Antivirus vs Anti-malware as Fast As Possible
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·Techquickie
·2015-05-07
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in a perfect world there would be no viruses or other diseases and no one
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would ever get sick but since little nasties that make you feel
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lousy do exist prevention seems like a pretty good idea doesn't it now for
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people the solutions are pretty well established but online it's not always
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so clear computer nasties can be hidden in links downloaded files and even
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pop-ups or other advertisements so you'll need software to protect yourself
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but how do you know which one most internet security companies try to
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market their service as one of two things anti-virus or anti-malware but
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wait a second Linus malware is just any software that's mal or bad so wouldn't
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viruses just be a subset of that what gives let's think of security software
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as people and viruses as music or something an anti-virus program
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would be kind of like your dad sure he's got a lot of life experience which is
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great but his taste in music ah
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is pretty much straight oldies it takes a lot of repetition for a new song to
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enter his repertoire antivirus programs in much the same way are mostly
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effective on the more classic types of malware or at least the types that have
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seen the most press things like worms trojans and some key loggers will be on
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their watch list but often trendier types of malware like zero day or zero
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hour exploits ones that take advantage of a vulnerability almost immediately
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after it's found before the software maker has any time to patch it are not
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covered anti-malware programs are kind of like dad's teenage daughter they have
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to be up on the latest trends the most popular new songs but they may have
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never heard of hey jude or yellow submarine the software that anti-malware
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companies make in the same way is much more you know hip or or with it and this
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is important because without great software like malwarebytes for example
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some zero day or zero hour exploits would exist for months before we got a
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reliable fix potentially compromising the security of thousands or even
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millions of people depending on the severity the thing about them though is
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they often don't worry about keeping a fix for viruses that are months or years
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old around because by that time antivirus programs should have them
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covered so then if antivirus and anti-malware programs
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attack different types of malware how do you determine which one you should use
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the answer is both whoa whoa Linus hold
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on a second there i've heard that running two security programs
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simultaneously is bad for performance that is definitely true and if you used
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both a real-time scanning antivirus and
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anti-malware program at the same time that could slow down your pc and can
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even cause conflicts between the two program scan functions no the trick is
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to run an active antivirus scanner that serves as a catch-all and have an
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on-demand anti-malware program that you can run full scans with periodically or
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when you notice a change in your computer's performance
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but how should you determine which program to use
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well the answer and i know this is a bit of a cop-out but it's true is to do your
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research at the time you're getting it watch out for paid options that are
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redundant or only applicable in a setting with multiple simultaneous users
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like in a small business and check out the latest reports on the effectiveness
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of the various softwares out there because they're changing relative to
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each other all the time the good news is that there are a ton of awesome
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antivirus and anti-malware services out there and though this may surprise some
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of the less tech savvy viewers free does not equal bad when it comes to these
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services by the way i want to give a big shout out speaking of free to lifehacker
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for writing this article for free that served as an inspiration for this video
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you can check it out at the link in the video description they're awesome folks they share our stuff we share their
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