- Sep 13, 2014
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Alright so.
As part of a service my program offers at school, I'm often called to install free Antiviruses on computers/laptops after cleaning them, because the current product is either expired, outdated or just bad overall (McAfee, AVG, Norton, etc). So when it happens, I usually install the free version of avast! as it's a pretty nice free Antivirus : good detection ratio, pretty simple UI, doesn't consume a lot of ressources, isn't bloated, etc.
Lately, I've seen a lot of good test results posted by the users of Qihoo's 360 Internet Security in the Malware Hub section, and I find the UI pretty simple, simply enough for a normal user to use without any difficulties.
Hence I'm coming to wonder if I should stop installing avast! on these computers/laptops that comes in my hands, and start installing 360 IS instead. However, I have no idea of what is it's real detection ratio (no benchmarks on AV-Comparatives) and so I cannot really compare it's resources usage against avast!.
If you were in my position, would you keep on installing avast! Free or move to IS 360 ? Yes or no, and most importantly, why.
Thank you for your time.
As part of a service my program offers at school, I'm often called to install free Antiviruses on computers/laptops after cleaning them, because the current product is either expired, outdated or just bad overall (McAfee, AVG, Norton, etc). So when it happens, I usually install the free version of avast! as it's a pretty nice free Antivirus : good detection ratio, pretty simple UI, doesn't consume a lot of ressources, isn't bloated, etc.
Lately, I've seen a lot of good test results posted by the users of Qihoo's 360 Internet Security in the Malware Hub section, and I find the UI pretty simple, simply enough for a normal user to use without any difficulties.
Hence I'm coming to wonder if I should stop installing avast! on these computers/laptops that comes in my hands, and start installing 360 IS instead. However, I have no idea of what is it's real detection ratio (no benchmarks on AV-Comparatives) and so I cannot really compare it's resources usage against avast!.
If you were in my position, would you keep on installing avast! Free or move to IS 360 ? Yes or no, and most importantly, why.
Thank you for your time.
I never mentionned 360 TS, only 360 IS. The TS version doesn't interest me, nor the needs of the users whose computers/laptops I fix.
Will precise it in the OP.
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