1949–1980 period (pre-antivirus days)
Although the roots of the computer virus date back as early as 1949, when the Hungarian scientist John von Neumann published the "Theory of self-reproducing automata", the first … See more

Unexpected renewal costs
Some commercial antivirus software end-user license agreements include a clause that the See more

Antivirus software running on individual computers is the most common method employed of guarding against malware, but it is not the only … See more

• Anti-virus and anti-malware software
• CARO, the Computer Antivirus Research Organization See more

In 1987, Frederick B. Cohen demonstrated that the algorithm, which would be able to detect all possible viruses, can't possibly exist (like the algorithm which determines whether or not the … See more

Antivirus software has some drawbacks, first of which that it can impact a computer's performance.
Furthermore, inexperienced users can be lulled into a false sense of security when using the computer, considering their computers to be … See more

According to an FBI survey, major businesses lose $12 million annually dealing with virus incidents. A survey by Symantec in 2009 found that a third of small to medium-sized business did not use antivirus protection at that time, whereas more than … See more