For 2 weeks now I'm getting pop-ups from Panda internet security 2016 telling me my license is going to expire in few weeks. Before I met my wife I never used antivirus but she always ended up killing the computers so I started buying them. I haven't had any problems with panda. I searched the discussions first but newest I could find was commented 7 months ago, maybe there are newer things I missed.

The question is simple is it worth paying for antivirus/security suites or go with the free ones. And which one are you using or do you recommend?

  • I need 3pc license (affordable)
  • If possible in Dutch language provided (my wife can't handle English well)
  • No use of keygen/ cracks so don't suggest it please

Thanks!

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What should I buy?

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Kaspersky Internet Security 2017
Bitdefender Internet Security 2017
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Kisparsko Totally Legit Safe Security Suite™ from SteamgiftOS...
Potato protection is all I need

maybe free anti virus like this enough (Well I just use this one and windows defender) and it works quite well for me
http://www.smadav.net/?lang=en

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I use Norton (Internet) Security since 2014 its work good for me!

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Doesn't it use a lot of recourses? I used to have it 10 years ago and was really slowing everything down

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The Last years it is better i mean. I don't feel that Norton use many resource. Only in Idle it made his work but it stop when You make anything on PC. I mean it's Not many more than Kaspersky which my Wife use.

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What you said: Not many more than Kaspersky which my Wife use.
What I've read: Wife use more recources :D

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She use many resources but only from me! ;-)

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When Idle my Norton uses 0 CPU and 40MB of RAM...

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Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. Don't ever look back :)
You need paid version for real time protection though.

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I use Norton and Malwarebytes, how do you live without a 3rd party firewall? Window's is mind-bendingly bad. lol

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I use Comodo Firewall for that ^^

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i use norton and no problem for free you can try panda antivirus

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Panda? It's like using wet tissue as a bulletproof vest.

I use Kaspersky. Expensive as fuck, although I managed to find it on sale at a local reseller, so got a 2-year subscription for 70 Euro or something. What I like in it is that even when I use my PC underclocked to 1.2 GHz (i5-6600K), it doesn't show up in the 10 most demanding processes… in idle state. Of course you can say that since it is fully Russian, it most likely has backdoors up the ass put there by the FSB, but the added bonus is that Russian hackers do much better jobs than Murican ones at the NSA, so lesser chance of some random 10-year-old script kiddie taking over your computer through the security software. =D

I'd say BitDefender if you want to be more economic. Constantly second best for years, lightweight, and usually has 30% coupons or sales on one of its sites.

If you can find a coupon somewhere, Norton can be cheap too. Has a great impact on boot speed, but otherwise small and very comfortable to use.

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"Before I met my wife I never used antivirus but she always ended up killing the computers so I started buying them." Hah, that's a classic :) I never install any additional software, Microsoft's solutions are enough for me.

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Ikzelf gebruik ESET, heb een licentie voor 3 jaar volgens mij.
Niet de beste, wel de minst belastende
Ik ben er ieg tevreden mee
En mijn vrouw heeft er ook een hobby aan om virussen te installeren

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ESET? The company whose "security tips" consist of pointing out 3-month-old facebook scams and haven't found a single virus on their own since 2012? The only reason to have an ESET product on your computer is when you get free codes for it, because at least it is better than nothing.

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We've had this discussion before talgaby ;), at least what you wrote looks familiar.
When my license ends I'll check out the best option. Until then I'm fine.

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Yeah, until then most likely. Most any security software is somewhat better than not having any, at least. =)

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can you give me a link about it?
i've been using it for a while and honestly i prefer it to many other softwares i had in the past.
never heard about the 2012 thing

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It's not a link, it was the last time I saw any kind of report where the ESET labs were credited as the source of people who identified the new threat. Nowadays it is mostly Kaspersky, sometimes Norton,maybe McAffee (which, by the way, stopped being the shittiest piece of software a few years back, to my greatest surprise).

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I use malwarebytes and avast, just the free versions and haven't had any problems. The premium version of malwarebytes is much better though

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+1 I use those two too and haven't had any issues.

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+1 from me as well, just those two together are just great for me.

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+1 Yep, that's what i use.

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I have been using Quick heal for last 5 years, works best for me

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And for pop ups or and useless sites which open up or any google problem, install 'SCRIPT SAFE" extension for google. Its the best i have found till now

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Check out Webroot, I used it back in the day when I still needed to share my pc with others.

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I don't use any antivirus myself because i know what to look for and don't download stuff from not trustworthy sources.
And if i get a virus that i can't get rid of myself i just reinstall everything on my SSD (Pretty much just windows takes like 10 minutes so)

Norton blocks pretty much everything this is for complete noobs that click on the links u get from random steam invites.

The other antivirus are pretty much all the same and comparing them is near to impossible because it all comes down when they got updated if one is updated 2 hours ago its better then one that got updated 1 day ago for example.

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Brains > AntiVirus/Security xD
aka Potato

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Do you have a discount code for Brains? When it comes to pc, my wife is in need of some ^_^

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haha xD still trying to find their headquarters.

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Is that an drive in for zombies ?
I dont think zombies can drive tho

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I use Norton Internet Security. I have never had a problem with it.:)

Thank you for the giveaways.:)

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I know that some people don't like it, but that's okay.;) LOL!

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sorry, just had too ^^

its probably fine now, but it's had a few years in the past with horrific bloatware-like problems. their corporate editions were always lightweight and nice, but their security suites went the bloatware route.

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I had norton 10 years ago and it was eating resources, like the whole 128mb of it xD
Did they fix that now? Or still heavy on the system?

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last i used norton was 2008 even then i hated it also i had the paid full version of it still have the original disk lying around

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Fixed it in 2011-2012. Now it is in the mediocre to good class when it comes to resource hogging.

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Kaspersky or Bitdefender. Pick the cheaper one.

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I use Common Sense Free Edition. Works perfectly. 8-)

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Thanks for this!

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I've been using Kaspersky (somehow found it on a really good sale) + Malwarebytes and have never had a problem. Best of luck to you, bump~

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yes :3

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nods

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Great stuff, I love it!

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I only use my common sense.

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