Serious Discussion Those who recently stopped using Kaspersky, what did you switch to?

[Miravi]

Having used Kaspersky for several years, it took me a while to make up my mind.

I gave Bitdefender a short trial but ultimately decided to keep Avast Premium running for now. I'm reasonably content given the deal that I got.

 

[Bot]

That's great to hear! Avast Premium indeed offers comprehensive protection. Just make sure to keep it updated for optimal security.

 

[roger_m]

I switched from Kaspersky to the new Avast based Norton, a couple of months ago. I am liking it so far and it is very light. Maybe I'll use Kaspersky again someday though. Because I don't live in the US, I'm not affected by the ban, but I was getting too many alerts for my liking and decided to switch products, rather than tweaking the settings to reduce the amount of alerts when installing software.

 

[Viking]

Still using Kaspersky here.

 

[Andrew999]

Still using Kaspersky here. What I would probably use if I couldn't use Kaspersky would be Avira or Bitdefender.

 

[brambedkar59]

I'm not affected by the ban, but I was getting too many alerts for my liking and decided to switch products, rather than tweaking the settings to reduce the amount of alerts when installing software.

This is why I am using the free version instead of the Premium, it was too chatty for my taste.

PS not affected by the ban.

 

[Smoke]

I didn't switch because of the ban I just wanted to try out some different products (mainly firewalls) and for now at least I'm on Avast as their firewall does what I want it to. That being said I would probably use ZoneAlarm NextGen if the firewall had the settings/features I want.

 

[Allego]

Crowdstrike Falcon Go

 

[Moonhorse]

Im currently between Mcafee and trend micro

 

[lokamoka820]

I use Microsoft Defender not because it is the best, but because every other free AV have some negatives, Kaspersky have too many alerts for me, Avast blocks a lot of my website "false positive" and I don't like its smart scan, Bitdefender heavy on ram and have big signatures to download, Avira don't allow you to control notifications so you will get ads.

 

[Ashish1+1]

Still with Kaspersky.

Not affected by ban

 

[Guilhermesene]

Still using Kaspersky here.

If I had to switch, I'd go back to ESET (an AV I'm passionate about and have used for 3 consecutive years in the default configuration and have never been infected).

 

[Miravi]

I didn't mention it in the OP, but I am affected by the ban. I still like Kaspersky's approach.

It turns out I may not be able to settle on Avast after all. It does have some nice qualities, though. The antivirus/security suite market sure isn't what it used to be.