A well-designed antivirus program helps prevent malware infections and eliminates current threats and attacks on individual computers, networks or entire IT systems. The software scans websites, files, installed software and user information for known malware types. They also monitor the program’s behavior to identify possible threats.
Most antivirus protections offer multiple scanning methods such as scheduled, on-access and quick scans. On-access scans are designed to detect malicious code in directories of the operating system, the common file areas and other common locations upon startup. Scheduled scans allow you to create a daily, monthly or weekly schedule for running a complete system scan at a specified time. Scans that are quick usually last just about a minute or so and look at commonly used areas of your computer, for example temporary files or the operating system directory.
Certain programs use heuristic detection to look for malware by looking for similar trends or patterns. This is a more sophisticated form of virus detection when compared to signature-based detection and can catch malware other programs miss. These advanced forms of antivirus detection may not work as well for small businesses, as they are often prone to false positives–identifying secure parts of files and programs as potentially harmful.
As the world of business becomes increasingly interconnected hackers are focusing on businesses more frequently to score caches of consumer data or to make a name for themselves through hacktivism (disrupting professional systems due to social or political reasons). All businesses should have antivirus protection in place to protect them from cyberattacks.
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