NOUN
- a computer program that checks a computer for viruses and prevents their spread
How To Use anti-virus program In A Sentence
- The attachments may launch executable programs that compromise or delete perfectly good anti-virus programs you are already running. Globe and Mail
- If, and only if, you use a third-party anti-virus program that is also anti-malware (the best ones are), you can also disable the Windows Defender service.
- Scanning Speed: A good anti-virus program will not only have a high rate of detection but it will also scan for infections in a decent time frame.
- When an anti-virus program from a remote system mails you out of the blue, tells you that it blocked a virus you sent, tells you that you are likely infected with a virus and advertises itself, the remote site is sending you spam.
- Some anti-virus programs remove the main parts of the most widespread variants, but leave traces behind, sometimes allowing them to restore themselves and reinfect a system.
- If activated it will kill DLL files related to the updating components of various anti-virus programs.
- A good off-the-shelf anti-virus program is easy to install and will scan hard drives, diskettes, web files and e-mails to detect potential threats.
- Cyveillance has issued a new report showing anti-virus programs fail more often than they succeed in protecting you from bad things on the Internet. Past Tech Trends & Products: Technology Live Archive
- This is where your anti-virus program comes in. Houston Chronicle
- But elsewhere, it wasn't taken seriously and anti-virus programs were used meagrely in the eastern part of the globe.
