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<blockquote data-quote="Tiamati" data-source="post: 858550" data-attributes="member: 56785"><p>[USER=53544]@Robbie[/USER] i tried Kaspersky free and internet security solutions and made some comparisons. The main difference was the firewall and a few non essential extra services (privacy cleaning, app monitoring, webcam, ad block, etc), but as far as i know, all the major protection modules are all present on the free version... Do you know wich options the free version lacks and why it's really important?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>[USER=52096]@Gandalf_The_Grey[/USER] I agree that kaspersky free is the main free secure solution! But i tried Bitdefender free too for a few years, and despite it lacks the options to control and configure all modules, it has all the necessary modules for protection (rasomware protection, webprotection, BB, antipishing, etc). You can correct if i'm wrong, pls.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>In my experience helping beginners-average users, teaching the golden rule is usually ineffective. They tend to allow everything or to block what they shouldn't (without realizing they blocked something by themselves)</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Completely agree, but it's funny haha</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>[USER=85772]@cosmos[/USER] in my opinion the only free options i would consider are Kaspersky free, Bitdefender free and Windows Defender. In my opinion Bitdefender is the best "set and forget" option. I never had problems with it in any PC. But as you had, i would hear [USER=71262]@oldschool[/USER] advice and get windows defender. I believe that for the average facebook/email/youtube user there is no need to implement anything else. If you really want, you could try configure defender. I never tried it so idk if it could cause any problems that the user should know how to interfere properly. [USER=71262]@oldschool[/USER] is a very racional user here, so if he says it won't cause problem, i would believe in him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tiamati, post: 858550, member: 56785"] [USER=53544]@Robbie[/USER] i tried Kaspersky free and internet security solutions and made some comparisons. The main difference was the firewall and a few non essential extra services (privacy cleaning, app monitoring, webcam, ad block, etc), but as far as i know, all the major protection modules are all present on the free version... Do you know wich options the free version lacks and why it's really important? [USER=52096]@Gandalf_The_Grey[/USER] I agree that kaspersky free is the main free secure solution! But i tried Bitdefender free too for a few years, and despite it lacks the options to control and configure all modules, it has all the necessary modules for protection (rasomware protection, webprotection, BB, antipishing, etc). You can correct if i'm wrong, pls. In my experience helping beginners-average users, teaching the golden rule is usually ineffective. They tend to allow everything or to block what they shouldn't (without realizing they blocked something by themselves) Completely agree, but it's funny haha [USER=85772]@cosmos[/USER] in my opinion the only free options i would consider are Kaspersky free, Bitdefender free and Windows Defender. In my opinion Bitdefender is the best "set and forget" option. I never had problems with it in any PC. But as you had, i would hear [USER=71262]@oldschool[/USER] advice and get windows defender. I believe that for the average facebook/email/youtube user there is no need to implement anything else. If you really want, you could try configure defender. I never tried it so idk if it could cause any problems that the user should know how to interfere properly. [USER=71262]@oldschool[/USER] is a very racional user here, so if he says it won't cause problem, i would believe in him. [/QUOTE]
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