Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to a software program designed to identify and remove known or potential computer viruses.
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- noun computing A piece of
software that is used todetect ,delete and orneutralize computer -based viruses .
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Examples
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Viruses make up only a small part of threats "in the wild," but the term antivirus has come to define protection against all types of "malware" - a term that hasn't gotten much traction outside the security industry.
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Viruses make up only a small part of threats "in the wild," but the term antivirus has come to define protection against all types of "malware" - a term that hasn't gotten much traction outside the security industry.
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I was a user of the F-Secure Internet Security 2009 and I was very pleased his actions. thank antivirus is very good
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Posted March 11, 2010 at 14: 43 | Permalink thank antivirus is very good
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First, I switched my sluggish, bloated, ineffective PC-cillin antivirus software with the more effective, faster, but more temperamental PC Tools Spyware Doctor with Antivirus in order to remove a trojan I was warned could be on my system.
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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Posted March 11, 2010 at 14: 55 | Permalink thank antivirus is very good
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First, I switched my sluggish, bloated, ineffective PC-cillin antivirus software with the more effective, faster, but more temperamental PC Tools Spyware Doctor with Antivirus in order to remove a trojan I was warned could be on my system.
Need Technical Help 2009
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If your firewall has been disabled, or your antivirus is out of date, that news will display here.
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For historical reasons, always-on, resident malware protection programs are often called antivirus programs.
PCWorld 2010
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For historical reasons, always-on, resident malware protection programs are often called antivirus programs.
PCWorld 2010
chained_bear commented on the word antivirus
I'm surprised only one person is listing this... *peers around suspiciously*
XKCD on voting machines.
August 26, 2008