Question

what is anti-virus?Write small note about few anti-virus programs​

Answer 1

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Antivirus (of software) designed to detect and destroy computer viruses.

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

Answer 2

Anti-virus is a computer program that is used to scan, detect and remove viruses from the computer system .

Some of the most popular antivirus software are as follow:

⭕Norton anti-virus (NAV)

⭕Anti Virus Guard (AVG)

Kaspersky antivirus (KAV)

ESET Nod32 Anti virus

⚫Norton Anti virus: It uses signatures and heuristics to identify virus.