What’s the difference between antivirus and anti-malware?
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What’s the difference between antivirus and anti-malware?
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12-29-2018 , 05:52 AM
Quote:Does antivirus and anti-malware mean the same thing? Quote: SOURCE :arrow: 
12-29-2018 , 09:59 AM
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12-29-2018 , 10:06 AM
Malware is a group of MALicious softWARE, which includes viruses and trojans. They all fall under that category.
Like cars is a group, consisting of makes like BMW and Toyota.
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12-29-2018 , 12:30 PM
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