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Oh and btw I don't know much about security products but I'm quite sure ... premium or free ... both versions for almost all top protection systems uses same virus definitions and same database so .. in my case .. MBAM .. which is very good, no questions there but .. somehow it failed to detect number of issues.
Perhaps its because I didn't have real-time protection but ... when its on the system and I'm running a full system scan .. it failed to detect .. on multiple different scenarios. so considering the fact that free version & premium versions both uses same virus definitions .. if free cant detect ... premium will fail to detect too ... with a high possibility.
While Avast did the job both times but for various reason I'm looking for a better solution.
Basically what I'm saying is .. premium ... it has its perks but really premium doesn't keep you safe(not in all case) ... atleast not in my case and yes I used to have MBAR premium .. didn't make much of an impact really .. even had a malware infection with the premium version.
Ofcourse one could say its the user to blame .. for clicking the wrong url or dl'ing the wrong file .. but if an av scan fails to detect ... that is a problem, actually scratch that .. its a serious issue.
But ofourcse there are premium only protection systems that doesn't allow one to use it for free to all or maybe a few days trial .. those are different, could be million things really .. for example: could be that they have a different detection algorithm, higher sensitivity system, better firewalls ... or perhaps their virus definitions more sophisticated than the ones offered with free protection systems but that's a total different scenario.
Then again there could be scenarios where a free may fail and premium may succeed or the other way around.
Basically what I'm saying is, I think ... premium/free ones stand very close to each other really ... the difference isn't that much but it depends on user and their needs.