Security Software You'd Never Go Back To

novocaine

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Aug 19, 2016
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For now...
Bitdefender - buggy, cutoff my network drives, I need to add exception,
Avira - so heavy and weak dynamic protection
Kaspersky - personally I have no problem but its FW bypass posted here in MT just makes me feel insecure, until it's fixed I'm not going back
I hope it's solved in the future, I like them all though
 
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The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over-and-over, but expecting a different result.

Bugs that affect usability and security that never get fixed - but users hope they are fixed with each next release...
 
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KGBagent47

I think the products change to much year to year to write one off forever. That being said Avast left a nasty taste in my mouth when they released a faulty program update and their general bombardment of false positives.

Also Malwarebytes premium web protection started causing frequent BSODs for me.
 
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tim one

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Jul 31, 2014
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Well, reading the posts, several different products are mentioned and this means that considering the timeline, many of the products have disappointed for different reasons.
I agree with @Yash Khan.
"Never say never...You never know"
 

bayasdev

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Sep 10, 2015
901
IOBIT: slow down your computer, install some shady extensions, also it can harm your system's files.
Panda: bad detection rate and when you uninstall their S/W it leaves a lot of traces and processes running.
Sophos: same than Panda, plus it slow downs the machine and it's too complicated.
Ad-Aware: no web protection, slow as molasses in January, also their WebProtection (it can't block anything) install as adware.
TuneUP (Now included in AVG): it literally kills your PC.
McAfee: everything can protect your PC better than this.
Comodo: Sloooow, poorest signatures in the market and too many popups asking you if you want to run an program or not.
Norton: The free trial included on your laptop has been expired, I decided to make a clean Windows Install :D
ESET: falses positives and high system impact.
SpyHunter: it's better to have a virus on your PC than this.
 

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