Many users think that as long as the antivirus software is installed, the system will be completely safe. Such thought is absolutely wrong. In the current internet and network environment, Trojan horses, viruses, hackers, spyware and adware threaten our systems all the time. Does antivirus software alone can guarantee our security? Now let's take a look at these two kinds of software.

Firewall software is responsible for blocking all areas of traffic through unauthorized ports on your computer. It ensures your internet security and gives you peace of mind when you are surfing internet, chatting online, banking online or playing online games. Firewall software restricts access to malicious websites, web pages, emails or programs that may be malicious to your system. RISING personal firewall can protect your password against online id thief and keep you stay away from those bad websites and hackers.

Antivirus software protects your computer system from viruses, spyware (Anti-spyware trends to become separate software now), Trojans, backdoor programs, worms and other malicious programs and codes. Each of programs can infiltrate your computer system, installs itself, run and execute automatically with some kind of deception. These programs may slow down your system, consume the resources, even finally crash your system or get your computer system controlled by malicious users.

We can see antivirus and firewall have different features, functions and responsibilities. The common point is they all work for your personal computer system security. Their relationship is not replacement, but complement.