Battle Emsisoft Anti-Malware vs Avast premium

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rain2reign

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Anyone know what the EDU discount for Emsisoft is? The only thing I can find online is "Send us authentication that you qualify and we'll give you a discount code".
From what I know, you need to send them an email or a support ticket.

Yes. We support education wherever we can. Therefore we’re offering special discount prices for students, teachers, schools, universities and charities. Please send an authentication that confirms that you are eligible for the discount to edu@emsisoft.com, then you will receive an access code, which allows you to order educational licenses with the discount.
Mind you this support thread is from 2017, so there is a chance it might deviate. The best option is to ask them about it to the email they provided for such inquiries.
 

FireHammer

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Aug 27, 2020
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Hi, I have voted for Emsisoft, I do not use either of the 2 software, but I have had Avast Premium with all the Avast Premium software that goes with it for 10 months before I switched to BTS & I am not impressed, I would defiantly go for Emsisoft if I only had these options, Avast AV is good enough I suppose but all the additional software is not worth the large sum of money IMHO.:)
 

spaceoctopus

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Jul 13, 2014
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I chose Avast, but i like Emsisoft too.
Avast is slightly better for me. It has excellent behavioral detection combined with the useful Hardened Modes.Added to that you get features to enchance your protection, to name a few, Sandboxing, Ransomware Shield, protection for your passwords in your browser, firewall.

Despite that Avast is a bigger suite, it feels lighter than Emsisoft. During Signature updates Emsisoft can take huge amount of Ram and the behavioral protection can sometimes be confusing when it is triggered by a safe program, during an update, for example.
 

SamBill

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May 29, 2020
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Avast works good for me. There's a 3 month trial in the giveaway section, if you want you can try it out and see. It runs light and silent. I like their update strategy, doesn't cause unnecessary spikes in CPU and memory usage.

Just go to settings and deselect the privacy options, you'll no longer receive recommendations and you're data won't be processed by any analytics to offer ads.
 

Atlas147

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Personally I think that Emsisoft has the better product. It looks more professional and doesn't use fear mongering tactics to get you to subscribe to the more expensive products. Honestly if you need protection, Avast's free protection would probably suffice. But if you want to spend a little extra, emsisoft's BB and commitment to privacy is definitely something that stands out
 
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