How to Use antivirus in a Sentence

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  • The first hospital gave him antivirus medicine and pain pills without examining him.
    — Jay Reddick, OrlandoSentinel.com, 2018-06-27
  • Stealth The malware was designed to copy the credentials in a way that wouldn't be detected by antivirus programs.
    — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 2018-04-18
  • Other programs let hackers log keystrokes, steal passwords, collect files, and elude antivirus programs.
    — Fred Kaplan, Slate Magazine, 2017-03-07
  • Keeping your browser updated and antivirus vigilant can help protect against it.
    — Brad Chacos, PCWorld, 2018-05-22
  • Buy and download antivirus software from a reputable source such as McAfee, Norton, or Symantec.
    — Caroline Knorr, CNN, 2018-04-02
  • Davis also advises updating apps and using antivirus software, such as those offered by McAfee and Kaspersky.
    — Madeline Buxton, refinery29.com, 2019-06-14
  • Overall Our favorite paid antivirus software is Bitdefender Antivirus Plus.
    — Brendan Nystedt, USA TODAY, 2017-04-27
  • While cryptojacking scripts are not necessarily actual computer viruses, most antivirus software packages also check for other types of malicious software.
    — Richard Enbody, Scientific American, 2018-05-09
  • McAfee said hackers used the tool to custom-build a malware download that was invisible to most antivirus software and hid malicious files in an image attached to a Microsoft Word document.
    — Timothy W. Martin, WSJ, 2018-04-19
  • This includes downloading daily antivirus protection software, monitoring servers and daily logs, conducting a vulnerability assessment, and taking other steps.
    — Eric Shawn, Fox News, 2018-05-13
  • Check Microsoft’s support site for the absolute latest news, but the company previously warned that its updates for Windows 7 and Windows 10 can conflict with certain antivirus programs; users should contact those software makers about updates.
    — J. D. Biersdorfer, New York Times, 2018-01-15

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