Buying Software Thru a VPN? Any Problems or Risks?

poor_me on 19/03/2018 - 23:00
Last edited 20/03/2018 - 08:47 by 1 other user

So I'm in the market for a paid antivirus, and changing my location on the VPN does alter the asking price (by up to 75% I've found). Is there any risk in doing this? Has anyone had experience with this or with similar digital purchases?

Also antivirus recommendations much welcome :)

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  brokeunistudent on 19/03/2018 - 23:08

  +1

  torrent bro

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    poor_me on 19/03/2018 - 23:11

    +3

    I'm cheap but not that cheap

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      brokeunistudent on 19/03/2018 - 23:11

      +1

      Bitdefender and ESET are pretty good!

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  urahara on 19/03/2018 - 23:21

  +1

  Who is that dumb to "buy" antivirus ..there are plenty of free options good enough as antivirus.
  plus plenty of free firewalls as well

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    poor_me on 19/03/2018 - 23:31

    -2

    Next thing you'll tell me is that you haven't paid for WinRAR

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      Ninja9 on 20/03/2018 - 07:48

      7zip check it out

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  [Deactivated] on 20/03/2018 - 00:36

  NOD32 is where it's at.

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  Kiminoth on 20/03/2018 - 00:37

  +2

  Windows Defender is sufficient for everyday purposes - Unless you're looking up some dodgy stuff.

  MalwareBytes and Windows Defender should be a good enough combo.

  Gun to my head, if I had to pick a paid anti-virus one I would probably suggest BitDefender. I bought it years ago after reviewing a few different ones and have stuck with it since.

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  dasher86 on 20/03/2018 - 09:17

  +2

  VPN may set your credit card provider off.

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    poor_me on 20/03/2018 - 18:26

    Dang didn't think of that. Thanks