Question

what is antivirus software

Answer 1

Antivirus or anti-virus software (AV), sometimes known as anti-malware software, is computer software used to prevent, detect and remove malicious software.


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Answer 2

Antivirus Software:

• From the name itself we can understand this type of software is build to protect our devices from harmful programs and viruses.

• A virus in a computer is something that can cause damage to the computer. It can cause severe damage to our computers software,hardware even data.

• It can destroy all the data and the files of the computer. The person who puts the virus can use it to gain access to your computer. This can be very harmful and your privacy would be affected.

• In order to solve these problems antivirus software's have been created.

• The ways your computer can get virus is by downloading a file containing the virus from the internet in order to stay safe in the internet. We must install antivirus software's.

• What these software's does it that it makes sure that we are safe online it monitors our activity online and it hides all the websites which may possibly contain a harmful file or viruses.

• It will also check if we are downloading an infected file and it will not allow to download that file which is infected it will simply not allow the software to run.

• These software's require constant updating because hackers are always creating new virus's to attack the computer.