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Are paid Antiviruses better than free ones?
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<blockquote data-quote="Burrito" data-source="post: 737822" data-attributes="member: 72439"><p>Yep.</p><p></p><p>I used to have a job where I worked with reps of the AV industry. More than one told me that it's an 'open secret' that 'free' is not really free. </p><p></p><p>Basically, many companies will monetize your usage one way or another.... your anonymized data -- which is spelled out by many EULAs (if you actually took the time to read it), your non-anonymized data, ads...... and mostly you get less protection and no support.</p><p></p><p>Unless things are pretty tight.... I'd pay.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Burrito, post: 737822, member: 72439"] Yep. I used to have a job where I worked with reps of the AV industry. More than one told me that it's an 'open secret' that 'free' is not really free. Basically, many companies will monetize your usage one way or another.... your anonymized data -- which is spelled out by many EULAs (if you actually took the time to read it), your non-anonymized data, ads...... and mostly you get less protection and no support. Unless things are pretty tight.... I'd pay. [/QUOTE]
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