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Introduction

AVG Anti-Spyware 7.5 Program Principles

Prevention

Ideally, you should prevent spyware and other malware from intruding onto your computer. Currently, the most common source of infection is websites with potentially dangerous content. Other methods of transmission, such as via e-mail or transmission by worms and viruses are also prevalent. The most important protection is to use an always-on background scanner, such as AVG's anti-spyware resident shield that scans your applications in the background as you run them.

Regular Updating

Due to the frequency that new malware and spyware are created, it is essential to keep your AVG Anti-Spyware fully up-to-date. Both program updates, and essential spyware definition updates should be downloaded regularly. AVG Anti-Spyware allows you to schedule updates and also update on demand.

Scan on Demand

There is also the potential risk that malware has been transmitted to your computer prior to AVG Anti-Spyware installation, or that you have neglected to keep your AVG Anti-Spyware up-to-date with the latest database and program updates. For this reason, AVG Anti-Spyware allows you to fully scan your computer for malware/spyware using the scanning feature. It also detects sleeping and non-dangerous malware, i.e. malware that have been downloaded but not yet activated.

Scheduled Scanning

Regular scheduled scanning of the entire computer can further enhance security. AVG Anti-Spyware allows full scheduling of scans.

Quarantine

Suspect malware can be safely locked away in the AVG Anti-Spyware quarantine. Here the malware is stored in an encrypted format so that it cannot function nor do any harm to your computer.

Detection Technologies

To ensure that your computer is fully protected, AVG Anti-Spyware combines the following technologies for malware/spyware detection:

Scanning - searching for specific patterns that are characteristic of spyware/malware

Heuristic analysis - dynamic emulation of the scanned object's instructions in a virtual computer environment

Generic detection - detection of instructions characteristic of the given malware/group of malware

Note:

AVG Anti-Spyware 7.5 is fully compatible with Windows XP and Windows 2000 32bit operating systems.