09/02/2016
internet security and antivirus
What do you have on your PC and what were the measures for your choice ?
Here we go..
Both antivirus and internet security are designed to protect your computer from harmful programs. However, they are inherently different and therefore depending on your own needs, you should either choose an antivirus or internet security software. The major difference between antivirus and internet security is that while an antivirus protects you from viruses that may infect your computer, an internet security suite protects you from many other forms of malicious content and action, by having advanced features such as a firewall, phishing detection over the internet, capability to detect key loggers and good action against Trojans and worms.
However, there are disadvantages associated with internet security suite over an antivirus. For example, running an internet security suite on your computer requires huge memory and CPU usage and therefore it drastically slows down your computer. This is especially true in cases of older computers and laptops. Apart from program slow downs, the overall running of the system is also slowed, because a scan is performed for many tasks that may normally be harmless. Internet security suites are generally costlier than antivirus softwares. On the other hand, you can get quite good free antivirus softwares for download from the internet.
Depending on the sensitivity of the data present in your computer, you can choose between internet security suite and antivirus. If you are involved with lots of financial transactions over the internet or extensively use online banking with big amounts of money involved, you should consider an internet security suite. Otherwise for personal purposes, an antivirus will work just fine for you.
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