Almost a week goes by without a new virus, Trojan horses, worms, spyware, or other forms of malicious software news again. Protect your computer from malicious intruders need a health warning - a little more help, antivirus expert.
Antivirus software is also far exceeded the detection of the virus. The majority of anti-virus software can detect and eliminate various types of malicious software, including viruses, Trojan horses, worms, spyware and even phishing attacks. (We will use the term virus refers to all the malicious software.) Anti-virus software from a number of different suppliers; each application has its own method of virus detection and attack.
The main component of the antivirus program to scan engine, the birth of the computer files, looking for evidence of a virus. In the past, anti-virus engines use two common methods to detect viruses. Some used the heuristic engine to detect the virus structure and activities; others in the use of a database of known viruses comparison. Each method has its advantages and disadvantages. Anti-virus engine, the use of heuristic methods are considered able to cope with any type of virus attacks, viruses, even new and unknown security community; they may also be a wake-up call, even in the absence of the virus is actually present. Anti-virus engine to use a database of virus is unlikely to have false positives, but they were unable to determine the new virus, until the developer provides an updated anti-virus database.
As a mature anti-virus software, developers realized that these two methods to detect the location of their own. The most advanced anti-virus software using a combination of both methods. Updated anti-virus software, is now automated; the majority of anti-virus software can phone home to check the virus database updates, and automatically download and install them, because they can also be used.
A growing trend of anti-virus market is online virus detection. You can configure your browser, anti-virus company's designated web page, a remote scan of your computer viruses. There is no need to install anti-virus program, or have it actively running on your computer. Some ISP (Internet service providers), including an online scanning service as part of their services.
Also included is a new anti-virus protection, network routers, which is commonly used by families and small business users to connect multiple computers to an ISP account. Antivirus support services is provided to secure your computer. In many cases, when you buy a router, you will have before it a few months to a year of free anti-virus services;, you have to pay monthly fees to continue the supply of anti-virus coverage.
Based on the new mobile phone virus. Many anti-virus software developers are dealing with this threat to run on new products and mobile phones. Many developers have to deal with the explosion of wireless networking products, detection of unauthorized Wi-Fi invasion.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
The Basics: Antivirus Software
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