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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which method of computer security software searches all files to see if they look suspicious?
A
Anti-virus
B
Firewall
C
Network policy
D
Malware
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Cloud analysis is a modern way of performing malware analysis, as it’s done on the cloud using the antivirus vendor’s servers. This way, if a malicious file or program is detected by the antivirus program, it’s sent to the vendor’s labs, where it’s tested.

Detailed explanation-2: -Antivirus software is software designed to protect your device from malware. It does this by scanning files and programs as they arrive on your device and determining if they are safe. Different kinds of antivirus software do this in different ways.

Detailed explanation-3: -Antivirus is a kind of software used to prevent, scan, detect and delete viruses from a computer.

Detailed explanation-4: -Scanning. Definition: A scanner will search all files in memory, in the boot sector (the sector on disk that specifies where boot information is, ) and on disk for code snippets that will uniquely identify a file as a virus. Integrity Checking. Heuristic Virus Checking. Interception.

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