Avira antivir webgate suite User Manual

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8.2
Further Information
You can find further information on viruses, worms, macro viruses and other 
unwanted programs at 
Script
A text file containing commands to be executed by the system. (similar 
to batch files in DOS)
SMP (Symmetric Multi 
Processing)
Unix SMP: Unix version for computers with parallel processors.
SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol: protocol for email transport on the 
Internet.
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/syslog.conf
.
Unwanted programs
The name for programs that do not directly harm the computer, but 
are not desired by the user or administrator. These can be backdoors, 
dialers, jokes and games. AntiVir detects various types of unwanted 
programs.
VDF (Virus Definition 
File)
A file with known signatures for viruses and unwanted programs. In 
many cases it is enough for an Update to load the most recent version 
of this file.
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