different types of security software?

Security software is nothing but software that prevents a computer from malicious code that can harm it by doing things that are not considered to be normal. This security software’s intend to stop these malicious codes also referred as Virus, Trojans, Worms etc from inflicting any type of damage to your computer or any other piece of software.

Firewall - A Firewall is program that prevents unauthorized access to a computer. It differentiates the authorized ones and unauthorized ones and allows just the authorized users from accessing it. 

Anti Virus - Anti Virus software focuses on finding these viruses and other malicious code and preventing them from attacking the system. It is very important to have an anti virus and it is even more important to have it updated regularly.

Anti spyware - Spy wares are the most common and most dangerous types of malicious programs that steal important information from our computer. Anti spyware finds these spy wares in our system and removes them before it could transmit any confidential data

If you are a frequent internet user and download a lot of things then it is mandatory to have one or few security software’s that are mentioned above because most Viruses and Trojans are transferred to the local system through the downloaded content.