What does AV stand for?

Anti-Virus Vendor

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Information technology (IT) and computers

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Samples in periodicals archive:

“Employees doing holiday shopping online from work computers may inadvertently introduce malware into the network,” Randy Abrams, director of technical education at anti-virus vendor ESET, told SCMagazineUS.

Experts expect exploits abound on Cyber Monday

If the virus that has infected your machine isn't detected, many anti-virus vendors offer a service in which they can remotely take over your computer and delete the malware for a fee.

How to tell, what to do if computer is infected

The first anti-virus signature for the attack from a major anti-virus vendor was released on June 29, 2008, more than 15 hours after IronPort was able to capture and resolve the new threat, said the company.

Ironport virus filters block new virus

In the past, computer users and system administrators around the world have faced difficulties identifying threats attacking their systems, as anti-virus vendors rely on different virus-naming conventions to refer to particular threats.

IT news: Sophos joins drive to cure virus-naming confusion

Current supported anti-virus vendor agents include McAfee, Symantec, Trend Micro, Computer Associates, and Panda.

HSH TECH SOLUTIONS DEBUTS ANTIVIRUS REPORTING SOFTWARE

Many recent outbreaks began during Asian business hours -overnight in the United States -allowing anti-virus vendors to develop new defences by the time US companies opened.

E-mail worm spreading

Anti-virus vendor Panda Software SA is to launch an anti-virus package fitted with some unusual Web-based administration features so that the system can be remotely installed through an automatically generated URL or by downloading an ActiveX control onto PCs even without an Internet connection.

Panda Pushes Web Admin AV Suite at SMEs

Symantec said: "While we still need to understand the full implications for this announcement, we applaud Microsoft's efforts to develop an operating system upon which anti-virus vendors can build more effective protection.

Microsoft acquisition shakes anti-virus market. (Infrastructure News ...