Antivirus vs Anti Malware!

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 This is part of the "7 common misconception about computing" week series. 

What are these? You might heard a lot about Antivirus since younger ages, but Anti Malware seems to pop up quite recently. (For me it is) Many people say their computer only need Antivirus software, and some of them don't install both Antivirus and Anti Malware in their computer because scared of any possible software conflict.

Before I start anything, here's a video that is quite informative for the topic today. Basically what I wanted to say is based on this video.

So, what is virus and malware? Virus is a type of malware. The base function of virus is to duplicate themselves and spread through the whole computer. Malware is a term that includes all types of 'Malicious Softwares', ranging from virus to trojan horse.

Then, it is quite obvious to say that Antivirus is a software use to remove all computer viruses while Anti Malware use to remove all malicious coded softwares in your computer. So should we just install the Anti Malware to do the job?

While the previous statement is true. Anti Malware software is a more updated scanner that look for newer viruses and security vulnerabilities. Some of them do not scan for older well known viruses. To make sure you have security covered everything, you need Antivirus software.

So, which one do you need for your computer? Antivirus or Anti Malware? Basically both. (Yep.)

To prevent the possible conflicts, you should put your Antivirus software in 'Real-Time Protection' mode while turn off the Anti Malware software 'Real-Time Protection' mode and run them manually yourself about once a week.

 Just Remember 

Malware - All kinds of malicious softwares including virus, trojan horse and worm,

Virus - A type of malware, used to duplicate itself and infect the whole computer.

Antivirus - You need one of this on 'Real-Time Protection', it use to find and remove any well known viruses in your computer.

Anti Malware - You need one of this but turn off the 'Real-Time Protection' and run it manually once a week, it use to find and remove any recent discovered malwares that haven't cover by most of the Antivirus software.