AV price comparisons

[SteveBlanchard]

I want Nod 32, what I have seen it is ok, but frankly not worth the £29.98 ESET.UK are after.

Avira is £12.95
Kapersky is £14.10

[Joliet Jake]

{QUOTE-> I want Nod 32, what I have seen it is ok, but frankly not worth the £29.98 ESET.UK are after.

Avira is £12.95
Kapersky is £14.10 <-QUOTE}

Is there no offer for licence renewal from ESET UK?

Been wondering about Kasperskys aggressive pricing whether or not it's due to the chkdsk thing or not.

[The Hammer]

{QUOTE->

Been wondering about Kasperskys aggressive pricing whether or not it's due to the chkdsk thing or not. <-QUOTE}Off topic but no it's not.

[trjam]

It has a little to do with it Hammer, but mostly they see a ripe time to make some headway with the current issues of Eset.

[SteveBlanchard]

{QUOTE-> It has a little to do with it Hammer, but mostly they see a ripe time to make some headway with the collaspe of Eset currently. <-QUOTE}
I thought it was KIS/KAV v8 was due soon? Plus they can have a sale, Chrismas is coming!

[trjam]

{QUOTE-> I thought it was KIS/KAV v8 was due soon? Plus they can have a sale, Chrismas is coming! <-QUOTE}
8 wont be out till sometime next summer. I think MP1 for version 7 is about ready.

[ChrisBUK]

{QUOTE-> I want Nod 32, what I have seen it is ok, but frankly not worth the £29.98 ESET.UK are after.

Avira is £12.95
Kapersky is £14.10 <-QUOTE}

I completely agree with you. £29.98 is far too much and sadly I am no longer going to buy NOD32, unless their prices drop by 50%.
BTW, you can buy Kaspersky for just £8.40 at the moment... They have a 50% sale on their website, and if you use the coupon code "PCW07" (without the "") you will get another 30% off... that is 80% off. I think the deal ends on the 27th of this month.

Avira = £12.95
Kaspersky is currently £8.40 if you use the code.
NOD32 = £29.98.

NOD32 is good, but not that good.

I have decided to stick with Avira, even though Kaspersky is currently so cheap.

[Diver]

Nod32 is one of the most expensive AV's around.

[Firecat]

To be honest, IMO the most cost effective AV out there today is AVG :)

[JerryM]

{QUOTE-> To be honest, IMO the most cost effective AV out there today is AVG :) <-QUOTE}

Which one, AVG AM or the suite?

Periodically there are some good deals from magazines, such as PC Welt. In addition vendors sometimes offer rebates and the prices end up free or almost so.

I do not recommend it for anyone else, but I have purchased boxed copies of AVs off ebay without problems. It is necessary to see that the seller has a very high rating. Your experience might be as good as mine. Let the buyer beware.

Best,
Jerry

[C.S.J]

There is nothing wrong with the doctors price :)

I agree nod is too much tho

[farmerlee]

Its especially expensive for us aussies! For some reason we have to pay more for the same software. Eset australia are asking au$65 for just the av. I ended up going for kaspersky internet security which i got for au$20 from an ebay reseller.

[zfactor]

at the current price i want to grab kis.. i really would love it at that price but just dont know if i could bring myself to install it...i agree eset it a bit overpriced now..

[Firecat]

{QUOTE->
Which one, AVG AM or the suite? <-QUOTE}

AVG AM................And I am talking about "stock" prices; you might be lucky enough to find some nice rebates or some seller on eBay offering it for even cheaper :)

[ASM]

A bit off topic... here in Singapore... Eset AV cost SGD60-70, KAV is about SGD70 and Bitdefender AV is only SGD20...:wacko:

But here... many are now going for NOD32 or Kaspersky, and some Bitdefender. Gamers are willing to pay for $$$ if the AV dun eatup their resource...

[dNor]

NOD32's and ESS's price was a major turn off for me in terms of buying it for use at home, primarily because the price is high still for 1 user/1 year. We'll pay the price at work with bulk and retailers so it isn't much of an issue.

Recently I bought the suite in my signature for my laptop [BitDefender Total Security 2008] and it was less than $60 US, shipped, and for 3 PCs/2 years which was important.

Different strokes for different folks. Multiple users/years may not be a factor so price differences would be completely different in terms of consideration. :)

[octogen]

{QUOTE-> To be honest, IMO the most cost effective AV out there today is AVG :) <-QUOTE}
I agree and I would add Avast to the list, i.e the free version. ;)

[Sjoeii]

I guess we all just have to pay. A new PC is far more expensive if my old is screwed up by some dangerous malware

[SteveBlanchard]

I wasn't impressed with Avira Premium and have gone back to Nod 3.0, however it IS expensive and KAV is very cheap - looks like I'm going to have to upset the apple cart and take NOD off and put KAV on, which will please the wife, she hates all these security pop ups!

[zfactor]

what was it that made you remove avira steve?? man 59$ for 2 years for 2pc's.. nice price there

[SteveBlanchard]

{QUOTE-> what was it that made you remove avira steve?? man 59$ for 2 years for 2pc's.. nice price there <-QUOTE}

Price is fine, I hated the graphic interface for starters and the fact some things i would have expected as default weren't - like virus updates. Worse problem was the memory hog when doing a scan. My PC is only 3 yrs old, yet surfing becane slow during the scan.


NB Just tried KAV again, no wonder they want £8.40 - screwed the PC up straight away.

[Sjoeii]

{QUOTE-> Price is fine, I hated the graphic interface for starters and the fact some things i would have expected as default weren't - like virus updates. Worse problem was the memory hog when doing a scan. My PC is only 3 yrs old, yet surfing becane slow during the scan.


NB Just tried KAV again, no wonder they want £8.40 - screwed the PC up straight away. <-QUOTE}
What happend?

[trjam]

{QUOTE-> Price is fine, I hated the graphic interface for starters and the fact some things i would have expected as default weren't - like virus updates. Worse problem was the memory hog when doing a scan. My PC is only 3 yrs old, yet surfing becane slow during the scan.


NB Just tried KAV again, no wonder they want £8.40 - screwed the PC up straight away. <-QUOTE}
Get Nod and be a man.;)

[chris2busy]

{QUOTE-> What happend? <-QUOTE}
what happened?obviously his 3 years old pc couldn't handle all that clatter ,mumbo jumbo stugg and OI kav put on his system by just inocently installing...by the way u should use their cleaner.i have to admit lucian bara did some real work in it you can hardly see any referrences in registry after.and blue zanetti has posted somewhere a command prompt to remove object ids from ur machine..happy cleaning
(back on topic :lol: )
i have to say that by just taking a look on chip.de results in that huge sample test i cannot by any chance find any better bargain that bitdefender antivirus its free to look :)

[The Hammer]

{QUOTE-> looks like I'm going to have to upset the apple cart and take NOD off and put KAV on, which will please the wife, she hates all these security pop ups! <-QUOTE}I hope she enjoys the sounds of a particular barnyard animal when malware is found. ;) ;D

[farmerlee]

{QUOTE->
i have to say that by just taking a look on chip.de results in that huge sample test i cannot by any chance find any better bargain that bitdefender antivirus its free to look :) <-QUOTE}
A bit O/T but if anyone wants to try bitdefender total security, heres a free 90 trial.

http://www.bitdefender.com.au/site/Promotions/pcworld/

[bigc73542]

(Quote) I hope she enjoys the sounds of a particular barnyard animal when malware is found.


fortunately you can get rid of the pig squeal :thumb:

[The Hammer]

{QUOTE-> (Quote) I hope she enjoys the sounds of a particular barnyard animal when malware is found.


fortunately you can get rid of the pig squeal :thumb: <-QUOTE}Or control Nods pop ups. :thumb:

[clambermatic]

FYI... take a look at this recents postings (wilders)... comparing KIS7 & F-secure in same 'suite' category i think~ http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=188426 :)

[huangker]

{QUOTE-> Its especially expensive for us aussies! For some reason we have to pay more for the same software. Eset australia are asking au$65 for just the av. I ended up going for kaspersky internet security which i got for au$20 from an ebay reseller. <-QUOTE}

Yea I'm from Australia too. Just bloody expensive from vendor websites. It just seems so much cheaper if you goto different overseas vendors and buy a license there.

[midway40]

I got McAfee Internet Security 2008 OEM 3-license for $12.95 :)

[C.S.J]

{QUOTE-> I got McAfee Internet Security 2008 OEM 3-license for $12.95 :) <-QUOTE}
i got a decent OEM f-secure price too.

also, my 4 years of AVG suite were pretty cheap too..

and lets not forget 50% off Drweb prices are great too.

[Bubba]

{QUOTE-> and lets not forget 50% off Drweb prices are great too. <-QUOTE}By no means do We want to forget that :P ;)

[Threedog]

{QUOTE-> and lets not forget 50% off Drweb prices are great too. <-QUOTE}

I took them up on it. ;D

[C.S.J]

{QUOTE-> By no means do We want to forget that :P ;) <-QUOTE}
NEVER!!!

not while im about anyway Bubba ;)

{QUOTE-> I took them up on it. ;D <-QUOTE}

i know, congrats ;)

hope it serves you well. :thumb:


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back to watching South Park online, ;) *addicted

[flyrfan111]

F-Prot is $29 US for up to 5 computers, which works out to less than $6 per computer.:thumb:

That price can be beat only by the free AVs, especially for those with multiple system households.

NOD for example would cost $119.99 for 4 computers for a year.

[C.S.J]

{QUOTE-> F-Prot is $29 US for up to 5 computers, which works out to less than $6 per computer.:thumb:

That price can be beat only by the free AVs, especially for those with multiple system households. <-QUOTE}
yep, f-prot has always had a fantastic price, and its for multiple computers. :thumb:

[flyrfan111]

According to the latest Av-Test;

F-Prot 986961 96,3% for $29

Nod32 953936 93,1% for $119

Seems a pretty simple choice to me anyway

[C.S.J]

{QUOTE-> According to the latest Av-Test;

F-Prot 986961 96,3% for $29

Nod32 953936 93,1% for $119

Seems a pretty simple choice to me anyway <-QUOTE}
i reallllllly think the results are totally flawed.

99.4% Avast - FREE!

would seem a better choice.... lol

[flyrfan111]

{QUOTE-> i reallllllly think the results are totally flawed.

99.4% Avast - FREE!

would seem a better choice.... lol <-QUOTE}

Yes, that is true LOL. I prefer F-Prot's Heuristics by far over Avast. F-Prot also has less FPs

[SystemJunkie]

AV is obsolete.. everything goes into direction anti-rootkit. Beside F-Prot heuristic is really fun.

[C.S.J]

{QUOTE-> Yes, that is true LOL. I prefer F-Prot's Heuristics by far over Avast. F-Prot also has less FPs <-QUOTE}
but if you are to believe in these tests,

avast heuristics were better than Fprots - 37/33%

also

fprot scored high on FP's, more than Drweb and fprots new heuristics were not even tested. :shifty:

these huge tests are ........ controversial

[Bubba]

Let's stick to the threads intended purpose and save the AV comparisons\anti-rootkit discussion for appropriate threads Please.

Thanks,
Bubba

[huangker]

Well there is a special offer for Vista users of Zonealarm. 20 USD for ZA antivirus and 50 USD for ZA Internet Security for 3 users. Not a bad deal.

[rogervernon]

The interesting thing is that I have been a NOD32 user for three years. My licence expired on the 19th. January. Did I hear a peep from Eset? Did I heck as like.
No interest in keeping their loyal customers, I think. ::)

So -- I'm on an Avira trial. If I like it, (it's MUCH cheaper than any version of NOD32 ) they will probably have a customer.

[ankupan]

Hi,

Just before 5 days, I bought NIS 08 (3 users) at only $ 34.99/- :thumb:

I think, it is great offer.

[Coolio10]

{QUOTE-> Hi,

Just before 5 days, I bought NIS 08 (3 users) at only $ 34.99/- :thumb:

I think, it is great offer. <-QUOTE}
:thumb:

[farmerlee]

{QUOTE-> F-Prot is $29 US for up to 5 computers, which works out to less than $6 per computer.:thumb:

That price can be beat only by the free AVs, especially for those with multiple system households.

NOD for example would cost $119.99 for 4 computers for a year. <-QUOTE}
Plus f-prot also supports server 2003 which is great for people like me. I can protect my home server for $6 a year instead of the hundreds of dollars it would cost me to use most other av's.

[computer geek]

a 25-user license for norton 10.2 is $1200
:o :o :o

[profhsg]

To me, the best bargain (other than free subscriptions) is still KAV 7.0 (download) on Ebay for U.S. $10.35 for a 1 machine 1 year subscription. The seller, goldenmedalexports, has a 100% positive rating from more than 1500 transactions (including a couple with me). That should tell you something.

[C.S.J]

the best deal was 26 years of F-secure Internet Security for $18 ;)

*bows

:P

[computer geek]

{QUOTE-> the best deal was 26 years of F-secure Internet Security for $18 ;)

*bows

:P <-QUOTE}
even better- get comodo free and bank with barclays excessively, they will send you f-secure av.

[rogervernon]

{QUOTE-> bank with barclays excessively <-QUOTE}

I know that banks make huge wodges of dosh, but bank excessively, yet?;D ;D ;D

[Graystoke]

{QUOTE-> To me, the best bargain (other than free subscriptions) is still KAV 7.0 (download) on Ebay for U.S. $10.35 for a 1 machine 1 year subscription. The seller, goldenmedalexports, has a 100% positive rating from more than 1500 transactions (including a couple with me). That should tell you something. <-QUOTE}


That's who I purchased my copy of KIS 7 from. I couldn't pass up a deal like that.