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How do I explain how Anti-Virus protection works to a non-Super User?

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I found this question which expalins a little in detail of how Anti-Virus softwares work exactly. But I just had a client ask me this, and I really couldn't give him a good, simple, easy to understand answer. Best thing I could come up with was that each virus has a specific "fingerprint" and the s…

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Detection mechanism, or how they on a deeper level? When people say to me about how did malware get on their machine, and why is it not always possible to remove once it is on the system, and pretty much anything to do with malware I always answer w…

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