Firewall vs. Antivirus
                     ANTIVIRUS
FIREWALL
Choose Your Cybersecurity Guardian
LET THE BATTLE BEGIN!
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Antivirus, the Defender! 
Specializing in identifying and vanquishing
malware..
Signature moves: Signature-Based
Detection, Behavioral Analysis, and Heuristic
Power.
Firewall, the Gatekeeper! 
Controls the entry and exit points of the cyber
fortress.
Signature moves: Packet Filtering, Proxy
Services, and Stateful Inspection.
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STRENGTHS
ANTIVIRUS FIREWALL
Effective against various Controls network access 
types of malware with precision
Real-time scanning for Monitors and filters
constant vigilance incoming/outgoing
traffic
Behavioral analysis to Acts as a barrier against 
catch tricky threats unauthorized access
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WEAKNESSES
ANTIVIRUS FIREWALL
May not be as effective Less effective against 
against network-based specific malware types
attacks
Relies on signature May not inspect
databases, may miss encrypted traffic
new threats thoroughly
Limited control over Limited in detecting
unauthorized access malware embedded in 
files
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