Thread: do we realy need expensive AV software
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Old 07-01-2011, 16:41   #11
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Re: do we realy need expensive AV software
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Originally Posted by martyh View Post
What about the conspiracies that abound that the big AV companies develop and release new viruses to feed the paranoia and thus keep the revenue coming in ,is that likely or just paranoia ?
This has actually happened quite recently http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/47371/ but is completely against the norm. AV makers have enough malware to deal with without making their own.
Here`s a recent report on AV usage done by Oesis so probably more corporation inclinedhttp://www.oesisok.com/news-resource...ows-os-reports . It seems the trend of moving towards free offerings is really growing and Symantec and others scare tactics are not working...

Using free software such as Sandboxie, Comodo, Avast, Avira, MBAM, SAS, etc, etc, can keep you safe. Normally it`s the end user who ends up getting themselves infected......PEBKAC
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