Vocabulary Study Sheet Troubleshooting
Reboot |
Restart your computer |
Spyware |
Is any technology that aids in gathering information about a person or organization without their knowledge |
Virus |
A program or programming code that replicates by being copied or initiating its copying to another program, computer boot sector or document |
Trojan Horse |
A program in which malicious or harmful code is contained inside apparently harmless programming or data in such a way that it can get control of your computer |
Anti-Spyware |
Is a type of program designed to prevent and detect unwanted spyware program installations and to remove those programs if installed |
Anti Virus |
Is a class of program that searches your hard drive and floppy disks for any known or potential viruses |
Backup |
Activity of copying files or databases so that they will be preserved in case of equipment failure or other catastrophe |
Spam |
Electronic sending of unsolicited bulk email messages |
Debug |
The process of locating and fixing or bypassing bugs (errors) in computer program code |
Drive-by spamming |
Is a variation of drive-by hacking in which the perpetrators gain access to a vulnerable wireless local area network (WLAN) and use that access to send huge volumes of spam |
Phishing |
An e-mail fraud method in which the perpetrator sends out legitimate-looking email in an attempt to gather personal and financial information from recipients |
Defrag |
Reduces data access time and allows storage to be used more efficiently. |