antivirus

     

Antivirus software are computer programs that attempt to ientify, neutralize or eliminate malicious software. Antivirus is so named because the earliest examples were designed exclusively to combat computer viruses; however most modern antivirus software is now designed to combat a wide range of threats, including worms, phishing attacks, rootkits, trojan horses and other malware. Antivirus software typically uses two different approaches to accomplish this:

Trivia about antivirus

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