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<blockquote data-quote="Trident" data-source="post: 1038951" data-attributes="member: 99014"><p>I would divide the best in few groups.</p><p></p><p><strong>Best for users in a need of maximum protection (a lot of data stored on the PC/ potentially unsecured accounts are in use and/ or working from home:</strong></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Kaspersky</li> </ol><p></p><p><strong>Best all-rounder (balance of protection and performance great for everyone):</strong></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Norton 360</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Avast</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Bitdefender</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Vipre</li> </ol><p></p><p><strong>Best for users where performance is critical:</strong></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">F-Secure</li> </ol><p></p><p><strong>OK, but need improvements (these are mentioned because the whole industry is not just Kaspersky, Norton and Bitdefender).</strong></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">ZoneAlarm Extreme Security NextGen — acceptable protection for a home user. Performance is so-so with the forensic recorder engine sometimes (on rare occasions like software installation) consuming more CPU than what I consider acceptable (<5%). Some aspects like website and documentation are in a heavy need of updating. Product is also slightly buggy.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Sophos Home Premium — offers acceptable protection and features set without any bloatware. Performance and resource usage need to be improved.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">McAfee — protection leaves a lot to be desired but for a low price offers good set of features. Performance is OK.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">GData — protection is not bad but the product feels ancient and badly designed. Website has errors and incorrect behaviour. Documentation is bad if not abysmal and runs on outdated platforms. User Experience is on a very low level, everything is overcomplicated (such as the UI being called SecurityCenter in 2023). In this day and age it is no longer necessary to port the users to a “imaginary” world of yours with complicated double-word terms, and nobody does it. Looks like many teams need more training on how to do their job. Eventually this comment may be read by someone working there and I am sure when they read it, they will ask themselves “is it that obvious really?”.</li> </ol></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trident, post: 1038951, member: 99014"] I would divide the best in few groups. [B]Best for users in a need of maximum protection (a lot of data stored on the PC/ potentially unsecured accounts are in use and/ or working from home:[/B] [LIST=1] [*]Kaspersky [/LIST] [B]Best all-rounder (balance of protection and performance great for everyone):[/B] [LIST=1] [*]Norton 360 [*]Avast [*]Bitdefender [*]Vipre [/LIST] [B]Best for users where performance is critical:[/B] [LIST=1] [*]F-Secure [/LIST] [B]OK, but need improvements (these are mentioned because the whole industry is not just Kaspersky, Norton and Bitdefender).[/B] [LIST=1] [*]ZoneAlarm Extreme Security NextGen — acceptable protection for a home user. Performance is so-so with the forensic recorder engine sometimes (on rare occasions like software installation) consuming more CPU than what I consider acceptable (<5%). Some aspects like website and documentation are in a heavy need of updating. Product is also slightly buggy. [*]Sophos Home Premium — offers acceptable protection and features set without any bloatware. Performance and resource usage need to be improved. [*]McAfee — protection leaves a lot to be desired but for a low price offers good set of features. Performance is OK. [*]GData — protection is not bad but the product feels ancient and badly designed. Website has errors and incorrect behaviour. Documentation is bad if not abysmal and runs on outdated platforms. User Experience is on a very low level, everything is overcomplicated (such as the UI being called SecurityCenter in 2023). In this day and age it is no longer necessary to port the users to a “imaginary” world of yours with complicated double-word terms, and nobody does it. Looks like many teams need more training on how to do their job. Eventually this comment may be read by someone working there and I am sure when they read it, they will ask themselves “is it that obvious really?”. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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