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Answered by Anonymous
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Antivirus is a kind of software used to prevent, scan, detect and delete viruses from a computer. Once installed, most antivirus software runs automatically in the background to provide real-time protection against virus attacks.A computer virus is a kind of malicious computer program, which when executed, replicates itself and inserts its own code. ... These computer viruses are present in various types and each of them can infect a device in a different manner.Viruses may have arisen from mobile genetic elements that gained the ability to move between cells. They may be descendants of previously free-living organisms that adapted a parasitic replication strategy. Perhaps viruses existed before, and led to the evolution of, cellular life.Due to their simple structure, viruses cannot move or even reproduce without the help of an unwitting host cell. But when it finds a host, a virus can multiply and spread rapidly.

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Answered by MadhushreeDey794
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Antivirus - Antivirus software, or anti-virus software, also known as anti-malware, is a computer program used to prevent, detect, and remove malware. Antivirus software was originally developed to detect and remove computer viruses, hence the name. Antivirus is a kind of software used to prevent, scan, detect and delete viruses from a computer. Once installed, most antivirus software runs automatically in the background to provide real-time protection against virus attacks.

Virus - A computer virus is a kind of malicious computer program, which when executed, replicates itself and inserts its own code. ... These computer viruses are present in various types and each of them can infect a device in a different manner.The Top 10 Worst Computer Viruses in History

Klez – $19.8 billion. ...

ILOVEYOU – $15 billion. ...

WannaCry – $4 billion. ...

Zeus – $3 billion. ...

Code Red – $2.4 billion. ...

Slammer – $1.2 billion. ...

CryptoLocker – $665 million. ...

Sasser – $500 million. The Sasser worm was written by a 17-year-old German computer science student named Sven Jaschan.

Difference between Antivirus and Virus -

Virus is a computer program that has the ability of copying itself and infecting your computer. Antivirus is a computer software used in preventing, detecting and removing malware, like computer viruses, worms, spyware, Trojan horses, adware and spyware

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