Multiple choice technology

What is antivirus Signature?

  1. Just a scan engine does search

  2. It is an algorithm that uniquely identifies a specific virus

  3. Just an EXE file for AV installation

  4. none of the above

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B Correct answer
Explanation

An antivirus signature is a unique pattern or algorithm that identifies specific malware. Unlike the scan engine (which performs the matching), the signature is the identifier itself.