How often have you come across a pre-installed program claiming that if you dish out a few bills you will be fully protected against all the nasty threats out there? Its only 2 clicks away. However, the old proverb says, if it's too good to be true it probably is.
Have you ever wondered why Anti-Virus programs such as Norton (by Symantec) and McAfee spend so much money on advertising and promoting their products? If you were to ask me for my opinion, if they spent half the money on improving their products that they do on marketing, they may actually catch a virus here and there.
The most important factor that makes or breaks any Anti-Virus product is what is most commonly referred to as it's "real time" protection. In laymen terms, it is key that your Anti-Virus programs is good at stopping a virus BEFORE it installs and infects your computer.
In my field of work the most common concern is most certainly "How to I stay secure?"
Without any affiliation whatsoever to the company, I gladly recommend Grisoft's product line: AVG Anti-Virus. AVG has for many years now blown other products out of the water in threat prevention and detection. Besides that, AVG's products also have a light footprint meaning the program doesn't slow down your computer nearly as much as most of the other products on the market - a very important quality. However, the best part of all is that they offer a free version (for home and personal use only). Give it a test drive, you will not regret it. Besides the fact that it has an excellent scanner for both viruses and spyware (malware, rogueware, etc.), it also has many other rich features such as their link scanner which instantly checks all links found on websites to verify they aren't hosting threats.
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