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Virus, Spyware and Malware Removal
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Spyware, Malware, Virus, VPN, IP Address, DNS, ISP, Server, VOIP, www, NIC, SMTP, POP , URL, HTTP
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SPYWARE - Computer software that is installed on a personal computer to collect information about a user, their computer or browsing habits without the user's consent. Spyware can also collect personal information such as passwords. Go Back to definitions
MALWARE - A combination of the words MALicious and softWARE, is software designed to infiltrate or damage a computer system without the owner's consent. The expression is a general term used by computer professionals to mean a variety of forms of hostile, intrusive, or annoying software. Viruses, Trojan Horses and worms are malware. Go Back to definitions
VIRUS - A computer program that can copy itself and infect a computer without the permission or knowledge of the owner. A virus can only spread from one computer to another when its host is taken to another computer; for instance because a user sent it over a network or the Internet, or carried it on a removable medium such as a floppy disk, CD, DVD, or USB drive most of the time without their knowledge. This is why some people don't let you insert a foreign USB drive, floppy or CD into their PC and why you should never open email that you are unfamiliar with. Go Back to definitions
VPN - Stands for VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK and is a computer network which is carried by open connections through the internet, as opposed to running across a single private network. This allows you to work from home on your office computer as if you were there. Go Back to definitions
IP ADDRESS - Stands for INTERNET PROTOCOL Address and is a unique number which each computer acquires automatically for connecting to the internet or network. This address is in 'a.b.c.d' format where each letter (separated by a period) is a number with value from 0 to 255. An example would be 192.168.1.100. Go Back to definitions
DNS - Stands for DOMAIN NAME SERVER. These are specialized computers which translate the domain names such as www.DiJitS-TECH.com into their corresponding IP addresses so that the recipient computers can be located and the data is correctly routed. Every domain name on the web, yes even www.DiJitS-TECH.com, has a corresponding IP address. Domain names were created because they were a lot easier for people to remember than those IP addresses. Go Back to definitions
ISP - Simply INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER. These are the people you pay every month to send you internet service. Sometimes called INTERNET ACCESS PROVIDER (IAP). Go Back to definitions
Server - The central, and usually the largest, and most powerful computer in a network that houses the server software, stores and manages common data and supplies it to the individual computers (clients) in a network. It provides shared services such as access to internet, faxing, printing, etc. Go Back to definitions
VOIP - Stands for VOICE OVER IP and is the technology that allows voice to be carried over internet connections or other networks. Go Back to definitions
WWW - The prefix for websites and simply stands for WORLD WIDE WEB. Go Back to definitions
NIC - Stands for NETWORK INTERFACE CARD. This is the piece of hardware inside your computer which your network cable plugs into. If you have a wireless NIC, a radio frequency (RF) signal takes the place of the cable to communicate with a router. Go Back to definitions
SMTP - Stands for SIMPLE MAIL TRANSFER PROTOCOL and is the set of standards that regulate the sending of email over networks such as internet. Go Back to definitions
POP - Stands for POST OFFICE PROTOCOL and is the internet email standard that specifies how mail is received from a mail server to the user's computer. Go Back to definitions
URL - Stands for UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR and in simple terms this is your site's address, the name or numbers that appear in the address window of your browser. www.DiJitS-TECH.com is our URL. Go Back to definitions
HTTP - Stands for HYPER-TEXT TRANSFER PROTOCOL and is the protocol used by the World Wide Web. HTTP tells the internet how messages are to be formatted and transmitted, and what actions Web servers and browsers should take in response to various commands. For example, when you enter an URL in your browser, this actually sends an HTTP command to the Web server directing it to fetch and transmit the requested Web page. Go Back to definitions
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