The Design and Implementation of an Antivirus Software Advising System

People use computers for all kind of activities: online gaming, shopping, entertainment, emails, face book, study, research, etc. At the same time, the risk of infection by malicious programs in these computers is rising. The main issue is that general users don´t understand what a virus is and how computers get infected. On the other hand, many vendors produce antivirus software with different features to prevent or remove these viruses from people´s computers. General users don´t understand the concept of each feature in these programs, nor is there a tool to advise users about what the features mean and help them select the right software for personal or business needs. The purpose of this paper is to create an advising system to assist general users to study about computer virus and antivirus, understand the various features of antivirus software products, and select right antivirus software to protect their computers.