Antivirus, also known as anti-malware software, is computer software used to prevent, detect and remove malicious software. Antivirus software was originally developed to detect and remove computer viruses. However, with the proliferation of other kinds of malware, antivirus software now provide protection from other computer threats.
Modern antivirus software can protect from malicious browser helper objects, browser hijackers, ransomware, keyloggers, backdoors, rootkits, trojan horses, worms, malicious LSPs, dialers, fraud tools, adware and spyware, malicious URLs, spam, scam and phishing attacks, online identity, online banking attacks, social engineering techniques, advanced persistent threat (APT) and botnet DDoS attacks.
Now which antivirus do you use and trust that it can provide all the above services?
