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Symantec, ESET, McAfee rank first in Windows anti-malware market share
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<blockquote data-quote="Andy Ful" data-source="post: 845942" data-attributes="member: 32260"><p>About OPSWAT data collection:</p><p>"</p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Data Collection</strong></span> </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">For the purpose of the report, our sample size is assumed to be representative of the market,<span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"> based on the wide accessibility of our free tools to a large range of users</span>. As our sample size grows, we expect our report to more accurately reflect real world results.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">While our free products have international reach, their use is not commensurate with worldwide population distribution. <span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">Only English-language versions of our free products are available, so countries with higher numbers of English speakers are expected to use these applications at higher rates.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">These applications are marketed in OPSWAT’s own channels. Users sampled may not be representative of the general population.</span> For example, this report may contain a different distribution of Windows operating systems and device types compared to what exists in the real world.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The purpose of OPSWAT’s Market Share Reports is to inspire discussion, not to make any claims on which anti-malware vendors are the best or to compare these vendors in terms of quality or performance. "</li> </ul><p></p><p><strong>Does anyone use OPSWAT tools like Meta Access, OPSWAT Client, MetaDefender Chrome Extension, MetaDefender Cloud, Threat Intelligence Feeds, MetaDefender TeamCity Plugin?</strong></p><p>If not (like me) then, how representative can be such statistics? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite137" alt=":devilish:" title="Devil :devilish:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":devilish:" /></p><p></p><p>Is the report of statista.com (August 2019) more accurate (I doubt)?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]230123[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.statista.com/statistics/271048/market-share-held-by-antivirus-vendors-for-windows-systems/[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy Ful, post: 845942, member: 32260"] About OPSWAT data collection: " [SIZE=6][B]Data Collection[/B][/SIZE] [LIST] [*]For the purpose of the report, our sample size is assumed to be representative of the market,[COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)] based on the wide accessibility of our free tools to a large range of users[/COLOR]. As our sample size grows, we expect our report to more accurately reflect real world results. [*]While our free products have international reach, their use is not commensurate with worldwide population distribution. [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Only English-language versions of our free products are available, so countries with higher numbers of English speakers are expected to use these applications at higher rates.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]These applications are marketed in OPSWAT’s own channels. Users sampled may not be representative of the general population.[/COLOR] For example, this report may contain a different distribution of Windows operating systems and device types compared to what exists in the real world. [*]The purpose of OPSWAT’s Market Share Reports is to inspire discussion, not to make any claims on which anti-malware vendors are the best or to compare these vendors in terms of quality or performance. " [/LIST] [B]Does anyone use OPSWAT tools like Meta Access, OPSWAT Client, MetaDefender Chrome Extension, MetaDefender Cloud, Threat Intelligence Feeds, MetaDefender TeamCity Plugin?[/B] If not (like me) then, how representative can be such statistics? :devilish: Is the report of statista.com (August 2019) more accurate (I doubt)? [ATTACH type="full"]230123[/ATTACH] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.statista.com/statistics/271048/market-share-held-by-antivirus-vendors-for-windows-systems/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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