Grisoft acquiring Ewido...

With the unlimited license you will get the plus license for lifetime including all software updates and upgrades, premium support, realtime protection, kernel layer protection, automatic updates, etc.

Lifetime means that as long as you, the company or the product exists.

 

Are you sure it's not.... as long as you AND the company AND the product exisit. If just one of it changes... then goodbye license...

Ciao
Itsme

 

You should never buy a lifetime licence for anyone's software. Year to year is more expensive, but it's the prudent way to go.

 

Remember in December 2005

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=112204

 

Thank You for your information since I
purchased 3 three unlimited Lifetime licenses in February 2006

 

Depends on how much you paid for the Lifetime license.

 

This is a good Business decision. Exactly right.

 

Yes, a good business decision, i hope it will also be good for their existing costumers who perhaps (like me) couldn't care less about AVG, but care about how Ewido will develop, now that others decide what happens at Ewido Networks and not those who actually fostered the program.

 

Exactly!

 

Hi everyone. I apologize my bad english (i'm from finland)

I have heard some rumors by Ewido 4.0. Would Ewido 4.0 be freeware? Or can I only download trial version of Ewido 4.0? I hope that Ewido would be free software like nowdays it is.

So is that correct if I want Ewido I must buy it?

 

I can't agree less. First, Grisoft is really not a small company anymore (well, depends on your point of view, but the revenue is about $30-40M/yr, and the number of employees goes somewhere to 200). Compared to that, ewido is/was *tiny*.

Guys, this is NOT a merger, this is an absolutely classic acquisition. Simply, ewido will become part of AVG, its creators will become part of the Grisoft team etc... I don't know what's so strange about that - it has happened to many companies in the past (even huge companies), and there's nothing wrong with it (per se). Welcome to the globalization age.

Personally, I don't think it was a wise move from Grisoft, but only time will tell. At least, they have now "employed" a couple of competent system engineers which is not always an easy task...


Cheers
Vlk

 

BTW, I don,t like this globalization age business. There is no place for small business. Big fish eating the small one. So bad....

 

Again, depends on the point of view. Personally, I don't know ANY small software company that actually does not AIM to being acquired by someone else. I mean, isn't it nice, you start a company, run it for 2 years and then lucratively sell it?

 

Ugh... I hope for some companies profit is not everything.

 

It's not only about the money. It's also about the appreciation (someone BIG feels your technology is good enough to be worth bying) etc...

Sorry, I might be biased, but the "startup software company" thing is IMHO exactly about this...

 

U are right but some times it may be the only option. not the best, esp out of software business.

 

I've always had the highest of confidence with Grisoft's AVG anti-virus protections that have served my investments very well in the past so i take a neutral stand on the acquisition and hope all the best for EWIDO for the future.

By the way, i don't mind blowing my own horn when i say i no longer use any installed AV and if i feel an occasional scan is in order i go to online sweeps thanks to the introduction of new HIPS prevention protections.

On the other hand, even though i do keep EWIDO installed it is not resident nor needed with the Fort Knox, Star Wars type defense shield employed on my local units. Of course it always helps to have benefitted enough from actual experience over these years in my local research to carry this much confidence with the volume of intruders running rampant on the internet these days.

 

Now here's someone with a sense of humour!

Well that explains why you regard AVG so highly - you're someone who doesn't even need an AV at all!

Just because you don't need it doesn't mean others can't benefit - let us us hope it continues to exist, and develop, in the future.

 

I find a couple of those replies somewhat odd but then everyone is entitled to their own opinions and most of those relate directly to their experience with those that worked best for them.

To repeat, AVG is done admirable enough on my units in the past and is recommended along with the many others although i understand KAV sits perhaps as a popular front runner in this industry. Norton's still remains common on many units i seen and read about also but of course there are plenty of models to be found adequate enough.

On EWIDO, make no mistake, it is very formidable and continues to offer perhaps the best detection and removals capabilties of the lot IMO. Also being a specialist myself i would never recommend NOT deploying any of the above at all times generally. Perhaps i should have made that distinction early on behalf of opinions such as yours that might be mistaken as they are not needed at all or something on that order, which DEFINITELY is not hinted at or intended by my statements.

 

All,
In my earlier posts I certainly was speaking from a corporate view point. Think about it, Grisoft needed a fine product like Ewido to compete with the other suites out there, it was the next logical step for them. First a firewall and then an anti-malware to add to the suite. They may have need of more "talent" in the spyware area too.

For Ewido it allows them to leap frog into the more known bigger boys majors. Not a product struggling to get visability. we are a small group here compared to the masses looking for security software. We are really into it most just want simple to use protection.

I AM NOT SPEAKING ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE PRODUCTS. WE CAN DEBATE THAT HERE ALL YEAR AT WILDERS AND INDEED WE DO.

I have never used Ewido but I have used AVG and never had an infection. Unlike some I feel comfortable with AVG, but understand it is not the "best" AV out there, I understand this, but I am now far more likely to give the whole suite a try knowing AVG and hearing all the good things about Ewido. This is how companies are built in any business if you can not or do not want to build it merge or buy it.

As to how it all works out I can not say, no one can, but if I were a customer of Ewido, yes I would not be happy if I did not like AVG.

To this day I wish Checkpoint had never bought ZoneAlarm.

Even though I do not completely agree with Hammer he makes a good point. Be careful about buying lifetime licenses if your product gets bought or merge with another you may not like it and if you forked out more then a couple of years for the lifetime license...Booo...Hiss...

 

"To this day I wish Checkpoint had never bought ZoneAlarm."
I couldn't agree more

 

I cant understand ,the slagging off of avg.While it may not be up there with the kasperskys of this world ,it is nevertheless one of the least hassle and most stable avs.Its also free.I used 6 for 2 years with no problems whatsoever.True..if you gonna browse the warez and porn sites then dont use AVG or use it in conjunction with other security.I would imagine that anyone who takes reasonable care in thier browsing habits would feel reasonably safe with AVG.I know i would have no problem using it whatsoever.The fact that grisoft has aquired ewido ,has got to be good news for AVG users who will benefit from the extra protection.Whether it will benefit ewido users though is another matter and only time will tell.
ellison

 

just like norton getting sygate... sygate is no longer free... i got my sygate the day before it got a pricetag though ... i dont like avg personally... i like the features of avast as it can run on my computer nicely. Avg is an ok product but when i had it i never saw it update... and when i scanned with other engines it would find stuff on my computer... and avg leaked some stuff... avast it finds everything that i have encountered... and i run a kaspersky scan every once in a while also and it finds nothing... but im not being biased here if ewido combined with avast i would still be just as upset. they could get extra profit just from just advertising their product and comparing it. Look at a squared and their chart showing products that they compared, they didnt compare ewido but it is well recognized on their forums. The point? Marketing. They put all things they know they can top. But a squared is not the best, their signatures have more f/p (Incredimail was put on causing hell one day) and i find 3 things with a squared (On a good day). With ewido i find plenty more. I would love Ewido makers to make profit, lots of it they deserve it.... But one thing would make me happier.. If grisoft would change their ugly symbol on their product just like Ewido did... though i didnt mind the big E.....I could have a big A (avast) and a big E in my bottom right corner... Instead i will have to live with something else (no matter). I might consider buying avg if they and Ewido hit it big....

 

BTW, I think from business point of view Ewido has the right to sell itself for a good price. Don,t forget that Ewido is not popular in average users( so less revenue)-- I myself never used it before coming to Wilders---, on the other hand Grisoft has access to average users and can make good use of it for its own revenue. So it,s a deal that is good for both Ewido and Grisoft.
Now only thing left are the old customers of Ewido( mainly the life time customers I will say), that we have to wait only and see.