Antivirus Software

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Antivirus Software

A computer program designed to find, remove, and protect against malicious software such as viruses, worms, and Trojan horses. Antivirus software has become especially important for businesses as their activities have become increasingly reliant on the Internet.

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Virus protection should be an integral part of IT planning.

Guarding against computer viruses

* Install on every computer an industry standard virus protection, such as Norton AntiVirus, McAfee AntiVirus or Tend PC-cilin.

Confessions of an Internet hacker: Stealing your personal information was hard to resist

It says that despite repeated warnings in the wake of several powerful virus attacks a third of small businesses throughout the country still do not use any virus protection software.

e-business: SMEs should get worm-wise

* Virus Protection - The risk of virus infection in your LAN/WAN is focused on the floppy drive in your workstation computers.

Security -- An Issue That Should Concern You! PART 2

The four steps to virus protection are to prevent viruses, detect viruses, eradicate viruses, and to report virus incidents.

Computer Security in the Age of the Internet

For $29.95 annually, McAfee.com's Wireless Security Center delivers downloadable virus protection for Palm, Symbian, and Pocket PC devices.

Hand-to-hand combat

The acquisition of IT Partners with its experienced management team will enable Gillette Global Network to provide a full range of integrated Internet-based ASP services -- e.g., hosted Microsoft exchange, managed PoP/SMTP mail, outsourced firewall and security monitoring, virus protection and Virtual Private Network (VPN) capabilities.

Gillette Global acquires IT Partners

Prudent computer users will have a good virus protection program installed on their machines and will make sure that every time they start their computers the program automatically scans for viruses.

As an Internet user, are you feeling ever so slightly vulnerable?

"Users should be sure that their computers are running the most up-to-date virus protection software," warns Michael A.

Looking beyond the Melissa virus

With the VCS console, an administrator can centrally configure and update multiple anti-virus products on multiple platforms across a network, as well as generate reports, receive alerts, and monitor the entire virus protection environment.

Network management

Although most computer systems install virus protection software, Mr.

Computers under the hack attack

Sophos said there were over 4,000 new pieces of malware discovered just last month and claimed home users will for the first time benefit from the industrial-strength virus protection businesses and governments have been using.