We won’t go into exactly how antivirus works here, but the gist is that the real-time malware shield is key, watching over any processes that start on your PC and new files which are introduced, looking for anything suspect. When you have an antivirus or security suite operational on your device, it sits there monitoring your system with real-time protection (as well as providing on-demand scans as needed).
Can malware really avoid virus protection software?įirst things first.if you aren't already running some kind of protection, then it really is better to be safe than sorry in this respect (even if it’s just the built-in Microsoft Defender for those on Windows, which is actually a serviceable choice these days).
