Antivirus software (abbreviated to AV software), also known as anti-malware, is a computer program used to prevent, detect, and remove malware. Antivirus...
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online banking protection. Many antivirus products use "third-party antivirus engine". This means that the antivirus engine is made by another producer;...
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largest share of the market for antivirus applications. In January 2020, multiple news sources reported that Avast Antivirus, through a subsidiary, was selling...
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Microsoft Defender Antivirus (formerly Windows Defender) is an antivirus software component of Microsoft Windows. It was first released as a downloadable...
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EICAR test file (redirect from Eicar standard antivirus test file)
for Computer Antivirus Research (EICAR) and Computer Antivirus Research Organization (CARO) to test the response of computer antivirus (AV) programs...
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Malware (redirect from Malicious software)
scanned files by an antivirus program. Because this approach is not useful for malware that has not yet been studied, antivirus software can use dynamic analysis...
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ESET NOD32 (redirect from NOD32 Antivirus)
ESET NOD32 Antivirus, commonly known as NOD32, is an antivirus software package made by the Slovak company ESET. ESET NOD32 Antivirus is sold in two editions...
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AVG AntiVirus (previously known as AVG, an abbreviation of Anti-Virus Guard) is a line of antivirus software developed by AVG Technologies, a subsidiary...
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include antivirus features. In 1990, the company was acquired by Symantec and renamed Peter Norton Consulting Group. Symantec's consumer antivirus and data...
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Norton AntiVirus is an anti-virus or anti-malware software product founded by Peter Norton, developed and distributed by Symantec (now Gen Digital) since...
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on demand. VBA32 is used as one of the antivirus engines at VirusTotal. VirusBlokAda is an antivirus software vendor established in 1997 in Belarus. In...
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VirusBursters, DIARemover, AntiVirus Gold, Antivirus Golden, SpyFalcon, and TheSpyBot/SpywareBot. "Rogue Security Software » BUMC Information Technology...
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Release History & News". support.malwarebytes.com. "Antivirus for Windows 11 | Windows Antivirus | Malwarebytes Windows 11". Malwarebytes. Retrieved November...
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Computer virus (redirect from Software virus)
scanned and checked by one or more antivirus programs in one operation. Additionally, several capable antivirus software programs are available for free...
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Avast (redirect from ALWIL Software a.s.)
2021. "Test antivirus software AVG". www.av-test.org (in German). Retrieved 28 September 2021. Nadel, Brian (20 May 2020). "AVG AntiVirus Free review"...
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VirusTotal (category Antivirus software)
(VBA32) Webroot WhiteArmor Yandex Zillya! (Zillya) Zoner Software (Zoner Antivirus) Antivirus scanning engines used for URL scanning. ADMINUSLabs (ADMINUSLABS)...
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ClamWin Free Antivirus is a free and open-source antivirus tool for Windows. It provides a graphical user interface to the Clam AntiVirus engine. Scanning...
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Avira (redirect from Avira Free Antivirus)
computer security software company mainly known for its Avira Free Security antivirus software. Although founded in 2006, the Avira antivirus application has...
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Panda Security (redirect from Panda Titanium Antivirus)
Spanish cybersecurity software company. Panda Security's core offering is antivirus software and other cybersecurity software. This includes security...
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Lavasoft (category Antivirus software)
2014. "Ad-Aware Free Antivirus+ Review". Yahoo! News. December 8, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2015. "Ad-Aware Free Antivirus+ 11". PC Magazine. Retrieved...
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Kaspersky Lab (category Antivirus software)
ranking of antivirus vendors by revenue. It was the first Russian company to be included into the rating of the world's leading software companies, called...
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FRISK Software International (established in 1993) was an Icelandic software company that developed F-Prot antivirus and F-Prot AVES antivirus and anti-spam...
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NANO Antivirus is Russian antivirus software developed by NANO Security Ltd. The software has free and paid (NANO Antivirus Pro) versions. NANO Security...
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ClamAV (redirect from Clam antivirus)
ClamAV (antivirus) is a free software, cross-platform antimalware toolkit able to detect many types of malware, including viruses. It was developed for...
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Computer Antivirus Research (EICAR) was founded in 1991 as an organization aiming to further antivirus research and improving development of antivirus software...
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Symantec Endpoint Protection (redirect from Symantec Antivirus)
Protection is the result of a merger of several security software products, including Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition 10.0, Client Security, Network Access...
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Disinfectant was a popular antivirus software program for the classic Mac OS. It was originally released as freeware by John Norstad in the spring of 1989...
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McAfee VirusScan (redirect from McAfee Antivirus)
McAfee LiveSafe, McAfee AntiVirus Plus, McAfee Total Protection and McAfee Gamer Security since 2010. McAfee LiveSafe is antivirus protection that defends...
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MSAV (redirect from Microsoft Antivirus)
supplied by Central Point Software Inc. (later acquired by Symantec in 1994 and integrated into Symantec's Norton AntiVirus product) and was a stripped-down...
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32-bit (x86) editions of Windows, several antivirus software developers use kernel patching to implement antivirus and other security services. These techniques...
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