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anti-virus

n. (alternative spelling of antivirus English)

Usage examples of "anti-virus".

Even as I write, new strains are being reported that mutate slightly in every generation, just enough to evade detection by standard anti-virus programs.

And even if I knew, absolutely, that the anti-virus would be ready and usable in six weeks, I'd still allow this mission.

But now I'm going to have to go through and design anti-virus software to protect every spell we've got.

In the days before a specific anti-virus program was available, I myself responded to an early infection of my own hard disk by means of a crude ``vaccination.

Computer virus designers dream up ever more devious tricks for outwitting the programmers of anti-virus software.

Stores, dealerships, galleries struggled to satisfy the skyrocketing demand for ever more recherche produce: limited-edition olive oils, three-hundred-dollar corkscrews, customized Humvees, the latest anti-virus software, escort services featuring contortionists and twins, video installations, outsider art, featherlight shawls made from the chin-fluff of extinct mountain goats.