WHAT A FREE ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE DO?

Before downloading a free antivirus from the web, ask yourself a couple of questions. What do you think of this security guard who has to control the public at the entrance of a football stadium? Do you have confidence? Of course not, he's clearly incompetent, little question by lack of coaching or supervision this man is ineffective and it's also very worrying. So is free antivirus. You think you have protection but in fact it is not. The goal of this post is to enlighten you on the too good and delightful deals that are shooting up on the web.

Is it necessary to have an antivirus?

Some of our customers tell us that they do not have to install an antivirus on their computer because for years they haven't had one and never had a drag.

Of course their PC may not be contaminated, it is possible and in this case they are very lucky, very lucky.

However we will demonstrate quite easily and in only a couple of minutes that in computers not protected by an antivirus or with a free antivirus we discover malware that runs in the background silently.

Remember that as soon as your computer is on, it's visible on the web and from that moment thereon constitutes a chance for hackers, a target.

What are the risks if you don't have an antivirus?

The risks are numerous and it might take too long to detail during this article all the issues associated with computer security, especially since not every week goes by without media relying more or less on serious cyber-attack. Of course, there's little chance that tens of thousands of dollars might be stolen from you, as is that the case for many companies that are victims of cyber-attacks every year.

In your particular case what are the threats?

To a lesser extent compared to the risks weighing on companies, your data can be easily encrypted by the famous crypto lockers or ransomware which block all your data contained in your hard drives and demand a ransom, but unfortunately even by paying, in the most of the time your data will remain unreadable and lost forever. Another very fashionable case at the moment, it can be a scam at the after-sales service, that is to say a message that opens and tells you that your computer is infected with an epidemic which you want to call a phone number for a technician to assist you. Of course, the famous technician located faraway from France has the only purpose of taking control of your computer remotely and stealing money from you, let's not be gullible.

There also are hackers who use your computer to attack an internet site at some point so as to form it fall into thousands of simultaneous requests.

Finally, a hacker can easily force an entry your PC and gain access to your data, webcam, and computer microphone to spy on you or gain access to confidential or financial information when you log into your online banking account by example.

Is Windows Defender included in Windows 10 an honest antivirus?

Microsoft Windows Defender is that the successor to Microsoft Security Essentials which Microsoft now recommends uninstalling and replacing with Windows Defender which is included for free of charge in Windows 10.

Windows Defender offers a first level of protection comparable to most free antiviruses available on the internet, however we draw the attention of our customers to the fact that Microsoft is not a player in computer security strictly speaking and that Windows Defender is not sufficient to effectively protect your computer against multiple threats. We don't recommend that our customers use Windows Defender as an epidemic protection solution.

What Are The Differences Between A Free Antivirus And A Paid Antivirus?

Antivirus is software that's created and maintained by companies - software companies - that employ computer developers who are mostly engineers and researchers in cybersecurity and computer development.

To create antivirus software it takes years and keeping it up so far 24 hours each day requires tens or maybe many engineers located in several places round the world. Obviously all this has a very high cost especially as the attacks are more and more numerous each year and spread in just a few hours all over the world.

We understand that a corporation cannot offer a protection service for free! It needs turnover to be ready to pay its employees and its infrastructures. This turnover is achieved by the sale of licenses to use its software, the famous antivirus subscriptions.

How could a publisher operate without any cash out? Impossible, of course, how is it going in your business? You have to supply items or services that you simply sell to customers and this is often not free.