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Antiviruses are system software or application software

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Muneeb Ahsan

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, Antiviruses are system software or application softwares. explain please. I'm searching for this answer but never had find the correct yet. There are different opinions on that,
 
software is a software that deals directly with the architecture of the computer hardware. Operating system is a system software.

Application software is a software that interacts with end users and basically does whatever end user is working on. Application software does NOT deal with the architecture of a computer.
 


While this is true, just because it's installed as Application software it does not mean it is classified as one. There are exceptions AV's being one of them.

 


Can you please explain what are you adding with this answer...
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