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Antivirus software
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Antivirus software
Benefits
- stops files that contain viruses from entering a computer system
- Some antivirus software is free to download
- if a virus is not yet known, anti virus software can monitor behaviour of files and see if they are showingany virus characteristics
Drawbacks
- Needs to be continuously updated to ensure the software can lways detect new and cahnging viruses
- Can take up a lot of memory and band width as it has to constantly scan everything on the computer
- Can have an increasing cost each year
Monitors a digital system by attempting to identify and remove malicious software
some kinds of viruses thta this software protects against are: Trojans, worms, rootkits and sypware
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- Mind Map on Antivirus software, created by Isabelle Trotter on 18/10/2021.
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