Some people nowadays are perplexed by the terms antivirus and antimalware. They want to know which one to choose, which one is better, and what the actual difference between these two software is. So in this article we will find out all about these two type of software.

Difference between Antivirus and Antimalware

In initial days these two software were working on different technologies. But these days both software adapts each other’s technologies. So modern days basically both software do almost similar tasks and their is no major differences but still there are some differences. We have compared here total security / internet security in the comparison table. Basic Antivirus (bare antivirus software lacks some features)

Antivirus SoftwareAntimalware Software
Uses virus definitionUsually don’t use virus definitions
FirewallNo Firewall
No Multi AV ScanningSome of them uses Multi AV Scanning
Mostly antivirus conflict with other installed antivirus softwareThey do not conflict with other antivirus or antimalware software
Usually comes with full protection suiteThey usually designed to complement the Antivirus Software
Antivirus vs Antimalware

These days antivirus software started integrating the antimalware module and antimalware started to integrate the antivirus scanning engine. So they are doing almost the same task. But check and compare the features carefully as all of them are not created equally.

Antivirus vs Antimalware : Difference between anti-virus and anti-malware software
Infographics antivirus vs antimalware


Virus vs Malware


Initially computer viruses (A type of malware) were the major threat, so term Antivirus was widely used. In modern time other type of threats play major role than the viruses, So the term antimalware get in trend.

These days all antivirus named as antivirus but they all includes the Antimalware capability with behavioral technology. Mostly Antimalware uses a cloud based multi antivirus engine scanning to get the advantage of traditional virus definitions. It also give them more power over single engine scanning.







Conclusion : which one should you choose?








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