Software Review ESET Internet Security vs KASPERSKY Standard

[devjit2020]

Ever have problem uninstalling Eset?l last I remember you can only do this in safe mode, this is another reason I like Kaspersky very easy uninstall or reinstall

Nope.... Never had any problems uninstalling ESET. It leaves a few registry items and blank folders which you can manually delete.

 

[Divine_Barakah]

This times 1,000,000. ESET is very expensive and unlike Kaspersky or BD they want to lock you into regional pricing and limit license activations. Before I've had a cheap Smart Security/Internet Security license from eBay and it was good for one activation only then they cancelled the license, no more installs and the license were no longer valid. No other AV company acts this way, it's really disappointing because it's such a good product even Kaspersky lets you activate a cheap Total Security license bought from anywhere and it even upgrades you to the latest version of it's software.

This is not accurate, my friend. Kaspersky is the most restrictive when it comes to activation, and they have regional prices and key for speific regions. If you buy Kaspersky from eBay, it is a gamble and the license will most likely get blocked in less than a month.

As for Eset, I do agree that it is insanely expensive, but illegal keys flooded the internet. Even a google search will get you 10 keys. It is their right to block illegal keys, but that in no way does justify their pricing.

 

[Zero Knowledge]

If you buy Kaspersky from eBay, it is a gamble and the license will most likely get blocked in less than a month.

I've found it to be the opposite to be true , eBay keys work for the period they are valid for. Never had a key blocked or geo-restricted key for Kaspersky , ESET on the other I have I got 1 activation and no more after that just invalid license because I reinstalled my OS . Not talking about pirated keys that's different but a legit ESET key still cost me double what Kaspersky did, though this was a few years ago so it might have changed .

 

[Dave Russo]

Nope.... Never had any problems uninstalling ESET. It leaves a few registry items and blank folders which you can manually delete.

Maybe it was when I used the Eset removal tool,not sure,but do remember safe mode

 

[anirbandutta01]

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[devjit2020]

It's not exactly free. It's a 30 days trial. I use it once after a clean windows install just to disable the scripts and then uninstall it.

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[devjit2020]

Maybe it was when I used the Eset removal tool,not sure,but do remember safe mode

Yeah the removal tool does sometimes cause issues with the network adapters but it warns you beforehand about that. I generally don't use the removal tool since the default uninstaller works fine.

 

[anirbandutta01]

It's not exactly free. It's a 30 days trial. I use it once after a clean windows install just to disable the scripts and then uninstall it.

Harden Windows 10/11 to Improve Security & Privacy | SysHardener

A powerful application to harden Windows 10/11 to mitigate cybersecurity threats, restrict functionalities of Windows that you don't need and reduce the attack surface.

www.syshardener.com

Any free to use hardener ?