How does eTrust Antivirus detect viruses?
eTrust Antivirus scans files for known virus signatures or fingerprints. Once detected, a virus can typically be removed or cured. eTrust Antivirus also detects polymorphic and stealth viruses, which modify their signatures in attempts to avoid detection. In addition, eTrust Antivirus checks the boot sector and memory during virus scans.
eTrust Antivirus scans files for known viruses or suspicious activity utilizing advanced heuristic technologies. Once detected, malicious code can be addressed utilizing the eTrust Antivirus System Cure feature, which not only detects and cleans a virus, but also addresses the clean up functionality that other vendors only address in separate utilities. eTrust Antivirus also detects polymorphic and stealth viruses, which modify themselves in an attempt to avoid detection. In addition, eTrust Antivirus checks the boot sector and memory during virus scans.
