Why Spend Money On Antivirus When You Don’t Have To

(Dis­claimer:  This arti­cle is based for a PC user.)

Why spend $80 dol­lars on Nor­ton Antivirus or $50 on McAfee Antivirus Plus when you get the same thing  for FREE with Microsoft Secu­ri­ty Essen­tials.  When you look at the bench mark tests that Anti Virus Com­par­a­tives Orga­ni­za­tion con­ducts, the fol­low­ing prod­ucts received the fol­low­ing score:

Syman­tec’s Antivirus PC Mark Score:  2018

Microsoft Secu­ri­ty Essen­tials PC Mark Score:  2014

McAfee Antivirus Plus PC Mark Score:  1975

The scores are based on when antivirus soft­ware scans files, when you open files, install appli­ca­tions, and oth­er typ­i­cal dai­ly use.  Click on the link HowToGeek.com and they pro­vide an excel­lent guide on how to install Microsoft Secu­ri­ty Essen­tials on your system.

Resources:

AV Com­par­a­tives Orga­ni­za­tion Decem­ber 2011 Report

If you need any assis­tance with Microsoft Secu­ri­ty Essen­tials, please feel free to con­tact me at www.austinitconsulting.com

March 23, 2012

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