Antivirus

UNIVERSITI KUALA LUMPUR BUSINESS SCHOOL

ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES FOR COMPETITIVE SUCCESS

ECB30703

ME20

ANIS HADEENA BT MOHMAD NIZAR.…………………………………..62283113837

FATHIN NABILA BT MOHD AZHAR…………………………………….. 62283113681

MAZIAH BT MOHD SUFIAN……………………………………………… 62283113570

MELISSA SYAHIRAH BT KHAIRI ………………………………………...62283313218

CHE ENGKU EFIESYA NUR BT CHE ENGKU HANAPI……………… 62283313196

FATIN NABILA BT BAHAROM ……………………………………………62283113524

FATIN ILANI BT ZAHARULAIL...............................................................62283313047

HASLINA BT ABDULLAH

6TH AUGUST 2015

INTRODUCTION.................................................................................3

COMPARISON SPECIFICATION.......................................................4

ANALYSIS OF ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES..................9

MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES.........................................................13

RECOMMENDATIONS......................................................................17

CONCLUSION....................................................................................20

REFERENCES...................................................................................22

INTRODUCTION

Antivirus (or anti-virus) software is used to safeguard a computer from malware, including viruses, computer worms, and Trojan horses. Antivirus software may also remove or prevent spyware and adware, along with other forms of malicious programs. Free anti virus software generally only searches your computer using signature-based detection which involves looking for patterns of data that are known to be related to already-identified malware. Paid antivirus software will usually also include heuristics to catch new, or zero-day threats, by either using genetic signatures to identify new variants of existing virus code or by running the file in a virtual environment (also called a sandbox), and watching what it does to see if it has malicious intent.

Virus designers, however,...