Antivirus and antimalware software are designed to detect, prevent, and remove malicious software, including viruses, worms, Trojans, ransomware, spyware, and more.
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Functions:

Real-Time Protection

Continuously monitors files and activities on the endpoint to detect and block threats as they occur.

Scheduled Scanning

Performs regular scans of the system to detect and remove any dormant or hidden malware.

Threat Removal

Once a threat is detected, the software isolates and removes it from the system.

Signature-Based Detection

Compares files against a database of known malware signatures to identify threats.

Heuristic Analysis

Analyzes the behavior of files to detect new or unknown malware that doesn’t match any known signature.

Examples

McAfee, Norton, Bitdefender, and Kaspersky.