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what is an antivirus

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Answered by samjoshua22634
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Antivirus software, or anti-virus software (abbreviated to AV 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. 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 users from: malicious browser helper objects (BHOs), browser hijackers, ransomware, keyloggers, backdoors, rootkits, trojan horses, worms, malicious LSPs, dialers, fraudtools, adware and spyware.[1] Some products also include protection from other computer threats, such as infected and malicious URLs, spam, scam and phishing attacks, online identity (privacy), online banking attacks, social engineering techniques, advanced persistent threat (APT) and botnet DDoS attacks

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Answered by ahanamukherjee1210
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hi mate.

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  1. 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.

  1. detect, prevent and remove malware

Software that is created specifically to help detect, prevent and remove malware (malicious software). Antivirus is a kind of software used to prevent, scan, detect and delete viruses from a computer.

5 Types of Antivirus Programs

  • AVG. AVG is one of the most popular antivirus programs that can be obtained for free, and it's easy to download directly from the internet. ...

  • McAfee. ...
  • Norton. ...
  • Kaspersky. ...
  • Ad-Aware.
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