Week 4 - HIDS or AntiVirus Systems Research Paper The focus of the reseach paper is Host Intrusion Detection Systems (HIDS) or AntiVirus Systems. Computer Virus creates major headaches for most organizations, as this list of 10 worst PC virus outbreaks shows. These viruses combined have caused damages into the billions of US Dollars. How can one protect against virus outbreaks in an organization? What are the common causes of this problems? How would use address this troublesome trend? Use your textbook, internet, and other publications to research this topic. Solution How can one protect against virus outbreaks in an organization First and most important implementation of and deployment of Antivirus Softwares that can protect against the malware issue, more importantly protects transctions related to money Second we can deploy a multi layered defense strategy Third, always enabling the firewall so as to protect the data transmission Fourth Providing anti-virus training to all employees How can one protect against virus outbreaks in an organization First comes the internet , a lot of data shaes over internet and a lot of file are downloaded from internet, along with which viruses are also downloaded We often uses cracked software just to prevent some money Some times virus also comes from email attachments Network How to address this troublesome trend The latest and updated version of Anti-Virus and firewall should be installed on the computer. The Anti-Virus software must be upgraded regularly. Use .RTF and .CSV instead of .DOC and .XLS .