Cybersecurity ABC: What is an Antivirus? | NordVPN

Encrypt your traffic and fend off criminals and viruses 🚀 Protect your privacy right now 📣 Grab NordVPN Christmas Deal now 👉 https://content.nordvpn.com/31wJfpD 🔥 📣 🎉 *** What is antivirus? It is a piece of software protecting you from viruses. Our beginner’s guide to cybersecurity will provide you with more information about it. Our new video series will give you short and simple explanations of the most common cybersecurity terms. Raising awareness and educating are some of our top priorities. So, hopefully, these short videos will shed some light on the complex field of cybersecurity. Today, we will talk about the antivirus — one of the primary protection tools. *** 🔔 Subscribe to get the latest content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSZhRxyloC-qzURiOa3vbFQ?sub_confirmation=1 *** Contents of the video: 00:00 Intro 00:15 What is an antivirus? 00:40 What does the antivirus do? *** What is antivirus? The antivirus is one of the most popular protection tools. It identifies and catches viruses once they appear in your system. Antiviruses are trained and intelligent — they can identify malicious behavior and detect the most recent viruses, thanks to their huge databases. With an antivirus, you are much safer. Imagine you check your email and see an irresistible job offer. Exciting opportunities, competitive salary — everything sounds so good. You just need to download that little file to check how to apply. But soon the excitement turns into worry as your device starts acting up. It looks like you’ve just downloaded a virus. But there is one tool that can help you in such cases — meet the antivirus. The antivirus immediately discovers and quarantines any viruses it finds on your device. Quality antivirus software has databases that are constantly updated and can identify even the freshest viruses. It can also identify suspicious activity on your device, and catch the sneaky viruses trying to load up on startup or let others in. The word “antivirus” is a broad term and usually includes all software protecting you from all kinds of nasty stuff - trojans, ransomware, adware. But we will tell you about them later. Stay safe, and don’t open attachments from people you don’t trust. *** About NordVPN NordVPN is the world’s leading VPN provider and a flagship service of Nord Security. We aim to provide internet users with all the necessary online security tools. What is a VPN? VPN is short for virtual private network. It’s a service that protects online activity and changes IP address and virtual location. *** Get NordVPN now and fend off cybercriminals 👉 🥳 https://content.nordvpn.com/31wJfpD 🎉 *** #antivirus #cybersecurityfordummies #virus Subscribe to NordVPN Germany or NordVPN France to learn more about digital privacy and security in your native language 🖥️🔒🗺️ NordVPN en français https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuDJsysR3COx7T05jNXn4PQ NordVPN auf Deutsch https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK-fTklZOWGfC77UyTw4-Ww