Antivirus or anti-virus software is software used to prevent, detect and remove malware.
Antivirus or anti-virus software is software used to prevent, detect and remove malware (of all descriptions), such as:
Computer viruses, adware, backdoors, malicious BHOs, dialers, fraudtools, hijackers, keyloggers, malicious LSPs, rootkits, spyware, trojan horses and worms.
Computer security, including protection from social engineering techniques, is commonly offered in products and services of antivirus software companies.
This tag should be used for programming questions related to softwares used for the prevention and removal of malware threats, rather than computer security implemented by software methods.
See also:
- CARO, the Computer Antivirus Research Organization
- EICAR, the European Institute for Computer Antivirus Research
- Linux malware
- Malware: Anti-virus and anti-malware software
- Comparison of antivirus software
- List of computer viruses
- Quarantine (computing)
- Sandbox (computer security)
- Timeline of notable computer viruses and worms
- Virus hoax
