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2. Malicious Software Removal Tool - Wikipedia

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   In a June 2006 Microsoft report, [2] the company claimed that the tool had removed 16 million instances of malicious software from 5.7 million of 270 million total unique Windows computers since its release in January 2005. The report also stated that, on average, the tool removes malicious software from 1 in every 311 computers on which it runs.

3. EICAR test file - Wikipedia

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   Anti-virus programmers set the EICAR string as a verified virus, similar to other identified signatures. A compliant virus scanner, when detecting the file, will respond in more or less the same manner as if it found a harmful virus. Not all virus scanners are compliant, and may not detect the file even when they are correctly configured.

4. Microsoft Safety Scanner - Wikipedia

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   Microsoft Safety Scanner is a free time-limited virus scan utility similar to the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool. It is used to scan a system for computer viruses and other forms of malware. It was released on 15 April 2011, following the discontinuation of the Windows Live OneCare Safety Scanner. [4]

5. ClamAV - Wikipedia

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   ClamAV (antivirus) is a free software, cross-platform antimalware toolkit able to detect many types of malware, including viruses. It was developed for Unix and has third party versions available for AIX, BSD, HP-UX, Linux, macOS, OpenVMS, OSF (Tru64), Solaris and Haiku. As of version 0.97.5, ClamAV builds and runs on Microsoft Windows.

6. Microsoft Defender Antivirus - Wikipedia

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   Microsoft Defender Antivirus (formerly Windows Defender) is an antivirus software component of Microsoft Windows.It was first released as a downloadable free anti-spyware program for Windows XP and was shipped with Windows Vista and Windows 7.

7. Antivirus software - Wikipedia

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   The command-line virus scanner of Clam AV 0.95.2 running a virus signature definition update, scanning a file, and identifying a Trojan. Antivirus software running on individual computers is the most common method employed of guarding against malware, but it is not the only solution.