Antivirus - Definition
Antivirus is a type of developed software or a program designed specifically to protect computers from being infected from viruses. Most Antivirus products provide free, live updates, as well as scheduled virus scanning. After a Virus has infected your system, it can launch annoying pop up windows that repeatedly place messages on your screen. It can can also deny you access to your data files and even change your system configuration settings. In advanced stages, a virus can even start deleting files as well. Without Antivirus protection, computers are at great risk for damage and possibly complete shutdown.
Top Reasons To Wipe Away Your Internet History
- Information about all the sites you have visited is stored on your computer!
- Every image you have ever viewed, sent or received over the Internet is stored on your hard drive!
- There is a record of every program that you have ever downloaded or used on your hard drive!
- The windows delete button and the empty recycle bin option does NOT completely delete your files!
- Cleaning your History Files improves the speed of your computer and frees valuable disk space!
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