Are paid Anti-viruses better than free ones?

Are paid Anti-viruses better than free ones?

  • Yes

    Votes: 3 10.3%

  • No

    Votes: 17 58.6%

  • Sometimes/ Depends

    Votes: 9 31.0%
  • Total voters
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no, free anti-virus can be just as good as the ones you pay for example-Norton vs almost any free program, but there are some good paid ones I just think you can find something just as good for free
 
nah man they always say "the cheaper something is the worser it is(in this case free), and the more expensive something is the better it is

so obviously you get more advantage from 1 that you pay 4 then 1 that u get 4 free
 
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no, from what ive learned! it just seems that paid anti virus offers you a few more advantages that you dont really need. and plus stick with free as its free :-)
 
I dont think paid ones are actualy better than the free ones.

I will always stick with either Avast or AVG free as they work great.
 
lhstud10 said:
avg is anti spyware!!!
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http://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&channel=s&hl=en&q=avg&btnG=Google+Search
Looks like an anti-virus as well :rolleyes:

jimmi039 said:
so obviously you get more advantage from 1 that you pay 4 then 1 that u get 4 free
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jimmi039 said:
nah man they always say "the cheaper something is the worser it is(in this case free), and the more expensive something is the better it is
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First off, don't double post if you can help it. Next thing is, you are wrong.
AVG, antivir, and avast run circles around norton, mcafee, and trend micro.
 
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AVG anti-spyware and AVG anti-virus are two separate programs that can be downloaded from the AVG website...

In my opinion, some paid anti-virus programs are better than some free ones, but in the end it depends on what programs you are comparing.
 
Viruses have been severly decreased in distribution in the past few years, and spyware have grown almost exponentially at the same time. Alot of today's "Viruses" are trojans, which ride both sides of the fence.. (they are classified as both virus and spyware, depending on what program you use).

Having said that,... the state of anti-virus and anti-spyware programs is currently in a state of flux, the anti-spyware programs are starting to do viruses and the anti-virus programs are starting to do spyware. I would project in the next 2 years, you'll have just anti-malware programs and that's it. (example: spysweeper now does viruses, and trendmicro now does spyware).

As to the topic... (in my opinion) certain freewares do every bit as good for cleaning a machine as the paid ones (in some cases, better). :)

If i were going to use a paid one, it would be either trendmicro or symantec corporate edition, or NOD.
 
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