ANTIVIRUS(CYBER SECURITY TECHNIQUE)
There are verities of malicious programs like virus, worms, trojan horse, etc that are spread over internet to compromise the security of a computer either to destroy data stored into the computer or gain financial benefits by sniffing passwords etc. To prevent these malicious codes to enter to your system, a special program called an anti-virus is used which is designed to protect the system against virus. It not only prevents the malicious code toenter the system but also detects and destroys the malicious code that is already installed into the system. There are lots of new viruses coming every day. The antivirus program regularly updates its database and provides immunity to the system against these new viruses, worms, etc.
Figure : Different anvirus available on the market