I`m thinking to buy a Bitdefender Total Security or Kaspersky Total for whole familly for windows and android devices. Probably K is best for security but i dont know if i can trust them about privacy etc. Regards
Hi, Look at Cyclance Antivirus and has a better price..... it is your, choice..... Light, Good detection, and no bloatware. And up to 10 devices... Good for ransomware..... Price is easy on the pocket..... (1) Intermission - Cylance Smart Antywirus 2021 2.1 vs Fresh Malware Samples - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZrKn8L_3GQ Cylance Smart Antivirus Features 4:48 for pro's and con's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZrKn8L_3GQ&t=288s Also, Kaspersky has free version, Kaspersky, only downside it take a little time to clean malware....
You can decline KSN agreement and you would not share data with them, if you worry about privacy. Program will still contact KSN to check executable's reputation, so you will still receive good protection.
I've used Bitdefender Total Security for 5 years or more. There are a few authorized BD partners on eBay. I've gotten great deals. And I ALWAYS check the license with BD 24/7 customer service 954.414.9655. They speak perfect English, are very knowledgeable & friendly. I tell BD CSR I got the license from a friend & don't know where he purchased it at. Saying I bought it at eBay throws them in a tizzy. The following I CAN'T prove & is only my belief. After Russia kidnapped Kaspersky's son. Kaspersky has rolled over for Putin's Russia to keep his family safe.
Why should Kaspersky be less trust able, than any other security? In my opinion Kaspersky is best, when it comes to protection. What else counts, for a private user? Total Security? Why?
Didn't Kaspersky move out of Russia? https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/15/k...rastructure-out-of-russia-to-fight-for-trust/
That's good news. I used Kaspersky back in the day. But Bitdefender regularly beats them nowadays anyways.
To be honest, I trust none of the AV vendors, especially since they have switched to cloud based protection. The only reason why I'm using Win Defender is because it's made by M$ who obviously develops the Windows OS which I have been running for 25 years or so, so I have no choice.
I would trust no AV completely. You can never be sure about privacy 100%. It doesn't matter if the company is american, russian or.....
100%. There is too much money in the game (follow the money) that could incentivize many AV firms to "sell" your information to marketers, etc. I would trust Microsoft more than the rest- and that is why I use it and for several other reasons.
I need Total Security becouse a want to protect more than 5 devices with some safe familly or safe kids function. Hmm it is hard to choice between BD and K I dont like russian goverment and politic but seems Kaspersky is best in terms of protection
If it's privacy that worries you, move to Linux (and even then there's your ISP, your browser, the sites you visit etc.) If you stay with Windows choose your AV by its efficiency, because your privacy is already gone.
Hi Konrad! I fully understand your reservations regarding the RSA, as I was posted in Poland for a number of years. However understand that if Kaspersky was ever directly implicated in harvesting sensitive user data it would be apparent as ALL the other AV vendors have already gone over and over the code in order to detect this, and would be just drooling to make it public. So although one may be wary of K's cozy relationship with the FSB, there should be no great worry of a Home user having their identity compromised in any way.
For free programs yes, like avast free did, but not for paid. Technically they can still sell it just the same, but there's incentive not to when u're paying and not just using their services for free. Also MS is also bad. Prob not as bad as google and fb but still bad.
When games as well MS Office Adobe Photoshop etc. become available on Linux, call me. And dont give me alternatives, ive spoken to professionals and nothing can replace em. Because the alternatives are all crap for professional work. Hmm maybe i should have merged my posts into one. Oh well, mods can feel like they matter now
Defender isn't going to suck anything out of your PC that they can't already get through Windows so there is that but ultimately none of them can be trusted. I'd rather use a foreign product because some other country's 3 letter agency isn't going to come to my door for any reason and if they try to hack and rob me it will be much more obvious when they attempt to purge my bank account and transfer the money to another country.
If u disable telemetry completely and use for example I use simplewall that blocks all spying IPs, then yes they will get nothing out of u. Because let's not forget that W10 is also used for business, despite maybe not having Enterprise license. So it's not like MS can just harvest that data. Although we wouldn't know. But someone with Wireshark would. I recommend the one and only https://github.com/TairikuOokami/Windows
