McAfee VSF09EMB1RAA User Guide - Page 174

172 McAfee VirusScan Plus bandwidth The amount of data (throughput) that can be transmitted in a fixed period of time. blacklist In Anti-Spam, a list of email addresses you do not want to receive messages from because you believe the messages will be spam. In anti-phishing, a list of websites that are considered fraudulent. Compare to whitelist (page 182). browser A program used to view web pages on the Internet. Popular web browsers include Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. brute-force attack A hacking method used to find passwords or encryption keys by trying every possible combination of characters until it breaks encryption. buffer overflow A condition that occurs in an operating system or an application when suspicious programs or processes try to store more data in a buffer (temporary storage area) than it can hold. A buffer overflow corrupts memory or overwrites data in adjacent buffers. C cache A temporary storage area on your computer for frequently or recently accessed data. For example, to increase web browsing speed and efficiency, your browser can retrieve a web page from its cache, rather than from a remote server, the next time you want to view it. cipher text Encrypted text. Cipher text is unreadable until it has been converted into plain text (that is, decrypted). See also encryption (page 173). client A program that runs on a personal computer or workstation and relies on a server to perform some operations. For example, an email client is an application that lets you send and receive email. compression A process that compresses files into a form that minimizes the space required for storing or transmitting. content-rating group In Parental Controls, an age group to which a user belongs. Content is made available or blocked based on the content-rating group to which a user belongs. Content-rating groups include: Young Child, Child, Younger Teenager, Older Teenager, and Adult.