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Antivirus software

Antivirus software (abbreviated to AV software), also known as anti-malware, is software intended to prevent, detect, and remove malware.

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Antivirus software

Nodes197
Edges196
Triples83
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010152
Components1

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Antivirus software

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related to Specialized tools · 13
Antivirus software → CD, Clean, Comodo Rescue Disk, Examples, It, Kaspersky Rescue Disk, Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool, Sophos Scan, Tool, Trend Micro Rescue Disk, USB, Virus, Windows Malicious Software Removal
related to 1971–1980: Pre-antivirus · 12
Antivirus software → Creeper, DEC, Digital Equipment Corporation's, PDP-10, Ray Tomlinson, Reaper, Some, TENEX, The, The Creeper, The Reaper, This
related to Effectiveness · 9
Antivirus software → According, At, December, Modern, NOD32, Some, Studies, The, ZeuS
related to Alternative solutions · 8
Antivirus software → Antivirus, CDR, Cloud-based, Content Disarm, Other, Reconstruction, Unified Threat Management, UTM
related to Machine learning detection · 6
Antivirus software → Additionally, API, Concept, Machine, ML-based, Research
related to Problems caused by false positives · 6
Antivirus software → Examples, For, Microsoft Windows, Recovering, When, Windows
related to Unexpected renewal costs · 5
Antivirus software → Bitdefender, For, McAfee, Norton AntiVirus, Some
related to 2005–2014 · 4
Antivirus software → AV-TEST, In, MD5, Over
related to Performance and other drawbacks · 4
Antivirus software → An, Antivirus, Furthermore, If
related to Online scanning · 3
Antivirus software → One, Periodic, Some

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antivirus software virus malware first computer anti-virus viruses detection security files also released malicious system network founded protection time version

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Coalfireinstance ofantivirus and are seeing rapid market adoption as certified antivirus replacement technologies by firms0.80text
DirectDefenseinstance ofantivirus and are seeing rapid market adoption as certified antivirus replacement technologies by firms0.80text
Trend Microinstance oftraditional antivirus vendors0.80text
Symantecinstance oftraditional antivirus vendors0.80text
Sophos have responded by incorporatinginstance oftraditional antivirus vendors0.80text
computer virusesinstance ofThis monitors computer systems for suspicious activity0.80text
spywareinstance ofThis monitors computer systems for suspicious activity0.80text
adwareinstance ofThis monitors computer systems for suspicious activity0.80text
and other malicious objectsinstance ofThis monitors computer systems for suspicious activity0.80text
Windows Service Packs or updating graphics card driversinstance ofhave created applications which can run multiple engines concurrently.It is sometimes necessary to temporarily disable virus protection when installing major updates0.80text
Antivirus softwarerelated to 1971–1980: Pre-antivirusThe0.60section
Antivirus softwarerelated to 1971–1980: Pre-antivirusCreeper0.60section

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