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From: Ol�rin on 4 Mar 2010 04:41

"Twayne" <nobody(a)spamcop.net> wrote in message
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> In news:eatso5dtlao7ut6kji5r0l81sior1bmts6(a)4ax.com,
> Ken Blake, MVP <kblake(a)this.is.an.invalid.domain> typed:
>> On Wed, 3 Mar 2010 11:10:11 -0000, "DL"
>> <notvalid(a)spoofaddress.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Niether AVG or Avast are malaware apps, they are both
>>> AntiVirus apps, not the same as malaware
>>
>>
>> The word "malware" (it's not "malaware") is short for
>> "malicious software." A virus is clearly a form of
>> malicious software, so an anti-virus program is clearly an
>> anti-malware program.
>
> It amounts to: a virus is malware, but malware is NOT necessarily a virus.
> "Malware" is the higher category that is comprised of several others,
> including AV-ware. Just to keep it balanced so they aren't seen as the
> exact same thing. A Ford is a car, but a car is not necessarily a Ford;
> same difference.
>
> HTH,
>
> Twayne

Aye, but we'll also be needing a definition of what a "Forod" is...


From: Rick Merrill on 6 Mar 2010 10:36
Stan Brown wrote:
> Wed, 3 Mar 2010 14:13:31 -0000 from DL<notvalid(a)spoofaddress.co.uk>:
>>
>> Explicitly not
>> eg SpyBot, Adaware, Malawarebytes are all specifically malaware scanners
>
> I don't think anyone will put a lot of faith in someone who thinks
> the word is "malaware".
>
>

Please don't mock the valuable software that removes malapropisms!

:-)
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