Phishing The act of sending an e-mail to a user falsely claiming to be
an established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the
user into surrenderingprivate information that willbe used for
identity theft. The e-mail directs the user to visit a Web site
where they are asked to update personal information, such as
passwords and credit card, social security, and bank account
numbers, that thelegitimate organization alreadyhas. The Web
site, however, is bogus and set up only to steal the user’s in-
formation.
Polymorphic virus A virus that changes its form with each file it infects. Since
they have no consistent binary pattern, such viruses are hard
to identify.
Port An interfaceon a computerto which youcan connect adevice.
Personal computers have various types of ports. Internally,
there are several ports for connecting disk drives, display
screens, and keyboards. Externally, personal computers have
ports for connecting modems, printers, mice, and other peri-
pheral devices.
In TCP/IPand UDPnetworks, anendpoint to alogical connec-
tion. The port number identifies what type of port it is. For
example, port 80 is used for HTTP traffic.
Report file A file that lists actions that have occurred. BitDefender main-
tains a report file listing the path scanned, the folders, the
number of archives and files scanned, how many infected and
suspicious files were found.
Script Another term for macro or batch file, a script is a list of com-
mands that can be executed without user interaction.
Spam Electronic junk mail or junk newsgroup postings. Generally
known as any unsolicited e-mail.
Spyware Any software that covertly gathers user information through
the user's Internet connection without his or her knowledge,
usually for advertising purposes. Spyware applications are
typically bundled as a hidden component of freeware or
shareware programsthat canbe downloaded fromthe Internet;
however, it should be noted that themajority of shareware and
freeware applications do not come with spyware. Once in-
stalled, the spyware monitors user activity on the Internet and
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