Kaspersky QR Scanner

Glossary

Built-in browser

A built-in browser of Kaspersky QR Scanner that lets you safely view information encoded in a QR code and safely visit links encoded in a QR code. The built-in browser scans websites before you open them using cloud data from Kaspersky Security Network.

Kaspersky Security Network (KSN)

An infrastructure of cloud services that provides access to the online Knowledge Base of Kaspersky Lab which contains information about the reputation of files, web resources, and software. The use of data from Kaspersky Security Network ensures faster response by Kaspersky Lab apps to threats, improves the effectiveness of some protection components, and reduces the risk of false positives.

Malicious links

Web addresses leading to malicious resources, i.e. web resources designed to spread malware.

Phishing

A type of Internet fraud aimed at obtaining unauthorized access to users' confidential data.

QR code

A two-dimensional bar code with encoded information that is scanned by means of the device camera. A QR code can contain text, an image, a link to a website, contact details, or Wi-Fi network connection settings, or other information.