EBK ENHANCED DISCOVERING COMPUTERS & MI
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ISBN: 9780100606920
Author: Vermaat
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Chapter 5, Problem 2.1E
Program Plan Intro
Antivirus
Antivirus is a set of programs or a program intended to search for, detect, prevent, and remove computer viruses, and other malicious programs like Trojans, worms, adware, and more.
Typical functions performed by an antivirus program are listed below:
- Scans directories and files for any malicious patterns.
- Allows user to initiate a scan of a specific file or entire computer, or a flash drive, or a compact disk at any time.
- Removes any malicious program detected.
- Shows the health of the computer machine.
Explanation of Solution
Scheduled antivirus update:
“Yes”, Avast antivirus is scheduled to update automatically the virus definitions.
- It is very important to keep the computer’s protection up to date, or else new malicious threats could slip past the defenses...
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