If you’re one of the many users who are currently running freeware anti-malware protection on your computers, you might want to reconsider your options after reading this article.
The head of the European Cybercrime Centre, a European Union body that belongs to the Europol, said in an interview with Information Age that freeware anti-malware solutions do no good to your computer and those who’d like to remain completely secure and block any threat that might appear are strongly recommended to get a paid product.
“We see too often that people are using cheap and easy security solutions. There are no free lunches. If you are getting something for free then you are the product,” he said in the interview.
Freeware security products have been around for a while and there’s no doubt that they’re fairly appealing for users who do not want to pay for a similar application that promises to offer pretty much the same thing.
At this point, security apps such as avast! Free Antivirus, Avira, and AVG are ruling the top free security solutions charts, as they offer support for the majority of Windows versions on the market, while also providing features that can be easily compared to those of their paid siblings.
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I beg to diasagree with Europol Expert's findings. I've been using and testing free AV and they really are good so there's really no need to purchase a full license. For those who do online business, I will agree a paid for version would be better, but if you are just a home user doing trivial stuff on you PC a free version will suffice. I feel surprised that AVG fared better than Avast! to their test. My hands on experience with malware says otherwise.
Bottomline, it's just a ploy to make free users to switch to paid for versions. Business is still business
Here are the list of free versions that I install on my customers PCs
- Avast!
- Avira
- Comodo
- Malwarebytes
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