Free v Fee (Anti Virus)

dogmaryxx

Article comparing above and listing Top 5 of each by PCWorld/AV-Test

http://www.pcworld.com/article/210589/free_vs_fee_free_and_paid_antivirus_programs_compared.html

debitcardmayhem

Thanks for the link DM , more by luck than judgement I use the top one in each category .

fiddiwebb

kludgy! :mad:

The bloomin cheek.

gonzo127

although interesting i am always somewhat cynical of AV Test results, since they are actually funded by the anti virus company 'partners' with tests which are designed to give the "highest possible benefit for your company."

my personal feeling is that AV Comparatives is a much better one to go by as it is funded by the Australian government and so should have no particular biased.

This being said the AV comparatives site did show that Norton does have a pretty good detection rate – however it also shows that Avast has the higher detection rate than Norton, Avast being 99.3% and Norton being 98.7%

aliEnRIK

I wouldnt trust PC World for anything

pchilli

Don't think I'd ever pay a yearly subscription for protection. I've always used free anti virus/spyware/prevention etc suites and been fine. Tech support alert (formerly 46 freeware utilities) is great for info in this area.

kwikbreaks

aliEnRIK wrote: »

I wouldnt trust PC World for anything

It's PC World the magazine not PC World the extended warranty and new motherboard sellers. Then again maybe you don't trust them either....

aliEnRIK

kwikbreaks wrote: »

It's PC World the magazine not PC World the extended warranty and new motherboard sellers. Then again maybe you don't trust them either....

Certainly not for av comparisons no

JJ_Egan

Read another PC magazines review and you will have different rankings .
I require consistent LONG TERM Advanced + ratings from AV-Comparatives before using or recommending any AV product .

No free product has ever reached this level , many many years ago it was Norton /Symantec at the top of the tree but for the last Five Years its been Esets Nod 32 or Kaspersky .

My Opinion based upon last 2years AV comparatives testing extra allowance made for later tests over older tests .
Ranks top down

50 Nod 32
40 Kaspersky
35 Bit Defender
35 FSecure
35 GData

30 AVIRA premium
30 EScan
25 Norton
20 Avast free
20 PC Tools Spy Doc
15 Microsoft Security Essentials .

Avast PC Tools and MSE are relatively new products or products with significant recent changes the relatively few Advanced + ratings they gather are due to being a new product rather than a poor product ,

jje

hubert_cumberdale

i havent looked at that link but guessing thats its PCworld I can predict that norton is going to be at the top. Which is why when you walk in PC world you are confronted with a wall of yellow tat.


eset nod32 all the way i used to use kaspersky but it seems to have gone downhill since it became more mainstream.

apologises for not reading that it is in fact the magazine not the shop i think they may be related tho

debitcardmayhem

hubert_cumberdale wrote: »

i havent looked at that link but guessing thats its PCworld I can predict that norton is going to be at the top. Which is why when you walk in PC world you are confronted with a wall of yellow tat.


eset nod32 all the way i used to use kaspersky but it seems to have gone downhill since it became more mainstream.

apologises for not reading that it is in fact the magazine not the shop i think they may be related tho

There is a Waynes Fish and Shop in our Village ergo He's related to Wayne's World :rotfl::rotfl: