Internet security

Internet security

Definitions for common terms and phrases related to security threats, vulnerabilities, and technology.

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Internet security

A fraudulent email that is sent in chain-letter fashion, describing a devastating, highly unlikely type of virus or any other large, usually negative event. Hoaxes are detectable because they have ...

banner ad

Internet; Internet security

This type of advertisement usually resides at the top of a web page.

patch releases

Internet; Internet security

Intermediate distribution of a product that addresses specific issues. This is previously called HotFix release.

quarantine folder

Internet; Internet security

Includes the location on a computer system that stores email messages or files, containing viruses or other suspicious code. The system administrator reviews the messages or files to determine how ...

McAfee Labs

Internet; Internet security

McAfee’s global security research centers. McAfee Labs delivers the core technologies and threat intelligence that power McAfee’s suite of endpoint, web, email, and network security products. ...

browser hijackers

Internet; Internet security

Programs that replace the browser home page, search page, search results, error message pages, or other browser content with unexpected or unwanted content.

zombie

Internet; Internet security

A computer that is infected with a virus or Trojan horse that puts it under the remote control of an online hijacker. The hijacker uses a zombie to generate spam or launch denial of service attacks.