Hey everyone, I'm new the the forums and have been lurking for about two weeks trying to come up with a decision on what I should use. However it's been difficult since everyone's situation is different. I figured the best way to find my answer was to explain what I'm dealing with and leave it to the experts.
I've used ESET for a couple of years, and even now I still have a 3 year active subscription. I've been pleased with it, however I've been hearing how their results have dropped and figured it was time for a change. Especially since I bought a new storage drive and need to do a fresh install.
Money is not an issue, I'm willing to pay for whatever I need. I also can't go by feel because my computer is too powerful for me to notice a difference without obsessing over usage. I used to use NIS before ESET when it was bloated junk and didn't notice anything till a friend pointed it out.
As of now I just want the best protection I can get without it interfering with my connection or games. I don't mind having to learn the software and I don't mind having to go through a interactive mode since I used ESET in interactive mode for the last year. I don't pirate and I have pretty safe surfing habits, but till now I've had two friends send me unsafe links by accident that have infected their computer but luckily my AV stopped it from doing the same to mine.
The two choices I came down to is Bitdefender or Emsisoft. I already own BIS 2014 and while I liked the anti-virus, I didn't like the firewall. I was also disappointed to find that Malwarebytes Pro doesn't play well with it. Not a big deal but with ESET I was able to use workarounds to get them both working together. However, a friend also gave me a copy of Emsisoft Anti-Malware and I enjoyed playing around in that too, but I'm not sure how well it works with MBAM Pro. I was looking to buy Outpost and use it along side Bitdefender, but now that I've read about Online Armor, that looks good as well.
Appreciate any thoughts and suggestions.
Relevant Specs:
i7-2600K
16GB of RAM
Samsung 840 SSD
I've used ESET for a couple of years, and even now I still have a 3 year active subscription. I've been pleased with it, however I've been hearing how their results have dropped and figured it was time for a change. Especially since I bought a new storage drive and need to do a fresh install.
Money is not an issue, I'm willing to pay for whatever I need. I also can't go by feel because my computer is too powerful for me to notice a difference without obsessing over usage. I used to use NIS before ESET when it was bloated junk and didn't notice anything till a friend pointed it out.
As of now I just want the best protection I can get without it interfering with my connection or games. I don't mind having to learn the software and I don't mind having to go through a interactive mode since I used ESET in interactive mode for the last year. I don't pirate and I have pretty safe surfing habits, but till now I've had two friends send me unsafe links by accident that have infected their computer but luckily my AV stopped it from doing the same to mine.
The two choices I came down to is Bitdefender or Emsisoft. I already own BIS 2014 and while I liked the anti-virus, I didn't like the firewall. I was also disappointed to find that Malwarebytes Pro doesn't play well with it. Not a big deal but with ESET I was able to use workarounds to get them both working together. However, a friend also gave me a copy of Emsisoft Anti-Malware and I enjoyed playing around in that too, but I'm not sure how well it works with MBAM Pro. I was looking to buy Outpost and use it along side Bitdefender, but now that I've read about Online Armor, that looks good as well.
Appreciate any thoughts and suggestions.
Relevant Specs:
i7-2600K
16GB of RAM
Samsung 840 SSD
