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a continuous basis and protects your computer from all new malware.
7.15.1. ID Protection Principles
AVG Identity Protection
is an anti-malware component that protects you from all
kinds of malware (
spyware, bots, identity theft, ...
) using behavioral technologies and
provide zero day protection for new viruses. As malware gets sophisticated and comes
in a form of normal programs that can open up your PC to the remote attacker for
identity theft,
AVG Identity Protection
secures you from these new execution based
malware. It is a complimentary protection to
AVG Anti-Virus
that protects you from
file based and known viruses using signature mechanism and scanning.
We strongly recommend you have the both
AVG Anti-Virus
and AVG Identity
Protection components installed, in order to have complete protection for your
PC.
7.15.2. ID Protection Interface
The
Identity Protection
component interface provides a brief description of the
component's basic functionality, its status, and some statistical data:
·
Malware items removed
- gives the number of applications detected as
malware, and removed
·
Processes monitored
- number of currently running applications that are
being monitored by IDP
·
Behaviors monitored
- number of specific actions running within the
monitored applications
