What is antivirus software?
Antivirus software helps protect your computer against specific viruses and related malicious software, such as worms and trojans. Antivirus software must be kept up to date. Updates are generally available through a subscription from your antivirus vendor. It is important to have both antivirus software and a firewall turned on before you connect to the Internet. Read more about viruses.
Antivirus software helps protect your computer against specific viruses and related malicious software, such as worms and Trojan horses. Antivirus software must be kept up to date. These updates are generally available through a subscription from your antivirus vendor. It is important to have both antivirus software and a firewall turned on before you connect to the Internet.
In order to explain antivirus software it is necessary to understand the nature of a computer virus. A computer virus is a way of describing a computer programme that has been written specifically to cause damage to your PC. In essence, it is a piece of software that is written to cause as much havoc as possible. A virus is designed to gain access to files or programs on your PC. The virus may enter your computer CD, DVD, USB by email or by your internet connection. There are many types of viruses including worms, phishing, rootkits, and Trojan horses. They are collectively known as malware. An antivirus software package is designed to prevent viruses or malware from damaging your PC. It does this by being able to recognise emails and programmes which are potentially harmful to your PC and then destroy them.
A. Antivirus software helps protect your computer against specific viruses and related malicious software, such as worms and Trojan horses. Antivirus software must be kept up to date. These updates are generally available through a subscription from your antivirus vendor. It is important to have both antivirus software and a firewall turned on before you connect to the Internet. Read more about viruses.
