247plan Glossary
"5 terms every homeowner should recognize before signing a contract." Each entry is a short read drawn from the warranty language carriers use during claims.
General
- Antivirus Software that monitors files, processes, and network activity in real time to detect and block known malware signatures plus suspicious behavior patterns.
- Encryption The process of converting data into a form that requires a secret key to read, protecting it from anyone who intercepts the storage medium or network traffic.
- Password manager An application that generates, stores, and auto-fills unique strong passwords for every online account, encrypted under a single master password the user remembers.
- Phishing A social-engineering attack where a fake login page, email, or message tricks the victim into entering credentials that the attacker captures.
- VPN A virtual private network routes your internet traffic through an encrypted tunnel to a remote server, hiding your IP address from the sites you visit and your traffic from your local network.