As such, users may have to deal with occasional nagging pop-ups or nuisance advertising and prompts to upgrade to the paid version.īy using such free programs, you are essentially agreeing to the terms of the vendor's service which includes those ads. Bottom 's all about generating revenue and finding new and creative ways to do so. Marketing and promotional strategies are built into the vendor's business model as part of their operating costs. Keep in mind that an offer of free anti-virus software is essentially a marketing technique.a way of advertising and enticement to get folks to try a product and if they like it, to purchase the full (or Pro) version which typically provides more features. If you don't want to pay, then I would recommend either Sophos Home Free Antivirus or Bitdefender Anti-virus Free Edition if you prefer not to use Windows 8/10 Defender.įor more suggestions see Choosing an Anti-Virus Program. Kaspersky Anti-virus is also a good choice for the same reason. I generally recommend ESET NOD32 Anti-Virus or Emsisoft Anti-Malware as they leave a small aning they are not intrusive and do not utilize a lot of system resources. A particular anti-virus that works well for one person may not work as well for another. Other factors to consider include detection rates and methods, scanning engine effectiveness, how often virus definitions are updated, the amount of resources the program utilizes, how it may affect system performance and what will work best for your system. I'm hoping someone could give their personal recommendation.Ĭhoosing an anti-virus is a matter of personal preference, your needs, your technical ability and experience, features offered, user friendliness, ease of updating (and upgrading to new program release), ease of installation/removal, availability of quality/prompt technical support from the vendor and price. I've checked out the av comparison sites and based on everything I've read, it's between Kaspersky and ESET (paid antivirus).Īlso, I've been thinking about adding hitmanpro.alert (that's the paid version) as a main malware defender and have Zemana be the passive defense.
I really liked the program otherwise, but it just didn't work for me. I have no idea why that happened, but after I uninstalled it, it worked fine.Ģ) When I tried to shut down my PC, it would just freeze. I tried Bitdefender's free antivirus and I had so many problems:ġ) Couldn't use ctrl+shift+esc to open my task manager. I really like both and they work well for me. Right now, the only thing I have is the Windows 7 firewall and Zemana anti-malware. I've been researching as much as I can, but I could use some advice.
Now that I have Windows 7 Home Premium, I want to get something. I don't know why, I guess I never thought about it on Windows XP.
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