Free Antivirus vs. Paid Antivirus
Do
you remember Wikileaks? Yes, that website that is dedicated to
exposing leaks of public interest secrets. Its founders are journalists,
hackers and computer programmers. Currently accumulating more than a
million official and secret documents, Wikileaks is capable of circumventing
the security controls of government agencies. And by the way, they pay a
company to ensure their page is not hacked. Companies like this show us
that we
must be vigilant and protect our computer. Logically, the
information that may be on our computer is not the same as that which can be
found on Hillary Clinton's computer; but yes, it is private and personal
information.
How
do we protect ourselves against threats?
Having or not having an antivirus on your computer may mean that it is still alive
or not. Nowadays,
not having antivirus is to risk everything at Russian roulette. The alternatives
in antivirus are many and varied and depend on the value you give to your
information.
The Free Antivirus Software are always the first
thing we think, if free why is there going to pay for it ?, but what are its
main features?
- They
offer basic protection.
- Many
of them have advertisements.
- Some
download add-ons to optimize the computer, which in most cases are fake.
- They
consume more CPU and memory resources.
- Lack
of technical support.
Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and
10 integrate Microsoft's
Windows Defender, a “free” antivirus (paid for with the
license). Always having an antivirus, even if it is free, is better than
not having it.
The
other option is PAID
ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE:
- They
offer extra security.
- Better
service and protection. They protect against known viruses and are
highly effective in detecting new viruses.
- Incorporate
parental control and protection against identity theft.
- They
add proactive technologies that protect the team from "online"
threats.
- They
have a customer service department.
- In
the market we can find them for € 10 / year.
There are known cases
of celebrities who have seen their personal photos come to light as a result of
the hacker attack. Therefore, we cannot forget the need
to protect our smartphones and tablets , after all they
are a pocket computer that contains almost all our personal data.
In
the market there is FREE
ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE for Android and IOS systems such as Gdata or Sophos. Another
option is the free antivirus from Avast, a company that AVG has just bought,
thus becoming one of the giants of free antivirus.
The
era of computer viruses
We
have witnessed the digital
revolution and the many benefits it brings to SMEs on a
day-to-day basis. But the reality is that just as the benefits grow, so do
cybercriminals. We can think that nobody will attack our computer
system because we are a small company and that they can
achieve little, but it is not like that. Today we are all exposed to
suffer a digital attack, to have our data stolen and asked for money to recover
it. Stop and think for a moment what it would mean for your company to
lose its information. Are you seriously not going to do anything to
protect her?
We
have to change the way we all viewed these threats. Most companies
realized the importance of having a secure option to protect their computer
systems.
We
are in the digital age, it is necessary to be informed of all the threats that
exist.
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