防病毒和反间谍软件之间的区别

1.防毒软件：
防病毒软件是一款应用程序软件，旨在保护我们的计算机免受恶意软件，病毒，计算机蠕虫，间谍软件，rootkit，键盘记录程序等的侵害。防病毒软件函数扫描，检测和清除计算机病毒的功能。因此，简单来说，我们可以说它是一种安全软件，可以检测并销毁计算机中的病毒，并防止病毒保护计算机。

根据操作系统(OS)的兼容性，存在不同的防病毒软件，它们的类型也不同，例如Windows OS的防病毒软件，Linux OS的防病毒软件，Android OS的防病毒软件，MAC OS的防病毒软件。

2.反间谍软件：
反间谍软件是一种安全软件，可以检测，删除有害的间谍软件并保护其免遭破坏。它是一种恶意软件，旨在跟踪用户的在线活动并收集信息。它旨在在用户不知情的情况下窃取有价值的信息。反间谍软件在Internet上也可以称为间谍软件。

如今，许多现代安全套件都将反间谍软件功能与防病毒保护，个人防火墙等捆绑在一起，可以检测和删除间谍软件应用程序。

防病毒和反间谍软件之间的区别：

S.No.	Antivirus	Anti-spyware
1.	Antivirus software is a software which is designed to detect, block and then remove a virus from our computer system.	Anti Spyware is a software which aims to detect specific set of malicious applications known as Spywares.
2.	Virus is a program which is loaded onto our computer without our knowledge and runs against your wishes and creates trouble to our system where this antivirus software blocks this.	Spyware is software that continuously gathers user information and important data through the user’s Internet connection without his or her knowledge where this anti-spyware blocks this.
3.	Antivirus is a broad term, this software acts as a security for all including this spyware also.	Now a days this anti spyware program is coming under the antivirus softwares.
4.	At the very basic level, antivirus will scan the hard drive for existence of malicious programs on it and will trigger which happens on demand or in intervals.	At the very basic level, it checks for spyware. It also have features to scan other resources like registry, start-up folder etc to determine whether Spyware is already installed.
5.	Antivirus software uses various types of techniques for detection of any viruses which includes signature-based scanning, behavioral scanning and heuristics.	Anti-spyware software basically uses behavioral scanning technique/method to detect and remove spywares.
6.	Some antivirus software vendors includes McAfee, AVG, Trend Micro etc.	Some anti-spyware software vendors includes Microsoft, Webroot, McAfee etc.