... be valid but in fact it does something to harm your computer. (www.antivirus.miningco.com) Early viruses were pieces of code attached to common program such a game or word processor. A user might download an infected game from a bulletin board and run it. A virus like this is a small piece of code in a larger program. The virus is designed to run when the ... Antivirus checks all incoming and outgoing messages for all major email clients, and it scans SMTP and POP3 for all customers. The program also installs a plug-in that runs whenever a Microsoft Office document is opened and present...

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