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This virus scanner targets viruses, which is one form of malware, but there is actually a larger class of malware of which viruses are just a member of. In the past, antivirus companies targeted only viruses while antimalware companies, which were newer to the game, targeted the stuff that antivirus companies didn’t catch or target in their detection schemes. You could even argue that the only difference between the companies that claim to be antivirus versus anti malware pretty much comes down to branding! However, in the digital space, it does its thing by attaching or injecting code to programs that then activate upon execution.īoth the terms malware and virus are used interchangeably, and I suspect this is the case because antivirus and anti-malware / antimalware programs (MalwareBytes was considered the latter) have pretty much converged in terms of the protection services offered over the years. To make a long story short, malware is a generalized catch-all term encompassing any type of malicious software.Ī virus is a specific class of malware that replicates itself (just like real viruses do). 7) MalwareBytes What Is The Difference Between Malware and Viruses?