2. TOP TEN ANTI-VIRUS TOP TEN ANTI-VIRUS BIT DEFENDER KASPERSKY NOD 32 AVAST! AVG ANTIVIRS SYMANTEC McAfee THE SHIELD DELUXE PANDA TREND MICRO F SECURE
3. USES OF ANTI- VIRUS Antivirus (or anti-virus) software is used to prevent, detect, and remove malware, including computer virus, worms and Trojan horses. Such programs may also prevent and remove adware, spyware, and other forms of malware. A variety of strategies are typically employed. Signature-based detection involves searching for known malicious patterns in exactable code. However, it is possible for a user to be infected with new malware for which no signature exists yet
4. CLOUD ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE CLOUD ANTIVIRUS In CloudAV is a cloud computing antivirus developed as a product of scientists of the University of Michigan. Current antivirus software a new document or program is scanned with only one virus detector at a time. CloudAV would be able to send programs or documents to a network cloud where it will use multiple antivirus and behavioral detection simultaneously. It is more thorough and also has the ability to check the new document or programs access history.
5. Each time a computer or device receives a new document or program, that item is automatically detected and sent to the antivirus cloud for analysis The CloudAV system uses 12 different detectors that act together to tell the PC whether the item is safe to open
