{"id":8808,"date":"2022-07-06T09:30:22","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T03:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/?p=8808"},"modified":"2022-07-06T16:50:37","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T10:50:37","slug":"get-antivirus-or-internet-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/en\/get-antivirus-or-internet-security","title":{"rendered":"Antivirus Or Internet Security, Which One Is Better?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many of us often get baffled with two similar terms naming Antivirus and Internet security. Yes, they provide services that are comparable and fall under the same niche. However, there are some obvious differences among them. One is a standalone product defending your PC\u2019s basic cybersecurity mostly with regular signature updates whereas the other ensures you a safe and smooth web browsing experience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this article we will try to understand both products, compare antivirus vs internet security, and try to answer the question of which one is better for you, antivirus or internet security? Let\u2019s get started!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notable Features of Antivirus<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8811\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/03.0.jpg\" alt=\"Antivirus features\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Less Expensive, Standalone software to fight against the cyber threats your PC faces.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Antivirus is a standalone software. It protects the PC from malicious threats coming from the outside. That threat could come from the internet or any other media like a USB drive or a CD \/ DVD.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>How Antivirus works<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Antivirus softwares mainly works by comparing signatures. That means, every harmful malware or virus in the world is found out and tagged by the antivirus service provider. When any new files are entering the PC antivirus software looks into its signature and compares if the new file is harmful before letting it enter. These signatures are updated in a regular interval so ensure maximum protection.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A few features that an antivirus software provides are<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Detects and removes harmful malwares, viruses, ransomwares etc.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scans all types of external storage devices to provide protection from any malwares.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Provides basic real time protection for the system.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/bd\/product\/antivirus\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Least expensive<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> among all the cybersecurity products.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Top Features of Internet security<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8812\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/02.0.jpg\" alt=\"Internet security Features\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All of Antivirus and some more<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In simple words, internet security includes every feature an antivirus software has and then some advanced features of its own. It not only protects your pc but also enhances your overall browsing experience. Basically it\u2019s a collection of multiple cybersecurity features such as<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Firewall<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Firewall works on monitoring and filtering incoming and outgoing network traffic based on security policies set up previously. It is an essential cybersecurity feature working as a gatekeeper who either allows or denies the attempts by softwares or programs trying to gain access to your PC. In general, Internet Security comes equipped with a firewall which can provide several levels of protection.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Anti-spam and Email security<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anti-spam and email security is another feature that comes built-in with internet security. The feature detects and blocks potentially dangerous emails from reaching the user\u2019s inbox. This screening often proves vital against a lot of potential attacks.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Anti-phishing and Web security <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even in this era, phishing happens to be the most used method by the hackers to do harm to the users. An internet security software mostly comes with built-in anti-phishing technology which continuously scans and monitors online activities. In the process, it blocks every malicious website and warns users against visiting it. Same goes for the malicious links. So, anti-phishing and web security keeps PCs away from many cyber threats.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Parental Control<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A lot of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/bd\/product\/internet-security\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Internet Security software <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today provides the parental control feature as an extra option. And this feature is being used more and more as the younger generation is more exposed to the internet. Utilizing this feature means black or whitelist websites and create a controlled and secure cyberspace for your child.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Antivirus or Internet Security? Which one is for you?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, now comes the important question, which one should you get, antivirus or internet security? Well, that completely depends on the type of the user. If you plan to use the PC only for personal usage and not too worried about advanced features, then the basic protection of an antivirus software might suffice. However, it\u2019s highly unlikely that a computer in the current world would never be connected to the internet. Hence the probability of an attack sourcing from the internet does remain. So, it\u2019s always safe to go for the extra bit of security by choosing a modern and powerful Internet security solution.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now as you know about both antivirus and internet security, is there anything which is even superior than internet security? As a matter of fact, yes there is! It is called <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/bd\/product\/total-security\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Total Security<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and as the name indicates, it is the complete security you can have for your PC for personal use. To know more about it, you can visit the renowned cybersecurity provider <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">REVE Antivirus\u2019s website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":8810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[94,203,93,317],"tags":[135,412,281,459,218,457,115,386,124,127],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Antivirus or Internet Security, which one secures your PC? Which one should you get for maximum cybersecurity? This blog helps you decide.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/en\/get-antivirus-or-internet-security\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Antivirus Or Internet Security, Which One Is Better? | REVE Antivirus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Antivirus or Internet Security, which one secures your PC? Which one should you get for maximum cybersecurity? This blog helps you decide.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/en\/get-antivirus-or-internet-security\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"REVE Antivirus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/REVE-Antivirus-733117470104716\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-07-06T03:30:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-07-06T10:50:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Feature-image.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1460\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"821\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@REVEAntivirus\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@REVEAntivirus\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Shahriar Rahman\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"REVE Antivirus\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/en\/get-antivirus-or-internet-security#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Feature-image.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Feature-image.jpg\",\"width\":1460,\"height\":821,\"caption\":\"Antivirus vs Internet security\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/en\/get-antivirus-or-internet-security#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/en\/get-antivirus-or-internet-security\",\"name\":\"Antivirus Or Internet Security, Which One Is Better? | REVE Antivirus\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/en\/get-antivirus-or-internet-security#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-07-06T03:30:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-07-06T10:50:37+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/fb7225359a07ccc0a80efa9d3e0fa901\"},\"description\":\"Antivirus or Internet Security, which one secures your PC? Which one should you get for maximum cybersecurity? This blog helps you decide.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/en\/get-antivirus-or-internet-security#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/en\/get-antivirus-or-internet-security\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/en\/get-antivirus-or-internet-security#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Antivirus Or Internet Security, Which One Is Better?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/fb7225359a07ccc0a80efa9d3e0fa901\",\"name\":\"Shahriar Rahman\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9373b9bc56eedfacacadaf6316294d64?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9373b9bc56eedfacacadaf6316294d64?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Shahriar Rahman\"},\"description\":\"Shahriar is a cybersecurity enthusiastic, computer geek and keen blogger. Writing in various niches for the last five years. Working towards making the internet a safer place for everyone.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/shahriar019\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/author\/shahriar\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"description":"Antivirus or Internet Security, which one secures your PC? Which one should you get for maximum cybersecurity? This blog helps you decide.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/en\/get-antivirus-or-internet-security","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Antivirus Or Internet Security, Which One Is Better? | REVE Antivirus","og_description":"Antivirus or Internet Security, which one secures your PC? Which one should you get for maximum cybersecurity? This blog helps you decide.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/en\/get-antivirus-or-internet-security","og_site_name":"REVE Antivirus","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/REVE-Antivirus-733117470104716","article_published_time":"2022-07-06T03:30:22+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-07-06T10:50:37+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1460,"height":821,"url":"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Feature-image.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary","twitter_creator":"@REVEAntivirus","twitter_site":"@REVEAntivirus","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Shahriar Rahman","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/","name":"REVE Antivirus","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/en\/get-antivirus-or-internet-security#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Feature-image.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Feature-image.jpg","width":1460,"height":821,"caption":"Antivirus vs Internet security"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/en\/get-antivirus-or-internet-security#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/en\/get-antivirus-or-internet-security","name":"Antivirus Or Internet Security, Which One Is Better? | REVE Antivirus","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/en\/get-antivirus-or-internet-security#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2022-07-06T03:30:22+00:00","dateModified":"2022-07-06T10:50:37+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/fb7225359a07ccc0a80efa9d3e0fa901"},"description":"Antivirus or Internet Security, which one secures your PC? Which one should you get for maximum cybersecurity? This blog helps you decide.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/en\/get-antivirus-or-internet-security#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/en\/get-antivirus-or-internet-security"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/en\/get-antivirus-or-internet-security#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Antivirus Or Internet Security, Which One Is Better?"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/fb7225359a07ccc0a80efa9d3e0fa901","name":"Shahriar Rahman","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9373b9bc56eedfacacadaf6316294d64?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9373b9bc56eedfacacadaf6316294d64?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Shahriar Rahman"},"description":"Shahriar is a cybersecurity enthusiastic, computer geek and keen blogger. Writing in various niches for the last five years. Working towards making the internet a safer place for everyone.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/shahriar019\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/author\/shahriar"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8808"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8808"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8813,"href":"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8808\/revisions\/8813"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}