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What Security Do You Need to Protect Your Computer System?
Host Hattie Bryant of Small Business School interviews Art Wong of Symantec, a computer security company based in Cupertino, California.

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antivirus software

software that monitors a computer for viruses by looking for irregularities in a computer system and then comparing its findings to a database of virus information. It is important to update virusdefinitionsor signatures regularly and upgrade the software periodically to protect against newly created viruses.

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