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Cheko2015
09/15/17 11:37:13 PM
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So Ive been using Kaspersky for years now. Well my license expires today in about an hour and half. On top of that, I see a news article the other day saying the US gov has forbidden Kasperky to be used for its computers and Best Buy is pulling the line off their shelves!. All because apparently the Russian based company is being all too cozy with Putin. But that is neither here or there....

I went to explore the option of renewal and found out the price for 1 year of Total Security (what I was wanting) is $79.99. I was expecting $40-50 range but thats absurd. Well for shits and giggles I checked out their website from just googling it and found for a new non-renewal customer, its only $49.99. Crazy, 30 dollar price discrepancy for returning customers. So I chatted up with an online agent to ask them why I should renew when I can just buy new. They were very anxious to call me on the phone and very eager to tell me all their different pricing options. To that I told them, I didn't need to hear their options, I knew what I wanted and text would be just fine.

But I got to say after getting the ol run-around they could never give me a solid answer of why I should pay 30 extra dollars to renew. They only told me it was 50% off for new customers. So I asked them if I let my license lapse in the next couple of hours, if I would theoretically be a "new customer" when shopping online again tomorrow. And she told "I don't know"... What insight... I volunteered to be the guinea pig to try it out, even offering to message her back with my findings.... And you guys know what she did? She left the chat room! Just hung up on me... What horrible customer service....


I got to say, I was feeling shaky with them after the whole Russian conspiracy thing but they don't leave much confidence in their price matching or customer service departments.
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Aristoph
09/15/17 11:41:54 PM
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lol @ paying for anti-virus software.

There's tons of free options that are perfectly adequate.

Avast, Avira, AVG, BitDefender, etc.
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Tappor
09/15/17 11:43:03 PM
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lol @ needing antivirus
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Cheko2015
09/15/17 11:45:22 PM
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Aristoph posted...
lol @ paying for anti-virus software.

There's tons of free options that are perfectly adequate.

Avast, Avira, AVG, BitDefender, etc.


I've tried 3 of those. And to my experience, you get what you pay for. Had my comp completely lock up with rogue fake anti-virus programs taking over, making my computer into a brick. Only saving grace was Safe Mode and System Restore. If either of those didn't work, would have been screwed. I've had the best results with a cheaper paid anti-virus coupled alongside a free complimentary scanner such as malware bytes.
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Life Sympathy
09/15/17 11:49:32 PM
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http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/tech-support/109597-guide-securing-your-pc

For those that don't know how to internet: Last Edited: 2016-12-29 16:45:59 (Found by hovering on the pen icon next to the original timestamp)
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Aristoph
09/15/17 11:52:10 PM
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Cheko2015 posted...
Aristoph posted...
lol @ paying for anti-virus software.

There's tons of free options that are perfectly adequate.

Avast, Avira, AVG, BitDefender, etc.


I've tried 3 of those. And to my experience, you get what you pay for. Had my comp completely lock up with rogue fake anti-virus programs taking over, making my computer into a brick. Only saving grace was Safe Mode and System Restore. If either of those didn't work, would have been screwed. I've had the best results with a cheaper paid anti-virus coupled alongside a free complimentary scanner such as malware bytes.


Malware Bytes should be on every computer regardless of their dedicated anti-virus software. And to be honest, as Tappor and Hangman said, any decent computer user shouldn't need antivirus in the first place. So if you were actually using any anti-virus and still had your computer completely lock up then it likely would have made zero difference whether it was a free antivirus or $100/month. You were doing something really, really wrong to begin with.
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Axiom
09/15/17 11:53:20 PM
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Cheko2015 posted...
Aristoph posted...
lol @ paying for anti-virus software.

There's tons of free options that are perfectly adequate.

Avast, Avira, AVG, BitDefender, etc.


I've tried 3 of those. And to my experience, you get what you pay for. Had my comp completely lock up with rogue fake anti-virus programs taking over, making my computer into a brick. Only saving grace was Safe Mode and System Restore. If either of those didn't work, would have been screwed. I've had the best results with a cheaper paid anti-virus coupled alongside a free complimentary scanner such as malware bytes.

The fuck. I haven't gotten a virus since the days of Kazaa

Malware bytes + Windows defender is great
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