Glossary

Activation code

A code that you receive when purchasing a license for Kaspersky Endpoint Security. 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.

Administration group

A set of devices grouped by function and by installed Kaspersky applications. Devices are grouped as a single entity for the convenience of management. A group can include other groups. Group policies and group tasks can be created for each installed application in the group.

Administration Server

A component of Kaspersky Security Center that centrally stores information about all Kaspersky applications that are installed on the corporate network. It can also be used to manage these applications.

Anti-virus databases

Databases that contain information about computer security threats known to Kaspersky 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 specialists and updated hourly.

Backup

A special storage for backup copies of files, which are created before disinfection or deletion is attempted.

Disinfection

A method of processing infected objects that results in full or partial recovery of data. Not all infected objects can be disinfected.

Exclusion

An Exclusion is an object excluded from the scan by a Kaspersky application. You can exclude from the scan files of certain formats, file masks, a certain area (for example, a folder or a program), application processes, or objects by threat type, according to the Virus Encyclopedia classification. Each task can be assigned a set of exclusions.

False positive

A situation when a Kaspersky application considers a non-infected object to be infected because the object's code is similar to that of a virus.

File mask

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.

File Threat Protection (File Anti-Virus)

Security application component that resides in the device RAM and scans all files that are opened, saved, or executed. By default, this component is configured with the settings that are recommended by Kaspersky experts.

Group task

A task defined for an administration group and performed on all client devices included in that administration group.

Infected object

An object of which a portion of code completely matches part of the code of known malware. Kaspersky does not recommend accessing such objects.

Kaspersky update servers

A list of Kaspersky's HTTP and FTP servers from which the application downloads database updates to mobile devices.

License

A time-limited right to use the app, granted under the End User License Agreement.

License certificate

A document provided to you by Kaspersky together with a key file or an activation code. This document contains information about the license provided.

Policy

A policy determines an application's settings and manages the ability to configure that application on computers within an administration group. An individual policy must be created for each application. You can create multiple policies for applications installed on computers in each administration group, but only one policy can be applied at a time to each application within an administration group.

Proxy server

A computer network service which allows users to make indirect requests to other network services. First, a user connects to a proxy server and requests a resource (e.g., a file) located on another server. Then the proxy server either connects to the specified server and obtains the resource from it or returns the resource from its own cache (if the proxy has its own cache). In some cases, a user's request or a server's response can be modified by the proxy server for certain purposes.

Subscription

Enables use of the application within the selected parameters (expiration date and number of devices). You can pause or resume your subscription, renew it automatically, or cancel it.

Task

Functions performed by the Kaspersky application are implemented as tasks, such as: Real-time file protection, Full computer scan, and Database update.

Task for specific devices

A task assigned to a set of client devices from arbitrary administration groups and performed on those devices.

Task settings

Application settings that are specific for each task type.

Update

A function performed by a Kaspersky application that enables it to keep computer protection up-to-date. During the update, an application downloads updates for its databases and modules from Kaspersky update servers and automatically installs and applies them.