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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,
Anti-Spyware
, that works like a resident shield and scans your
applications in the background as you run them.
There is also the potential risk that malware has been transmitted to your computer
prior to AVG installation, or that you have neglected to keep your
AVG Anti-Virus
Free Edition 2011
up-to-date with the latest
database and program updates
. For this
reason, AVG allows you to fully scan your computer for malware/spyware using the
scanning feature. It also detects sleeping and non-active malware, i.e. malware that
has been downloaded but not yet activated.
7.2.2. Anti-Spyware Interface
The
Anti-Spyware
component's interface provides a brief overview on the
component's functionality, information on the component's current status, and some
Anti-Spyware
statistics:
·
Spyware definitions
- number provides the count of spyware samples defined
in the latest spyware database version
·
Database release
- specifies when and at what time the spyware database
was updated
·
Database version
- defines the number of the latest spyware database
version; and this number increases with every virus base update
There is just one operating button available within this component's interface (
Back
) -
press the button to return to the default
AVG user interface
(
components overview
).
