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Whether you have years to your back or just buy a desktop computer or laptop , you probably know the importance of protecting your computer from viruses circulating on the network. As explained on this website in several articles, a computer virus is a program that is installed on your computer and makes unwanted changes to the data that is stored. Although a computer can be infected without connecting to the network (via a program installed with a DVD , external memory, etc..), the main road is still Internet . To prevent these programs from software (called malware) installed on our computers, we use programs called antivirus. One option we have is a technology called cloud antivirus.

The cloud antivirus software called does most of its processing on another site that is on the network, rather than the hard drive of the computer on which you are sitting. The advances that have occurred on the Internet in recent years have made this type of cloud protection system. Cloud Antivirus consists of Web services and client working in unison. The client is a small program that runs on the local computer, which scans your system for malware. A complete program installed on a computer, resource intensive, but a cloud antivirus requires only small amounts of consumption of processor.

The Web service behind one of these systems is software that runs on one or more servers in a Web site. This service handles most data processing, so that the computer does not have to handle and store all the information that is available virus. At regular intervals, the client will scan your computer to find any malicious program listed in the database of the Web service. Some of the advantages that cloud antivirus system has over traditional local methods are as follows:

• Have access to the latest updates of malware in a few minutes with the Web service. Not to be continually updating the antivirus to make sure we are protected.

• The cloud antivirus client is small and requires little processing, which is beneficial for our daily use of computer.
• One of the biggest advantages is that it is free. You can get a significant level of protection against the virus with free versions of this system. There are payment systems, or at least can charge for upgrades, but due to competition, prices can be very competitive.

Tags: antivirus, Cloud, protection, software

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