Switching the application to fully functional mode. Application activation is performed by the user during or after installation of the application. You should have an activation code or key file to activate the application.
A code that you receive when purchasing a license for Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365. This code is required for activation of the application.
The activation code is a unique sequence of twenty letters and numbers in the format xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx.
Databases that contain information about computer security threats known to Kaspersky Lab as of when the anti-virus databases are released. Entries in anti-virus databases allow malicious code to be detected in scanned objects. Anti-virus databases are created by Kaspersky Lab specialists and updated hourly.
A hidden folder specially set up in a user mailbox where messages containing threats detected in this mailbox are moved to.
A list of web addresses whose content may be considered to be dangerous. Created by Kaspersky Lab specialists, the list is regularly updated and is included in the Kaspersky Lab application package.
List of web addresses which have been defined as phishing addresses by Kaspersky Lab specialists. The databases are regularly updated and are part of the Kaspersky Lab application package.
Representation of a file name using wildcards. The standard wildcards used in file masks are * and ?, where * represents any number of any characters and ? stands for any single character.
A technology for detecting threats about which information has not yet been added to Kaspersky Lab databases. The heuristic analyzer detects objects whose behavior in the operating system may pose a security threat. Objects detected by the heuristic analyzer are considered to be probably infected. For example, an object may be considered probably infected if it contains sequences of commands that are typical of malicious objects (open file, write to file).
The Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 component that provides a user interface for configuring and tracking the operation of Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365.
An infrastructure of cloud services that provides access to the Kaspersky Lab database with constantly updated information about the reputation of files, web resources, and software. Kaspersky Security Network ensures faster responses by Kaspersky Lab applications to threats, improves the performance of some protection components, and reduces the likelihood of false positives.
Web addresses, which lead to malicious resources, that are resources, which distribute malicious software.
Programs which are specifically designed to delete, block, modify, or copy data or to disrupt the performance of computers and/or computer networks. This class includes viruses, worms, Trojans, and other programs used to automatically conduct malicious activity.
A message with information about an event (or events), which is sent by the application via other notification delivery systems (for example, via email) to the specified addresses.
Administrator role in Office 365 infrastructure. Global Administrator has full access to all administrative features and other administrative roles in Office 365.
A type of Internet fraud aimed at obtaining unauthorized access to users' confidential data.
Phishing links lead to fraudulent websites designed to steal personal data of users, such as bank account details. A phishing attack can be disguised, for example, as a message from your bank with a link to its official website. By clicking the link, you go to an exact copy of the bank's website and can even see the bank site's address in the browser, even though you are actually on a spoofed site. All of your further actions on the website are tracked and can be used to steal your private data.
A user account that is used to access email items in Office 365 for scanning. The Administrator should grant ApplicationImpersonation and Mailbox Search roles to this account in order to enable Anti-Virus, Anti-Spam, and Anti-Phishing protection.
Unsolicited mass email mailings, most often including advertisements.
A program that infects other ones, by adding its code to them in order to gain control when infected files are run. This simple definition allows identifying the main action performed by any virus: infection.
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