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Title: Antivirus


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Antivirus
  • Its is a software which is used to prevent,
    detect and remove any kind of malware. Although
    the antivirus software are specific but most of
    them can work on the commonly found malware. It
    acts as sole of our computer, without it our
    computer will not work properly.
  • There are two ways on which antivirus works-
  • Heuristic technique- In this technique
    computer as well as antivirus try to find most
    acceptable solution.
  • Signature verification - in this
    verification antivirus companies have a directory
    of antivirus code. But for this verification we
    have to update the directory daily.

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There are many types of virus
  • There are many types of malware-
  • Malware
  • virus
  • worms
  • Trojan horse
  • spyware
  • Spams

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Malware
  • Any kind of software which gets introduced into
    users computer system without our knowledge and
    permission and causes harm to the system is
    considered as malware.

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Virus
  • Virus means poison. It is actually a small agent
    of infection which can duplicate itself when it
    reaches a congenial environment. A computer
    program that can copy itself on a storage device
    and cause harm to it is called virus

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Worms
  • Worm are also computer program that replicate
    itself themselves but they are little different
    from virus. Worms generally do not attach
    themselves to other files. They travel through
    their own path. They do not corrupt the files.

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Trojan horse
  • This is a malware that cant replicate itself. It
    allows remote access to a computer system and
    allows and allows theft of data, downloading of
    files, detection and modification of files and
    passing on malware.

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Spyware
  • Spyware as the name suggest is a software that
    spies on your computer system. It steals
    information from your computer system. The
    information may range from your personal details
    to hacker

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Spams
  • Many times in your inbox you must have received
    mails from companies or people whom you dont
    know. These mails are junk mail and usually
    include an advertisement of some kind. some of
    them contain malware, which would harm and
    corrupt the window

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