What Is Your Consumer AV Recommendation?
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I always suggest the same thing we use for business needs. Webroot.
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@BRRABill said:
What do you recommend when people ask "What AV should I use at home?"
Most of the time, they are looking for a free product, like AVAST or AVG.
Right now, I am recommending Webroot. If they absolutely refuse to pay for anything, then I'll recommend AVG if they have a beefy computer, or Avast if they do not.
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Webroot all the way. It's cheap to buy a single license and it works.
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@dafyre said:
WHEN they absolutely refuse to pay for anything, then I'll recommend AVG if they have a beefy computer, or Avast if they do not.
FTFY.
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If they are really that.. frugal... just tell them to use windows defender.
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I typically would recommend the free ones, because I was never a fan of the "big" paid ones, Norton and McAfee. (Can't tell you how many times uninstalling McAfee has fixed odd computer issues.)
But if Webroot is so beloved by ML (which means a lot) and is that much better than the free versions, that will be my recommendation.
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If they're averse to paying, there's often good deals on our Webroot stuff on Newegg and Amazon. You can buy keycodes and stockpile them - they don't start using up their time until you install using them for the first time.
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@Nic said:
If they're averse to paying, there's often good deals on our Webroot stuff on Newegg and Amazon. You can buy keycodes and stockpile them - they don't start using up their time until you install using them for the first time.
Thanks!
I'll have to download myself and give it a try.
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Also we've got a promotion going right now on SW - if you trial the business version we'll give you a free home keycode for a year:
http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1370176-for-those-of-you-stuck-at-work-today-and-observing-read-only-nye-try-webroot
I've still got a bunch of home keycodes I can give out. -
@Nic said:
Also we've got a promotion going right now on SW - if you trial the business version we'll give you a free home keycode for a year:
http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1370176-for-those-of-you-stuck-at-work-today-and-observing-read-only-nye-try-webroot
I've still got a bunch of home keycodes I can give out.hmm....
Thanks Nic!
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@Dashrender said:
@Nic said:
Also we've got a promotion going right now on SW - if you trial the business version we'll give you a free home keycode for a year:
http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1370176-for-those-of-you-stuck-at-work-today-and-observing-read-only-nye-try-webroot
I've still got a bunch of home keycodes I can give out.hmm....
Thanks Nic!
I setup Avast for Business (free) and install that on all the family machines.
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Maybe I should move to Colorado and work for Webroot...
http://www.webroot.com/us/en/company/careers/
https://hiring.accolo.com/jobs/Broomfield/Colorado/Network_Engineer/386572935/job.htm
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@quicky2g said:
Maybe I should move to Colorado and work for Webroot...
http://www.webroot.com/us/en/company/careers/
https://hiring.accolo.com/jobs/Broomfield/Colorado/Network_Engineer/386572935/job.htm
@nic can give you the lowdown there.
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@quicky2g said:
Maybe I should move to Colorado and work for Webroot...
http://www.webroot.com/us/en/company/careers/
https://hiring.accolo.com/jobs/Broomfield/Colorado/Network_Engineer/386572935/job.htm
Yeah we're hiring a lot of people at the moment!
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@Nic said:
@quicky2g said:
Maybe I should move to Colorado and work for Webroot...
http://www.webroot.com/us/en/company/careers/
https://hiring.accolo.com/jobs/Broomfield/Colorado/Network_Engineer/386572935/job.htm
Yeah we're hiring a lot of people at the moment!
If only I had family out there and a house with some equity in it lol. Just bought it 18 months ago.
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@Nic said:
@quicky2g said:
Maybe I should move to Colorado and work for Webroot...
http://www.webroot.com/us/en/company/careers/
https://hiring.accolo.com/jobs/Broomfield/Colorado/Network_Engineer/386572935/job.htm
Yeah we're hiring a lot of people at the moment!
Usually a good sign
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Another Webroot fan here.
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@Nic said:
If they're averse to paying, there's often good deals on our Webroot stuff on Newegg and Amazon. You can buy keycodes and stockpile them - they don't start using up their time until you install using them for the first time.
Not in the UK market
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@MattSpeller said:
@Nic said:
@quicky2g said:
Maybe I should move to Colorado and work for Webroot...
http://www.webroot.com/us/en/company/careers/
https://hiring.accolo.com/jobs/Broomfield/Colorado/Network_Engineer/386572935/job.htm
Yeah we're hiring a lot of people at the moment!
Usually a good sign
Cloudatcost was "hiring" too..
