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Antivirus or anti-virus software (often abbreviated as AV), sometimes known as anti-malware software, is computer softwareused to prevent, detect and remove malicious software.
Antivirus software was originally developed to detect and remove computer viruses, hence the name. However, with the proliferation of other kinds of malware, antivirus software started to provide protection from other computer threats. In particular, modern antivirus software can protect from: malicious browser helper objects (BHOs), browser hijackers, ransomware, keyloggers, backdoors, rootkits, trojan horses, worms, malicious LSPs, dialers, fraudtools, adwareand spyware.[1] Some products also include protection from other computer threats, such as infected and malicious URLs, spam, scamand phishing attacks, online identity (privacy), online banking attacks, social engineeringtechniques, advanced persistent threat (APT) and botnet DDoS attacks.[
Antivirus software was originally developed to detect and remove computer viruses, hence the name. However, with the proliferation of other kinds of malware, antivirus software started to provide protection from other computer threats. In particular, modern antivirus software can protect from: malicious browser helper objects (BHOs), browser hijackers, ransomware, keyloggers, backdoors, rootkits, trojan horses, worms, malicious LSPs, dialers, fraudtools, adwareand spyware.[1] Some products also include protection from other computer threats, such as infected and malicious URLs, spam, scamand phishing attacks, online identity (privacy), online banking attacks, social engineeringtechniques, advanced persistent threat (APT) and botnet DDoS attacks.[
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