Iintsholongwane zibe yinxalenye yokungena kwi-Intanethi ngokukhangela ngaphambi kokuqalisa kwayo. Bendihleli kule khompyuter inzululwazi iminyaka emininzi, okoko bendi ngumsebenzisi we-MS-DOS kunye neDR-DOS bekusoloko kukho i-runrún yeentsholongwane, ngaphandle kwento yokuba ngelo xesha i-Intanethi yayingeyiyo ingxilimbela ngoku. Ngelo xesha abaphangi abahlukeneyo abathengisa imidlalo kunye nokusetyenziswa banokubandakanya intsholongwane efomathile ikhompyuter yethu, ibhlokile okanye enye into. Ixesha elidlulele Iintsholongwane ziye zavela kakhulu, zamkela i-intanethi kunye ne-malware yangoku, ispyware kunye ne -hlengoware Zizixhobo ezinokubeka kungekuphela izixhobo zethu emngciphekweni, kodwa nolona lwazi lubalulekileyo.
I-Norton kunye neMcAfee zezona zintsholongwane, ezona hayi ngenxa yeso sizathu eyona ilungileyo, esinokuyifumana namhlanje. Kodwa ngokukaRobert O'Callahan, owayesakuba yinjineli yaseMozilla, inye kuphela i-antivirus eyiyo eyiyo Windows Defender i-antivirus efakwe ngokwendalo kuzo zonke iikhompyuter okoko kwafika iWindows 8.1. Kodwa kubonakala ngathi ayinguye yedwa oqinisekisayo, kuba enye injineli yezokhuseleko esebenza kuphuhliso lwe-Chrome, uJustin Schuh ubanga okufanayo.
NgokukaRobert abukho ubungqina bokwenyani bokuba ii-antiviruses ziyafumaneka kwintengiso phucula ukhuseleko esilunikwa yiWindows Defender. Gcina ukhumbula ukuba iWindows Defender idityanisiwe kwinkqubo kwaye nasiphi na isicelo se-antivirus esifakiweyo sinokungasebenzi njengesiqhelo. URobert ucebisa ukuba ukuba une-antivirus uyikhuphe kwaye usebenzise eyomthonyama kuphela.
Kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, intloko yaseKarspersky yathi i-European Union kufuneka ihlolisise ingaba iMicrosoft iyaphula imithetho ye-antitrust ngokufaka i-antivirus application Kwiinguqulelo zamva nje zeWindows, into eqinisekileyo yenza umonakalo omkhulu kwiinkampani zokhuseleko lwekhompyuter. Umonakalo ophakanyiswe ziingxelo zale njineli yeMozilla kunye nenjineli yeChannel.