For those who missed the last deal for $19.99 (https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/349956).
Is also available for AUD 54.99 on the Bitdefender website (50% off).
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The code arrived by email for me in less than 30 minutes after payment.
Yep and UAC set to high
I will never understand why anyone would have antivirus software on their machine.
The viruses that an anti-virus can protect you against are easily avoided by common sense.
Others where common sense is not enough are not detectable by an anti-virus anyway (zero-days, overruns, …)
Yes. Malware protection is more important than a virus guard these days.
Agree 100%, Virus infection is very very small part of the equation nowadays… Malware, Potentially Unwanted Programs, Phishing, Social Engineering is allot more of the issue but it's also what most of the modern packages focus on as Anti-Virus is only a very small part of the security packages…
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is free to use and download, and have been using it for years. Or another oldie Spybot - Search and Destroy download here
@Vortex99: Malwarebytes is my favourite too. I got the license so it always runs on the background. Highly recommend it.
Infections can come from many sources and not all users are IT savvy… many experienced users have also been caught over the years… it's about reducing your exposure/chances of infection… often common sense does not exist without some kind of experience or knowledge of which is not always up to date.
Some good points that is worth a read, take note of item 11 that I find rather interesting…
https://blog.emsisoft.com/en/10900/40-reasons-why-you-dont-n…
If you want to try:
https://www.bitdefender.com/site/Facebook/redFreeDownload
I've been trying it for over a year 🙄 …
You never need to buy.
Just make disposable, or better yet, a Gmail or Outlook email. Say [email protected]
Signup for 3 months.
End of the 3 months, uninstall and redo the process. Same email but [email protected]
Rinse, repeat.
I've never had to uninstall… my steps are as follow
get an address from 10minutemail.com or 10minutemail.net (same as the dot trick mentioned above)
sign up for 3 months
wait for link in the 10minutemail, don't click it
login to BitDefender central (the dashboard https://central.bitdefender.com) with my current account
now I go back to the 10minutemail tab and click the link
The new 90 days trial will be added to my current account and after a few minutes it will be reflected on my BitDefender window.
No need to uninstall or create new accounts.
Ok… so basically what you mentioned, just skip the uninstall step 😆
I have tried this in the past, if it finds a virus in SAVINGS.XLS it will send at least the file name and will also send all URLs you visit if you have web protection (unless I am reading the privacy policy wrong).
I also could not configure what to do if it finds a virus (you cannot choose to quarantine??) - could not see if it uploaded a copy of the file for analysis.
I guess free still means your the product, no doubt Sophos is giving away free AV to make the paid product better (find malware) for the paid customers.
It doesn't do anything that all the others don't do
Not true - you cannot configure how to scan (like just a single folder), you cannot configure what to do when it finds malware, you have to control it via the cloud platform, you need to be connected to the internet to change configuration, it wanted to be connected to the internet just to run a scan (when I used it).
As for the privacy, again not true, some vendors (if privacy is a concern) will not send certain data, and you get to control what it does send. It is a case of doing some research if you care about privacy.
Example: http://blog.emsisoft.com/2015/06/26/antivirus-software-prote…
No doubt it is good protection, just be aware of that the free product is good if you accept the (imposed) conditions.
@frugal investigator: You can configure it all via the web console. Thats how all are moving, that way it moves away from pirated versions out there.
Nice deal.
I don't understand how home users need this however, Windows Defender and common sense work perfectly for me, and always have.