If you ever meet someone who has purchased an anti-virus and not downloaded a pirated version of it, most likely, you are hallucinating because such people don’t exist, and this, when anti-virus is one of the most crucial computer tools.Genius buys it like: Does my system have the RAM and processor required to run the anti-virus? Is the software itself compatible with my system? Will I be able to erase the data if the system gets stolen and click pictures of the thief when he uses my system? Does it have bootable rescue?
Will the anti-virus be able to defend itself when a virus tries to disable it? If it does all of this, I will buy it.Techxpert: Pankaj Jain, director, Eset India, says, “Sadly, security comes last for an anti-virus purchaser; price is first.
The biggest loss of a pirated antivirus user is that they don’t get the support from the developer, so if one fine day, the system crashes, the user will have no one to go to for help.”
An anti-virus should be anti-virus, anti-malware, anti Trojan, antirootkit, anti phishing, give email and instant messaging protection, be certified by independent testing agencies and labs, be fast, scan cloud and have 24×7 support mechanism.