Serious Discussion Which AV are you using and why did you choose this one ??

[BigWrench]

Emsisoft's support used to be top notch, maybe that changed a couple years ago when they got rid of their forum and laid people off.

Very true. Have had a lot of email conversations over the past 10+ years, and EVERYTHING was taken care of efficiently and quickly. Sadly, all those people have been dismissed. the new people just read from a script and tell you what makes THEM look good. How can keys "BE TOO OLD"???

Have promised myself to NEVER spend another dime with Emsisoft.

 

[simmerskool]

Emsisoft's support used to be top notch, maybe that changed a couple years ago when they got rid of their forum and laid people off.

or it's not that bad...

 

[Zero Knowledge]

Emsisoft... I used to have a license but their one great feature their Behavior Blocker has been copied, implemented and introduced to basically all AV's now. They used to be industry leading but time has sort of left them behind. Sad because I really liked their privacy policies, but the fact in the past there were issues with recurring discounts/codes on subscriptions left me and some others with a bad taste.

 

[simmerskool]

Emsisoft... but the fact in the past there were issues with recurring discounts/codes on subscriptions left me and some others with a bad taste.

yeah I vaguely recall some subscriptions issues, but that was several years ago, I did not use emsisoft for a couple years, but currently it has been a good / happy choice for me. (fwiw)

 

[petok]

From think 2009-2019 I used Emsisoft and then when discount price no have I stopped. Now Use Kaspersky Standard 3 years and low resource use and too good for me. Just need know where find cheap good price for extend license.

 

[vonvon]

I use Eset on my main computer (powerful, discreet and light), Trend Micro on my laptop (reliable, stable and discreet) and finally McAfee on an old laptop (very light, but sometimes intrusive...). I never use the same antivirus on my computers, in case of a failed update, I will at least have one effective machine left. As for the licenses, I wait for cheap promotional offers.

 

[Game Of Thrones]

From think 2009-2019 I used Emsisoft and then when discount price no have I stopped. Now Use Kaspersky Standard 3 years and low resource use and too good for me. Just need know where find cheap good price for extend license.

best time to get long term subscription from any vendor is black Friday. kaspersky makes its license so cheap that it actually becomes the cheapest to get. eset etc too.

 

[Jonny Quest]

I use Eset on my main computer (powerful, discreet and light), Trend Micro on my laptop (reliable, stable and discreet) and finally McAfee on an old laptop (very light, but sometimes intrusive...). I never use the same antivirus on my computers, in case of a failed update, I will at least have one effective machine left. As for the licenses, I wait for cheap promotional offers.

I never thought of that, just in case a PC gets bricked (glitched) by a AV update For myself, it is more of what AV works best with that device and its specs etc.

Does Avast still offer the ability to roll back a build in case it caused system instability? That was (is) a nice feature.

 

[TuxTalk]

I use Eset on my main computer (powerful, discreet and light), Trend Micro on my laptop (reliable, stable and discreet) and finally McAfee on an old laptop (very light, but sometimes intrusive...). I never use the same antivirus on my computers, in case of a failed update, I will at least have one effective machine left. As for the licenses, I wait for cheap promotional offers.

All laptops and phones here are BDTS. Easy to control in the Control Center.

 

[Jonny Quest]

All laptops and phones here are BDTS. Easy to control in the Control Center.

It's one of the better portals for monitoring devices, subscriptions etc.


F-Secure...not so much

 

[TuxTalk]

I never used F-Secure, if some one wants a License for 15 months F-Secure Total, let me know.

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I got it for free with my Office Family subscription.