A method of scanning, which looks for patterns or activities that are virus like. Most leading packages have a heuristic scanning method to detect new or previously undetected viruses in the wild. Heuristic scans can lead to false alarms.
HEURISTIC
Русско-английский перевод HEURISTIC
Русско-английский электронный словарь Edic. Russian-English dictionary Edic. 2012