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19 Glossary
A
Access™
A Microsoft® desktop relational database management system included in the Microsoft®
Office package. Access™ is normally used for small databases.
Active Directory™ (AD)
A technology that provides a variety of network services, including LDAP-like directory serv-
ices.
Anti-spyware
A software countermeasure that detects spyware installed on a computer without the user's
knowledge.
Antivirus
A software countermeasure that detects malware installed on a computer without the user's
knowledge.
Apache web server
An open source HTTP server project developed and maintained by the Apache software foun-
dation.
Applications auto-uninstall
An action that enables the auto-uninstall of applications that support silent uninstall from GFI
LanGuard.
Auto-download
A GFI LanGuard technology that automatically downloads missing patches and service packs in
all 38 languages.
Auto-patch management
A GFI LanGuard technology that automatically downloads missing Microsoft® updates and
deploys them over the network.
Auto-remediation
A GFI LanGuard technology that automatically downloads and deploy missing patches. If an
application is blacklisted in GFI LanGuard, auto-remediation will uninstall the application
from the target computer during scheduled operations.
B
Backdoor program
An alternative method used to access a computer or computer data over a network.
Batch-files
A text files containing a collection of instructions to be carried out by an operating system or
an application.