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How do anti-viruses work, do they clean an infected computer, or do they only prevent?
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03/29/2022
Saville Dimas
For both
An antivirus is checking that all the files or programs you use do not contain malicious code
To that extent it could be just preventive, it is obvious that as long as you do not open the infected file or the virus is activated the antivirus will not detect it
It_qna
For both
An antivirus is checking that all the files or programs you use do not contain malicious code
To that extent it could be just preventive, it is obvious that as long as you do not open the infected file or the virus is activated the antivirus will not detect it