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on-access scanner
Last modified: Thursday, May 17, 2007
A type of antivirus program which runs in
the background and actively scans your computer
system constantly for viruses and other malicious
threats, for the entire duration that your system is powered on, unless paused
by the computer user. On-access scanners will monitor all system activity and
automatically scan files which have been downloaded
from the Internet or through
e-mail. Contrast with on-demand scanner.
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