ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE
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Programs to detect and remove computer viruses. Thesimplest kind scans executable files and boot blocks for alist of known viruses. Others are constantly active,attempting to detect the actions of general classes ofviruses. antivirus software should always include a regularupdate service allowing it to keep up with the latest virusesas they are released.
By Denis Howe
Word of the day
basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).