Anti-Virus; Price-Peformance...

Hello all at wilders',

I was making a little sheet myself about the cost of anti-virus products every year. Therefore I looked to the considered top-products (don't be sad if your favorite product ain't in, it's just a personal list) and their price.

BitDefender:

1 year: $29.95
2 years: $42.95 ($21.50 a year)
3 years: $55.95 ($18.65 a year)​

Dr. Web:

2 years: $49.95 ($25.00 a year)
3 years: $69.95 ($23.32 a year)​

F-Prot:

1 year: $29.00 (license can be used for 5 computers!)​

Kaspersky:

1 year: $41.50
2 years: $66.40 ($33.20 a year)​

NOD32:

1 year: $39.00​

As you can see Kaspersky and NOD32 are the most expensive of the group. F-Prot is interesting if you own a couple computers in your house. BitDefender is the cheapest overall, and will win the best pice-peformance.

 

For me personally I buy what I like and if it costs more then it costs more. The ones you have posted are good AV as far as I`m concerned but they`re not what I want...although it`s good to see the prices broke down like you did.

 

Digital River has Dr. Web for $21.95 (1-yr.)

Rob

 

Don't buy there, it's a old version, if it's the same as the last time i looked.

 

Not sure what is being sold there now, but I purchased it 3/30/2005 & it was v.4.32b then which I have now updated to 4.33.

 

UK purchasers can get BitDefender 9 Internet Security from Scan for £11.15 (VAT included, equivalent to US$19.14). It was on special offer for £8.80 but that has expired. That's still pretty good value for a security suite...

 

Some other notes to add to the equation for NOD32...

1 year renewal is 60% of the 1 year license.
Renewals for 2 years is 110% of the 1 year license

2x year license is 150% of a 1 year license.

And....as new versions are released, you automatically get them in your updates...you don't have to go out and purchase a new license for the new version. As some other AV products...your license only covers definition updates, not program updates. NOD32 license covers both.

So when you factor in the above, it can look more attractive.

 

NOD32 is worth it's weight in gold. It just works and it's doesn't make your PC run like an 80186

Fairy

 

For all the programs listed it are both signature and program updates. Besides, how can you get 150% off, that means you get 50% of the price on your bank account?

 

He didn't say you get 150% off. He said a 2 year license was 150% of the cost of a 1 year license: $39 plus 50% of $39, which comes out to $58.50.

 

Dumb me I've been reading too fast, my appologiese!

 

Back to English class for you!

And I didn't say the others required program renewals, I left is as "some other AV products"...raising an eyes towards the bigger (but not better) ones.

Other AV products were compared using their price breaks for multi-years...thought it'd only be fair to include that for NOD32 also.

 

I'll change it in my list, and add the multi-year price for NOD32. Again my appologies for misunderstanding. Sometimes it's really a language mess in my head, a mix of Russian, German and English

 

Don`t feel, bad this happens to me and all I know is english.

 

Language you forgot allready one, have you?

 

God yes, Dutch too
Mijn Nederlands wordt echt met de dag slechter

So to complete the list: Russian, German, English and Dutch. Russian especially for speaking, and the other three for writing and reading

 

My friend bought DrWeb from DR. On the first update, it went to the latest/current version.

 

I mean, just look at it, Dutch is one of the main languages in the world, right?

 

Does Slovak language belong to world leading languages?

 

After my holiday in Bratislava, my opinion: absolutely YES

 

Oh, great

 

I still say that the "free" security protection products are not to bad of an option, and remember the price is $0.00!

Thanks
Wildman

 

No, that's why it is hard for me to learn my native language. My parents spoke it but never taught me as I was born here.

 

You can purchase kav5 as a download from newegg for like $25 then upgrade for free to kav6 when it is released.