An essential layer of cybersecurity defenses that employs various techniques to combat a wide range of malicious software threats. Anti-malware solutions are designed to proactively block, identify, quarantine and remediate various forms of malware including viruses, worms, Trojan horses, keyloggers, rogue browser add-ons, adware programs and spyware. They leverage continuously updated detection signatures, heuristic monitoring, behavior analysis and other methods to protect systems and networks from infection and compromise by rapidly evolving malware variants.