Antivirus program

Also known as Antivirus Software, AVS, or just AV; an antivirus program is a type of software is designed to protect your computer and/or network against computer viruses. If and when a virus is detected, the computer will generally prompt you that a virus has been found, and ask what action should be done such as deleting the virus.

See document CH000514 for a listing of computer antivirus programs.
See our virus information page for additional information and help and information on computer viruses.
Information about whether antivirus companies create computer viruses can be found on document CH001013.

Also see: Security definitions, Software, Virus

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