anti-malware

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anti-malware

An umbrella term for software that detects and blocks unwanted input to the computer, including viruses, Trojans, spyware, adware and spam. See antivirus program, spyware blocker, spam filter, adware and IDS.
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Install an anti-adware web browser extension, as well as web filtering and antivirus tools on your computer, and keep these updated.
Are you unknowingly donating computing power to cybercriminals?
Most anti-adware is, in fact, adwareThe worst possible thing you can do is to search for 'anti-adware' software - the web is loaded with such 'free' software, most of which is adware, often worse than the adware you already have.
Online Ad threat - Yahoo, Amazon, YouTube 'Victims of Malvertising'
CARACTERISTICAS: Anti-virus, anti-spyware y anti-adware, ofrece proteccion anti-Phishing y anti-Spam.
Web anti-phishing, control de aplicaciones, anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-adware, anti-phishing y anti-spam.
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In the study led by a Michigan State University criminologist, the researchers found that computer users who were running antivirus, anti-adware and anti-spyware software were 50 percent less likely to have their credit card information stolen.
But the most practical news for computer users was the combined protective factor of the antivirus, anti-spyware and anti-adware software, each of which has a different function for keeping a computer safe, Holt said.
Triple layer of software protection urged against identity theft
With adware becoming increasingly inseparable from classic malware, dedicated anti-adware solutions will simply cease to provide adequate protection."
"Malware evolution: January - March 2005"

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