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After all the buzz about Antivirus, and it scaling to become the most sold type of software.. Now it's really important to know what exactly, this software is and how it works. Of course, we all know the Virus is the bad guy, and an anti-virus is the one with the cape.. But we are still in this world where its not "perfectly" safe to enter our Credit card number on the internet.

These days a typical antivirus software must consist of antivirus ( of course!! DUH!) Anti spyware (which is the same as antivirus, just a marketing ploy) anti Malware (which is the same as antivirus, just a marketing ploy) Anti Trojans (which is the same as antivirus, just a marketing ploy).. Basically, it's supposed to stop all threats be its Trojans, malware, ad wares or whatever. Another Important part of an anti virus these days is the Firewall. This is the module that monitors the traffic incoming and outgoing from your PC. There are various levels to a firewall, we will get into it later.

Not many people know this, but most antivirus companies have products that work on the registry mechanism. As the word suggests, it's basically that they have a Virus Encyclopaedia, and check your PC for Viruses.. it's the most primitive.. most mundane and the most effective virus protection.

After this we have something called the heuristics based virus detection.. Here the software plays the suspicious sentinel that finds out the intention behind every application or file and filters it.

Apart from these main techniques.. Software kind of map the computer when installed and looks for changes made in the system and scans them for any malware or attacks..

These days they sugar cost the whole package with a lot of added feature like Parental control, time based setup etc etc. In all honesty, this has become a part of every AV in the market these days. SO how does one differentiate between the various products??

I am sure you all know the major anti Virus Products Like

• Symantec Norton
  
• MacAfee
  
• Kaspersky
  
• F-secure
  

But i would also like to bring to you your notice some of the not so popular but still very effective Antivirus products, like

• K7 Computing
  
• Raising antivirus
  
• Panda Security
  

But one of the major draw backs of an anti virus ever since its existence, is that it tends to slow down the PC performance. Antivirus is not like a word document thats opened only when its need, its running all the time.. the point is, an effective anti virus must not slow down the system.

Personally, here is where most of the top players fail and the not very well known try harder to beat them. Apart from brand recognition, these small companies have great products. Like K7Computing, i recently found this company online caught my attention... i have a lot of respect for the Japanese.. they truly know their technology. I was pretty surprised to find out that K7 is the leading Antivirus product in Japan.. And they are not at all known in the rest of the world. Try it!! Its good product, with a not impressive GUI( User interface) but it scores on the Performance part.