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9.2 Further Information
You can find further information on viruses, worms, macro viruses and other
unwanted programs at
http://www.avira.com .
syslog daemon
A daemon used by programs for logging various information. These
reports are written in different logfiles. The syslog daemon
configuration is in
/etc/antivir.conf
.
Unwanted programs The name for programs that do not directly harm the computer, but
are not wanted by the user or administrator or have been installed
without their consent. These can be backdoors (BDC), dialers, jokes
and games.
VDF (Virus Definition
File) A file with known signatures for viruses and unwanted programs. In
many cases it is sufficient for an update to load the most recent version
of this file.
Term Meaning