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AOL Active Virus Shield (AVS) is a free antivirus utility made available by AOL. Its engine is based on the one used by Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6. The program is no longer available officially. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Kaspersky Anti-Virus Kaspersky Lab is a computer security company offering anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-spam and anti-intrusion products. ...
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Anti-virus software consists of computer programs that attempt to identify, thwart and eliminate computer viruses and other malicious software (malware). ...
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Anti-virus software consists of computer programs that attempt to identify, thwart and eliminate computer viruses and other malicious software (malware). ...
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Kaspersky Anti-Virus Kaspersky Lab is a computer security company offering anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-spam and anti-intrusion products. ...
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Active Virus Shield features malware scanning, which detects a variety of malware such as virus, spyware, and even joke programs. It also offers real-time file and e-mail scanning and protection. It has been suggested that Grayware be merged into this article or section. ...
A computer virus is a computer program that can copy itself and infect a computer without permission or knowledge of the user. ...
A large number of toolbars, some added by spyware, overwhelm an Internet Explorer session. ...
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The latest version of Active Virus Shield (6.0.2.621) supports Windows Vista. Windows Vista is a line of graphical operating systems used on personal computers, including home and business desktops, notebook computers, Tablet PCs, and media centers. ...
Advantages Active Virus Shield is light compared to other commercial anti-virus products. It also does not consume much memory during startup. The program also benefits from Kaspersky's regular definition updates, typically around every two hours, which enable new viruses to be more effectively detected than programs that update less regularly. In addition, Active Virus Shield has better detection rates than other free programs such as AVG Free and Avast Home. AVG Anti-Virus (AVG stands for Anti-Virus Guard) [1] is a range of Antivirus software for the Microsoft Windows and Linux platforms. ...
avast! antivirus is an anti-virus program sold by ALWIL Software based in Prague, Czech Republic, first released in 1988. ...
Criticisms Active Virus Shield does lack some features of Kaspersky 6.0 (such as proactive protection and HTTP protection), and the license provided is only valid for one year, although the same email address as used initially can easily be used to renew it up to 10 times. It also does not support mail scanning when using TLS or SSL. HTTP (for HyperText Transfer Protocol) is the primary method used to convey information on the World Wide Web. ...
Some users have also reported compatibility problems with certain other products such as McAfee Personal Firewall Plus and Zonealarm. McAfee Personal Firewall Plus is internet firewall software created by McAfee. ...
Program control firewall alert ZoneAlarm is a software firewall produced by Zone Labs. ...
Current Status Active Virus Shield is no longer available for download as of August 1, 2007. It was replaced by McAfee Virus Scan Plus - Special edition from AOL, which will also be free for users with a free AOL account. is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...
The latest version of Active Virus Shield can be obtained here as of August 2007. An older version of the software is also still available for download from PlanetMirror through here.
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Anti-virus software consists of computer programs that attempt to identify, thwart and eliminate computer viruses and other malicious software (malware). ...
It has been suggested that AOL search data scandal be merged into this article or section. ...
Kaspersky Anti-Virus Kaspersky Lab is a computer security company offering anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-spam and anti-intrusion products. ...
References - AOL Active Virus Shield Homepage
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