Anti-Virus Software can help keep your Computer safe by Detecting, Removing, and Preventing Viruses from infecting your computer.VirusesA computer virus is a self-replicating program that explicitly copies itself and that can infect other programs by modifying them or their environment such that a call to an infected program implies a call to a possibly evolved copy of the virus.
Detecting-VirusesAntivirus use a number of methods to identify known viruses and detect newly created viruses on your computer system. Including File Checking,
Memory Scanning, Registry Modifictions, and Heuristic Techniques.
Removing-VirusesAntivirus programs will detect viruses on your computer then either quarantine or delete the virus. Virus programs can spread
components of themselves around on your computer. There will be malicious settings and files that contain the components necessary for the
virus to work. Antivirus programs will modify your settings and delete or move files to eliminate a virus.
Spyware-vs-Viruses
Spyware is defined as software installed on your computer that spys on your personal information. Viruses differ
in their operation and motives. A computer virus is a self-replicating program that explicitly copies itself and that can infect other programs by modifying them or their
environment such that a call to an infected program implies a call to a possibly evolved copy of the virus.
Virus-Definitions
Viruses have defining characteristics that identify them from all the other files on your computer. These characteristics
can consist of file names, file signatures, or characteristic metadata(PE headers). An antivirus program checks the files on your computer
against a database of these characteristics to identify possible virus infections on your computer.
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