August 2, 2009 in Article by EnJ

19 Critical Security Terms You Must Know

Anti-virus : Software that scans your pc for viruses, worms, and trojans using up-to-date virus signatures. Once found, the program can remove, or quarantine the virus and (ideally) keep it from performing whatever malicious duties is was sent to do.

Attack: An attempt by an unauthorized individual or program to gain control over aspects of your pc for various purposes.
Backdoor: This is sometimes referred to as a trapdoor, and is a feature in programs that the original programmer puts into the code in order to fix bugs or make other changes that need to be made. However, if this information becomes known to anyone else it poses a potential security risk. Read more »