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Web detect all presently known types of viruses .
Another highlight of Dr. Web is its processor emulator for detecting complicated encrypted and polymorphic viruses, which cannot be detected by signature analysis. Web also traps viruses inside archives, compressed and vaccinated files, as well as in WinWord and Excel documents. Igor A. Daniloff. Remotely check your files with the latest Dr.