Appendix
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Appendix
9.1
Glossary
Term
Meaning
cron (daemon)
A daemon which starts other programs at specified times.
Daemon
A background process for administration on UNIX systems. On
average, there are about a dozen daemons running on a computer.
These processes usually start up and shut down with the computer.
Demo version
Without a license file, Avira AntiVir MailGate runs as a demo version.
An Avira banner is inserted in every email. The automatic update
function is not available, so you will have to download new virus
definitions and scan engine versions manually from our website.
Eicar
The European Institute for Computer Antivirus Research offers a test
virus for testing antivirus programs. More details at:
http://www.eicar.org
Logfile
also: Report file. A file containing reports generated by the program
during run-time when a certain event occurs.
Malware
Generic term for "foreign bodies" of any type. These can be
interferences such as viruses or other software, which the user
generally considers as unwanted (see also Unwanted Programs).
MIME
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions: Internet extensions for
integrating binary files in Internet emails. MIME supports so-called
multipart emails, to allow various file types in an email or binary
attachments and HTML emails.
MTA
Mail Transfer Agent: a program that sends emails via SMTP. For
example, Sendmail, Postfix, Exim.
Quarantine directory
The directory where infected files are stored to block the user’s access
to them. (for example,
rejected
)
root
The user with unlimited access rights (such as system administrator on
Windows)
Scan engine
AntiVir software module, which controls the search for viruses and
unwanted programs.
SAVAPI
Secure AntiVirus Application Programming Interface
Script
A text file containing commands to be executed in UNIX (similar to
batch files in DOS).
SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol: protocol for email communication on
the Internet.
