Antivirus: Free vs. Paid Detection
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You pay for ESET.
And thats the best.
Pretty much settles that.
I shall rephrase for better understanding.
The best of the best. VB100
"That" settles it.
For those of you useing free alternatives and/or Norton, you are at risk.
Argue away.
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I use a free AV (MSE), and it has worked well for me.
Of course, Common Sense is a necessary addition to any AV.
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Thanks for posting the report. Very useful information. If i'm not mistaken according to the graph of missed samples
Avast is the best free anti virus software. Or was there some other free av software that scored higher? Because i then may want to switch
Those were the paid versions they tested - not the free. I have seen other tests were the free versions come out lower than the same paid program.
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Thanks for posting the report. Very useful information. If i'm not mistaken according to the graph of missed samples
Avast is the best free anti virus software. Or was there some other free av software that scored higher? Because i then may want to switch
Those were the paid versions they tested - not the free. I have seen other tests were the free versions come out lower than the same paid program.
The report says Avast! Free.
You pay for ESET.
And thats the best.
Pretty much settles that.
I shall rephrase for better understanding.
The best of the best. VB100
"That" settles it.
For those of you useing free alternatives and/or Norton, you are at risk.
Argue away.
Exactly my thought.
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You pay for ESET.
And thats the best.
Pretty much settles that.
I shall rephrase for better understanding.
The best of the best. VB100
"That" settles it.
For those of you useing free alternatives and/or Norton, you are at risk.
Argue away.
^Your previous post was far more thoughtful -- which I agreed with 
Layerd security is the only way that insures you are protected.
ESET smart security
IOBIT
Malwarebytes
A Squared
Superantispyware
Nothing gets through.
I do use the paid versions of IOBIT, A Squared and Malwarebytes. The extera realtime protection is what helps the most.
Absolutely agree about layered protection -- I really should think of investing in the paid-for version of Malwarebytes; it's a minimal outlay really
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The report says Avast! Free.
You are right. I was confusing with AVG and Avira. Have to read instead of relying on your memory - LOL. But for a free AV program, Avast has a very good score.
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I use a free AV (MSE), and it has worked well for me.
Of course, Common Sense is a necessary addition to any AV.
and we have a winner!!! :)
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"Common Sense" as Jonathan_King pointed out, goes with both free and paid for anti-virus programs.
There isn't one anti-virus program out there, that will ever help your brain
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...that's the problem with viruses -- they always have the potential to fry your brain/
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WHS thanks for posting that AV comparison...good stuff....
Edit: .....needed to refresh. saw other posts....
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