'antivirus' is a correct and usable word in written English.
You can use it when referring to software that is designed to detect and remove malware and other malicious programs. Example sentence: My computer has an antivirus installed so that I can be sure my documents are safe.
AVG, an antivirus and security company which focuses on consumers and small businesses, held a press event in New York to announce its latest wave of products.
In the meantime though, to what extent is AVG's business model still built on mainly Windows antivirus and security, and how will it manage the transition to a post-PC world?
No end to antivirus software, even in a post-PC world?
He speaks of a future "privacy tsunami" that will wake people up to what is happening to their privacy, in the same way that early PC malware created a market for antivirus products.
"But the big push for us, with 44 million downloads in the Google Play store, is antivirus and other products on Android.
Their proponents argue that those who think firewalls, antivirus programmes and other security software are enough to keep their networks safe are kidding themselves.
Yet "non-agile" defences like passwords, firewalls and antivirus software, as well as intrusion-detection and prevention systems have become less than effective now attackers have started using encryption and other tricks to evade them, notes Deloitte & Touche, a management consultancy.
As hackers turned up, layers of security, from antivirus programs to firewalls, were added to try to keep them at bay.
And Symantec, a giant online-security company best known for its Norton antivirus software, sacked its chief executive with immediate effect after reporting a big drop in quarterly net profit.
The problem is that these computers do not have enough processing power to handle antivirus and other defences found on a PC.
Web-users should back up files, use antivirus software and firewalls, and avoid suspicious attachments and sites.
