Know the Difference between Firewall And Antivirus

2016-03-17 09:38:33

Firewall and antivirus software are the two methods through which a computer can be protected from any infectious malicious software. An antivirus program works by scanning the PC to detect and eliminate infected files and also checks any virus which is affecting your important data. Unlike antivirus program, a Firewall software comes in built but can also be easily added separately. It is used in making the networks safe from the malicious software.

 

Antivirus is widely used to prevent the viruses to enter in any computer so that it might not enter the system and infect the system files. There is a wide range of antivirus software today which remove different types of malware and virus. The main work of antivirus is to detect, scan, prevent and eliminate a large number of malicious software present in the computer.

 

A Firewall software can easily control the incoming as well as outgoing network traffic by diagnosing the large number of data packets which are sent. Firewall is called out to be a network security system which is hardware based and works on the basis of a rule set.

 

Many antivirus programs makes use of a technique called heuristics to resolve a problem in the quickest way as compared to the classic method. This is done by making an approximate solution if classical solution fails.  So, it is best understood that an antivirus and a Firewall have almost the same job of detecting and removing the virus but they are used on different levels.

 

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