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Protection Against Virus in Anti-Virus Software

Computer Antivirus

Antivirus software is a computer program which is designed to detect, ward off,
and remove malicious codes such as virus, worm, Trojan, Malware etc. Today,
computer users are well aware of the benefit of installing antivirus software on

their computers. Everyone installs an antivirus program to keep the online risks

away.
The antivirus software thoroughly checks every downloaded file. It can be a

Word document, a ZIP file, a spreadsheet or EXE, the chances are very high for
a virus or macro to launch on a computer when the file is double-clicked. It is

the duty of the antivirus software to make sure that all the downloaded files are
safe. If any suspicious file or activity is found, it flags it and let’s the user know

immediately.
Some of the Antiviruses

There are so many antiviruses which work against viruses but

some antiviruses are trusted and are very famous.

8 Superior phishing protection.
AVG AntiVirus 8 Download and share files risk free.

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Social networking protection.

8 Real-time protection against computer viruses,

Kaspersky AntiVirus 8 spyware and more.

Ensures the applications on the PC are safe.

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Rollback of harmful malware activity.
8 Fast and efficient PC performance.

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