?,
where * represents any number of any characters and ? stands for any single character. Using these wildcards, you can
represent any file. Note that the name and extension are always separated by a period.
H
H A R D W A R E P O R T
Socket on a hardware component of a computer in which a cable or a plug can be connected (LPT port, serial port, USB
port).
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