Document Conventions and Abbreviations

Conventions

The following symbols and text conventions are used in this guide:

Convention

Comment

A warning about possible errors or important notes that require special attention.

Anti-virus network

A new term or an emphasis on a term in descriptions.

<IP-address>

Placeholders.

Save

Names of buttons, windows, menu items and other program interface elements.

ctrl

Names of keyboard keys.

C:\Windows\

Names of files and folders, code examples.

Cross-references to document chapters or internal hyperlinks to webpages.

Abbreviations

The following abbreviations will be used in the manual without further interpretation:

•Dr.Web—Dr.Web Agent for Windows

•FTP—File Transfer Protocol

•HTTP—Hypertext Transfer Protocol

•IMAP—Internet Message Access Protocol

•IMAPS—Internet Message Access Protocol Secure

•MTU—Maximum Transmission Unit

•NNTP—Network News Transfer Protocol

•POP3—Post Office Protocol Version 3

•POP3S—Post Office Protocol Version 3 Secure

•SIP—Session Initiation Protocol

•SMTPS—Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Secure

•SSL—Secure Sockets Layer

•TCP—Transmission Control Protocol

•TLS—Transport Layer Security

•UAC—User Account Control

•URL—Uniform Resource Locator

•OS—Operating system