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GLOSSARY
А
A C T I V A T I N G T H E P R O G R A M
The activation procedure involves entering the activate code and then receiving a key to be used by the program to
determine your rights and the license period.
A R C H I V E
File "containing" one or several other objects which also can be archives.
B
B A S E S
Database maintained by the experts at Kaspersky Lab and containing detailed descriptions of all existing threats to
computer security, methods of their detection and neutralization. The database is constantly updated at Kaspersky Lab
as new threats emerge. To improve the quality of threat detection we recommend regular downloading of database
updates from the update servers of Kaspersky Lab.
B L A C K L I S T
Entries in this list include:
phone numbers incoming calls and SMS messages from which will be blocked by Anti-Spam and outgoing calls
and SMS messages to which will be blocked by Parental control.
text upon detection of which the incoming SMS message will be blocked.
B L O C K I N G A N O B J E C T
Blocking access to an object by external programs. A blocked object cannot be read, executed, modified or deleted.
D
D E L E T I O N O F A N O B J E C T
The object processing method involving its physical deletion from the location in which it was detected by the program
(hard drive, folder, network resource). We recommend to apply this processing method to dangerous objects which, for
any reason, cannot be disinfected.
D E L E T I O N O F A N S M S M E S S A G E
A method of processing an SMS message containing SPAM features involving its physical deletion. We recommend to
use this method with SMS messages definitely containing spam.
D I S I N F E C T I N G O B J E C T S
A method used for processing infected objects that results in complete or partial recovery of data or a decision is made
that the objects cannot be disinfected. Disinfection of objects is performed based on the records of bases. Part of data
can be lost during the disinfection process.
F
F I L E M A S K
Representation of file name and extension using wildcards. The two basic wildcards used in file masks are “*” and “?”
(where “*” represents any number of characters and “?” stands for any single character). Using these wildcards, you can
represent any file. Note that the file name and file extension are always separated by a period.