VBA32 (Virus Block Ada 32) is
antivirus software from the vendor VirusBlokAda for
personal computer
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s running
Microsoft Windows
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. It detects and neutralizes computer viruses,
computer worm
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s,
Trojan horses and other
malware
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(backdoors, adware,
spyware
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, etc.) in real time and on demand.
VBA32 is used as one of the antivirus engines at
VirusTotal
VirusTotal is a website created by the Spanish security company Hispasec Sistemas. Launched in June 2004, it was acquired by Google in September 2012. The company's ownership switched in January 2018 to Chronicle, a subsidiary of Google.
Viru ...
.
VirusBlokAda
''VirusBlokAda'' is an
antivirus software vendor established in 1997 in
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...
. In 2010 it discovered
Stuxnet, the first
malware
Malware (a portmanteau for ''malicious software'') is any software intentionally designed to cause disruption to a computer, server, client, or computer network, leak private information, gain unauthorized access to information or systems, depri ...
that attacks supervisory control and data acquisition (
SCADA
Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) is a control system architecture comprising computers, networked data communications and graphical user interfaces for high-level supervision of machines and processes. It also covers sensors and ...
) systems.
The program
In 2009 Judit Papp assessed that its VBA32 Antivirus product could detect 26 percent of unknown malware, compared to 67 percent detected by
Avira
Avira Operations GmbH is a German multinational computer security software company mainly known for their Avira Free Security antivirus software. Avira was founded in 2006, but the antivirus application has been under active development since ...
's Antivir Premium and 8 percent detected by
MicroWorld's eScan Anti-Virus.
See also
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Antivirus software
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Comparison of antivirus software
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Comparison of computer viruses
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References
External links
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