Central Point Anti-Virus
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Central Point Anti-Virus (CPAV) was a DOS
-based antivirus
program developed by former Central Point Software
Inc. (acquired by Symantec Corporation in 1994). It was partly adapted into Microsoft Anti-Virus
's DOS and Windows
versions (MSAV and MWAV), and merged into Norton Antivirus
. CPS had licensed from Carmel Software Engineering in Haifa, Israel. The active defense component of CPAV, VDefend was known as VSafe in MSAV. Carmel Software sold the product as Turbo Anti-Virus both domestically and abroad.
The program was mainly developed by Yuval Sherman and Elie Shappira
DOS
DOS, short for "Disk Operating System", is an acronym for several closely related operating systems that dominated the IBM PC compatible market between 1981 and 1995, or until about 2000 if one includes the partially DOS-based Microsoft Windows versions 95, 98, and Millennium Edition.Related...
-based antivirus
Antivirus software
Antivirus or anti-virus software is used to prevent, detect, and remove malware, including but not limited to computer viruses, computer worm, trojan horses, spyware and adware...
program developed by former Central Point Software
Central Point Software
Central Point Software, Inc. was a leading software utilities maker for the PC market, supplying utilities software for the DOS and Microsoft Windows markets. It also made Apple II copy programs.-History:...
Inc. (acquired by Symantec Corporation in 1994). It was partly adapted into Microsoft Anti-Virus
Microsoft Anti-Virus
Microsoft Anti-Virus was an antivirus program introduced by Microsoft for its MS-DOS operating system. The program first appeared in MS-DOS version 6.0...
's DOS and Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
versions (MSAV and MWAV), and merged into Norton Antivirus
Norton AntiVirus
Norton AntiVirus, developed and distributed by Symantec Corporation, provides malware prevention and removal during a subscription period. It uses signatures and heuristics to identify viruses. Other features include e-mail spam filtering and phishing protection.Symantec distributes the product as...
. CPS had licensed from Carmel Software Engineering in Haifa, Israel. The active defense component of CPAV, VDefend was known as VSafe in MSAV. Carmel Software sold the product as Turbo Anti-Virus both domestically and abroad.
The program was mainly developed by Yuval Sherman and Elie Shappira