in a perfect world there would be no viruses or other diseases and no one
would ever get sick but since little nasties that make you feel
lousy do exist prevention seems like a pretty good idea doesn't it now for
people the solutions are pretty well established but online it's not always
so clear computer nasties can be hidden in links downloaded files and even
pop-ups or other advertisements so you'll need software to protect yourself
but how do you know which one most internet security companies try to
market their service as one of two things anti-virus or anti-malware but
wait a second Linus malware is just any software that's mal or bad so wouldn't
viruses just be a subset of that what gives let's think of security software
as people and viruses as music or something an anti-virus program
would be kind of like your dad sure he's got a lot of life experience which is
great but his taste in music ah
is pretty much straight oldies it takes a lot of repetition for a new song to
enter his repertoire antivirus programs in much the same way are mostly
effective on the more classic types of malware or at least the types that have
seen the most press things like worms trojans and some key loggers will be on
their watch list but often trendier types of malware like zero day or zero
hour exploits ones that take advantage of a vulnerability almost immediately
after it's found before the software maker has any time to patch it are not
covered anti-malware programs are kind of like dad's teenage daughter they have
to be up on the latest trends the most popular new songs but they may have
never heard of hey jude or yellow submarine the software that anti-malware
companies make in the same way is much more you know hip or or with it and this
is important because without great software like malwarebytes for example
some zero day or zero hour exploits would exist for months before we got a
reliable fix potentially compromising the security of thousands or even
millions of people depending on the severity the thing about them though is
they often don't worry about keeping a fix for viruses that are months or years
old around because by that time antivirus programs should have them
covered so then if antivirus and anti-malware programs
attack different types of malware how do you determine which one you should use
the answer is both whoa whoa Linus hold
on a second there i've heard that running two security programs
simultaneously is bad for performance that is definitely true and if you used
both a real-time scanning antivirus and
anti-malware program at the same time that could slow down your pc and can
even cause conflicts between the two program scan functions no the trick is
to run an active antivirus scanner that serves as a catch-all and have an
on-demand anti-malware program that you can run full scans with periodically or
when you notice a change in your computer's performance
but how should you determine which program to use
well the answer and i know this is a bit of a cop-out but it's true is to do your
research at the time you're getting it watch out for paid options that are
redundant or only applicable in a setting with multiple simultaneous users
like in a small business and check out the latest reports on the effectiveness
of the various softwares out there because they're changing relative to
each other all the time the good news is that there are a ton of awesome
antivirus and anti-malware services out there and though this may surprise some
of the less tech savvy viewers free does not equal bad when it comes to these
services by the way i want to give a big shout out speaking of free to lifehacker
for writing this article for free that served as an inspiration for this video
you can check it out at the link in the video description they're awesome folks they share our stuff we share their
stuff everyone's happy and everyone learns something in the process
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