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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 9 Anti Virus
up-to-date with the latest
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.
8.2.2. 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 (Anti-
Spyware component is active.), and some Anti-Spyware statistics:
· Spyware definitions - number provides the count of spyware samples defined
in the latest spyware database version
· Latest database update - 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
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updates. For this reason, AVG allows
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