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Is KIS really better at protection then KSC Free?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ink" data-source="post: 881949" data-attributes="member: 3"><p>I covered it with "No locked-in AV bundles or limitations to saving passwords".</p><p></p><p><strong>K</strong>aspersky <strong>P</strong>assword <strong>M</strong>anager is <em>optional</em> for KSC Free users, meaning should existing Kaspersky Free users want to switch to another Antivirus, they can. And that is where the problem lies with Avast Passwords, the user cannot use it without installing Avast Antivirus* for Windows. On macOS, Android and iOS a standalone Passwords client is available, and nothing advertised for Linux users.</p><p></p><p><em>*Edit: Corrected to say - installing Avast <s>Passwords</s> Antivirus for Windows.</em></p><p></p><p>I am fairly informed, I bought Avast Passwords Premium in April 2016 (1 PC, 1 Year) which I paid via Digital River Ireland Ltd website, and prior to posting I have a 3-4 tabs open with the software product pages, search results and recent product reviews.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Third-party solutions are consumer-friendly, cross-platform and offer flexibility as their services are dedicated to the management of sensitive user data. The developer team can focus on improving their software, responding to use feedback and offer subscriptions that users want to pay for.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://usa.kaspersky.com/password-manager" target="_blank">Kaspersky Password Manager Premium</a> offers unlimited saving of passwords, whereas the Free version is limited to 15.</p><p><a href="https://www.avast.com/passwords#pc" target="_blank">Avast Passwords Premium</a> offers One-Touch Logins and Password Guardian, which monitor and notify when your accounts are exposed in a hack.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I am having a hard time finding 'Avast Passwords' extension in the Chrome Web Store. Does only work with the Passwords component** client installed? (For example, this <a href="https://www.tenforums.com/windows-10-news/128994-windows-defender-application-guard-extensions-chrome-firefox.html" target="_blank">Microsoft</a> browser extension won't work without meeting the requirements).</p><p></p><p><em>**Edit: Corrected to say - Password components</em></p><p></p><p>Speculating here, I believe most users stay with a single service for many years, unless their hands are forced (ie. discontinuation, buy-outs, bad business practices, hacked etc.)</p><p></p><p>Should you wish to switch from Avast Passwords, I currently highly recommend checking out either Bitwarden (open-source) or LastPass (proprietary). As a bonus, you don't need to change your AV, simply uninstall the Passwords component.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I understand it was not the deciding factor, and not intended to steer the thread off-topic, but choosing a Security AV vendor's password management solution only locks-you into their services.</p><p></p><p>To swing this back on-topic about Kaspersky, having no password manager in a Free Antivirus such as Kaspersky Security Cloud Free is a bonus.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ink, post: 881949, member: 3"] I covered it with "No locked-in AV bundles or limitations to saving passwords". [B]K[/B]aspersky [B]P[/B]assword [B]M[/B]anager is [I]optional[/I] for KSC Free users, meaning should existing Kaspersky Free users want to switch to another Antivirus, they can. And that is where the problem lies with Avast Passwords, the user cannot use it without installing Avast Antivirus* for Windows. On macOS, Android and iOS a standalone Passwords client is available, and nothing advertised for Linux users. [I]*Edit: Corrected to say - installing Avast [S]Passwords[/S] Antivirus for Windows.[/I] I am fairly informed, I bought Avast Passwords Premium in April 2016 (1 PC, 1 Year) which I paid via Digital River Ireland Ltd website, and prior to posting I have a 3-4 tabs open with the software product pages, search results and recent product reviews. Third-party solutions are consumer-friendly, cross-platform and offer flexibility as their services are dedicated to the management of sensitive user data. The developer team can focus on improving their software, responding to use feedback and offer subscriptions that users want to pay for. [URL='https://usa.kaspersky.com/password-manager']Kaspersky Password Manager Premium[/URL] offers unlimited saving of passwords, whereas the Free version is limited to 15. [URL='https://www.avast.com/passwords#pc']Avast Passwords Premium[/URL] offers One-Touch Logins and Password Guardian, which monitor and notify when your accounts are exposed in a hack. I am having a hard time finding 'Avast Passwords' extension in the Chrome Web Store. Does only work with the Passwords component** client installed? (For example, this [URL='https://www.tenforums.com/windows-10-news/128994-windows-defender-application-guard-extensions-chrome-firefox.html']Microsoft[/URL] browser extension won't work without meeting the requirements). [I]**Edit: Corrected to say - Password components[/I] Speculating here, I believe most users stay with a single service for many years, unless their hands are forced (ie. discontinuation, buy-outs, bad business practices, hacked etc.) Should you wish to switch from Avast Passwords, I currently highly recommend checking out either Bitwarden (open-source) or LastPass (proprietary). As a bonus, you don't need to change your AV, simply uninstall the Passwords component. I understand it was not the deciding factor, and not intended to steer the thread off-topic, but choosing a Security AV vendor's password management solution only locks-you into their services. To swing this back on-topic about Kaspersky, having no password manager in a Free Antivirus such as Kaspersky Security Cloud Free is a bonus. [/QUOTE]
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