Frequently Asked Questions

Business:

What is the cloud?
What are key cloud terms?
Why should I move my business to the cloud?
What benefits will I receive?
What challenges will I come across?
Why?
Where to start?
Who are the winners?
What is the outcome?
How do I contact sales?

Threats:

What if my computer is infected?
What are symptoms of infections?
What to do if you suspect symptoms of infections?
How do I find an infected file?
Who Creates malware and why?
What is Computer vandalism?
What is Petty theft?
What is Cyber Crime?
What is Support for spammer's?
What are Distributed network attacks?
What are Botnets?
What are Calls to premium pay numbers or sending paid SMS?
What is Stealing electronic currency?
What is Stealing banking information?
What is Stealing other confidential information?
What is Blackmail and cyber extortion?
What are Evolving delivery methods?
What are Targeted attacks?
What are Other criminal activity?
What are Gray market businesses?
What are Adware threats?
What are Pornography and premium-pay resources?
What are Rogue and anti-spyware programs?

Glossary:

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AdvWare
Adware
AIM [AOL Instant Messenger]
Anti-virus database
Anti-virus engine
Anti-virus update
Anti-virus upgrade
API [Application Program Interface]
Archive bomb
Archive file
ASCII [American Standard Code for Information Interchange]
Attack Signature

Backdoor Trojans
Bandwidth
Batch file
Behavioral analysis
Binary code
BIOS
BIT
Black hole list
Blacklist
Blended threat
Bluetooth
Boot
Boot disk
Boot sector
Boot sector virus
Bridge
Broadband
Browser Helper Object
Browser Hijacker
Bug
Byte

Cache
CARO [Computer Anti-Virus Research Organization]
Classic virus
CLI [Command Line Interface]
Command line
Command Line Prompt
Command Prompt
Companion virus
Compound threat
Compressed file
Computer virus
Computer worm
Cookie
Crimeware

DDOS (Distributed Denial of Service] Attack
DHA [Directory Havest Attack]
Dial-up connection
Dissembler
Disk sector
DNS cache poisoning
DNS poisoning
DNS [ Domain Name System] server
Domain name
DOS prompt
DOS (Denial of Service] attack
Download
DSL

E-mail
Eicar [European Institute for Computer Anti-Virus Research]
Email worm
Encryption
EXE files
Executable file
Exploit

False alarm
False negative
False positive
FAT [File Allocation Table]
File virus
Firewall
Format
FTP [File Transfer Protocol]

Gateway
Generic detection
Gigabyte

Hacker
Hardware
Heuristic analysis
Hexadecimal
Hoax
Hosts file
HOT spot
Hotel
HTML [Hypertext Markup Language]
HTTP [Hypertext Transfer Protocol]

ICQ
IDS [Intrusion Detection Systems]
IM [Instant Messaging]
IMAP [Internet Message Access Protocol]
Internet
Internet worm
Intrusion detection
IP address
IPS [Intrusion Prevention Systems]
IRC [Internet Relay Chat]
ISP [Internet Service Provider]
ITW (In-the-Wild) Samples

JavaScript
Joke Program
Junk e-mail

Kaspersky Security Network (KSN)
Kernel
Key
Key logger
Keystroke logger
Kilobyte

Link virus

Macro virus
Maintenance pack
Malicious code
Malicious program
Malicious software
Malware
Malware-related program
Mass-mailer
MBR [Master Boot Record]
Megabyte
Memory
Modem
MS-DOS
MSN Messenger
Multipartite

Network
Network worm
NTFS [New Technology File System]

Object code
Open relay
Open source software
Operating system
Overwriting virus

P2P
Packed file
Packet
Partition
Partition sector
Password-stealing Trojans
Patch
Payload
PDA [Personal Digital Assistant]
PE EXE files
Personal Firewall
Phishing
Polymorphism
POP3 [Post Office Protocol 3]
Pornware
Port
Port scanning
Potentially hostile programs
Program
Proxy server
PSW Trojans

RAM [Random Access memory]
RBL [Real time Block list]
Real time black list
Registry key
Rootkits
Router

Sandbox
SDK [Software Development Kit]
Sector
Service pack
Shell
Smart phone
SMTP [Simple Mail Transfer Protocol]
Social engineering
Software
Source code
Spam
Spyware
Stealth
Stealth virus
System disk
System files
System registry
System registry key

TCP/IP port
TCP/IP [Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol]
Terabyte
Toolkit
Trojan
Trojan Clickers
Trojan Downloaders
Trojan Droppers
Trojan horse
Trojan Notifies
Trojan Proxies
Trojan Spies

UCE [Unsolicited Commercial E-mail]
UDP [User Datagram Protocol]
Unicode
Unix
Upload
URL [Universal Resource Locator]
USB [Universal Serial Bus]

Variant
VBS [Visual Basic Script]
Virus
Virus definition
Virus signature
VOIP [Voice over IP]
VPN [Virtual Private Network]
Vulnerability

War chalking
War driving
Web browser
White list
WIFI
Wild List
Windows registry
Wireless access point
Wireless network
World Wide Web
Worm

xx-bit processor

Zero-day exploit
Zoo

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