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Originally Posted by willbur
Originally Posted by Touring5
You can pay a little or a lot for the exact same product. Sign up for free promotion emails from Newegg and keep your eyes peeled for bargains. I bought kaspersky internet security (1 year, 3 seats) for ~$15. Their "normal" price is upwards of $70 for the same thing. I've seen them promote it for other prices as well.
Depending on the maker's policy, you may be able to purchase 2 keys at a good price, install and activate and then renew with the second key. Most companies now tie the activation date to the first activation on the key - if you have 3 seats, all installs with that key will expire based on the first install (so you can't "stack" them). EESET, Kapersky, and Bitdefender have this type of policy.
Most AV products are adequate, including WD. Paid products allow for more or easier customization. A good website is malwaretips.com (kind of a BITOG for security software).
When I downloaded them, free Butdefender was over 500MB and Kaspersky was a svelte 181MB . No thanks! Uninstalled both. Installed free ESET at 50MB.
I never heard of free ESET. Is this new? What I have heard-of is Free Trial ESET. That's not free after the short trial period.
Another member here bought Bitdefender for five of his computers. Good luck with that. Many here have reported Windows compatability issues with Bitdefender.
Originally Posted by Touring5
You can pay a little or a lot for the exact same product. Sign up for free promotion emails from Newegg and keep your eyes peeled for bargains. I bought kaspersky internet security (1 year, 3 seats) for ~$15. Their "normal" price is upwards of $70 for the same thing. I've seen them promote it for other prices as well.
Depending on the maker's policy, you may be able to purchase 2 keys at a good price, install and activate and then renew with the second key. Most companies now tie the activation date to the first activation on the key - if you have 3 seats, all installs with that key will expire based on the first install (so you can't "stack" them). EESET, Kapersky, and Bitdefender have this type of policy.
Most AV products are adequate, including WD. Paid products allow for more or easier customization. A good website is malwaretips.com (kind of a BITOG for security software).
When I downloaded them, free Butdefender was over 500MB and Kaspersky was a svelte 181MB . No thanks! Uninstalled both. Installed free ESET at 50MB.
I never heard of free ESET. Is this new? What I have heard-of is Free Trial ESET. That's not free after the short trial period.
Another member here bought Bitdefender for five of his computers. Good luck with that. Many here have reported Windows compatability issues with Bitdefender.