PC World has a short article written by Lincoln Spector that discusses the difference between malware and viruses at http://www.pcworld.com/article/2048261/understanding-tech-language-the-difference-between-malware-and-a-virus.html
He describes a virus as a subset of malware. The bottom line is that they both refer to malicious code that make your computer do unintended actions, which are harmful. Because cyber criminals are dreaming up new cyber crimes everyday, it is imperative for us to keep our antivirus and malware software up-to-date. Although computer viruses are rarer today than they were 20-30 years ago, the term "virus" lingers. The antivirus software programs we use today are actually anti-malware programs. We do not have to pay large amounts of money for the software. AVG (http://free.avg.com/us-en/homepage) and Malwarebytes (http://www.malwarebytes.org/) are both free solutions.
Information in the first few minutes of the video below explain the different types of malware.
He describes a virus as a subset of malware. The bottom line is that they both refer to malicious code that make your computer do unintended actions, which are harmful. Because cyber criminals are dreaming up new cyber crimes everyday, it is imperative for us to keep our antivirus and malware software up-to-date. Although computer viruses are rarer today than they were 20-30 years ago, the term "virus" lingers. The antivirus software programs we use today are actually anti-malware programs. We do not have to pay large amounts of money for the software. AVG (http://free.avg.com/us-en/homepage) and Malwarebytes (http://www.malwarebytes.org/) are both free solutions.
Information in the first few minutes of the video below explain the different types of malware.
Virus can damage all the data in the hard disk and can even hack your system but the malware just hits a spot and when we check it new software we can handle that easily.
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