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B A C K U P S T O R A G E
Special storage designed to save backup copies of objects created before their first disinfection or deletion.
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 base is regularly updated and it
is a part of Kaspersky Lab application.
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, which content can be considered as potentially dangerous. The list is created by Kaspersky Lab
specialists. It is regularly updated and is included into the Kaspersky Lab application package.
B L A C K L I S T O F K E Y F I L ES
A database containing information on blacklisted Kaspersky Lab key files whose owners violated the terms of the license
agreement and information on key files that were issued but for some reason were not sold or were replaced. A blacklist
file is necessary for the operation of Kaspersky Lab applications. File contents is updated together with the databases.
B L O C K I N G T H E 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 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.
D A N G E R O U S O B J E C T
Object containing a virus. You are advised not to access these objects, because it may result in an 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 U P D A T E S
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 detailed description of all currently existing 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. In order to achieve higher quality of threat detection we recommend that you
copy databases from Kaspersky Lab's update servers on a regular basis.
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 any 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 disc's file system and a boot loader program that is responsible for starting the operating system.