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Best Free AntiMalware in 2023
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<blockquote data-quote="ForgottenSeer 98186" data-source="post: 1029321"><p>The answer to "What is the best free antimalware in 2023" - or to "What is the best anything" for that matter - is not a black-and-white, clear-cut answer. Such a question does not assess anything except on the basis of opinion. Opinion is very imprecise and does not establish quality nor superiority. It is a personal assessment that is not objective. For example, the Pepsi challenge was famous for this: "Which tastes better - Pepsi or Coke?" More people responded to Pepsi after a taste test, but that does not establish that Pepsi is "better". It just establishes that the majority of people PREFER the taste of Pepsi.</p><p></p><p>Anyone that uses the results of opinion polls to claim their "product is superior in every way" is, at the very least, violating consumer protection and advertising laws.</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Bitdefender - for the user that prefers a minimalist automated solution</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Kaspersky - for the user that wants to just install and be assured of good default-allow protection</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Windows Defender - for the user who wants to harden their free AV (the poll is not clear, but technically Windows Defender is not just the antivirus security feature; WD is a group of interconnected security features that go well-beyond all of the other listed freewares).</li> </ul><p>If one is only interested in absolute protection based upon default-allow signatures, then all of those products will provide essentially the same protection.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ForgottenSeer 98186, post: 1029321"] The answer to "What is the best free antimalware in 2023" - or to "What is the best anything" for that matter - is not a black-and-white, clear-cut answer. Such a question does not assess anything except on the basis of opinion. Opinion is very imprecise and does not establish quality nor superiority. It is a personal assessment that is not objective. For example, the Pepsi challenge was famous for this: "Which tastes better - Pepsi or Coke?" More people responded to Pepsi after a taste test, but that does not establish that Pepsi is "better". It just establishes that the majority of people PREFER the taste of Pepsi. Anyone that uses the results of opinion polls to claim their "product is superior in every way" is, at the very least, violating consumer protection and advertising laws. [LIST] [*]Bitdefender - for the user that prefers a minimalist automated solution [*]Kaspersky - for the user that wants to just install and be assured of good default-allow protection [*]Windows Defender - for the user who wants to harden their free AV (the poll is not clear, but technically Windows Defender is not just the antivirus security feature; WD is a group of interconnected security features that go well-beyond all of the other listed freewares). [/LIST] If one is only interested in absolute protection based upon default-allow signatures, then all of those products will provide essentially the same protection. [/QUOTE]
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