Which Antivirus is best for my Laptop or Computer? 



When deciding which Antivirus is best for you and your Laptop or Computer,  you need to consider a few main points first:

  • How important is your data?
  • How devastating would it be if you were hacked?
  • Do you visit online banks?
  • What is your budget?


 
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How important is your data?


That's a silly question you may say, but not everyone's data is the same. Are you a Financial institution? The answer is probably "no!" to this, therefore you data isn't as important as theirs, although you may have important information on your Laptop or PC, in all probability if your data was accesses by online fraudsters, it wouldn't be a matter of National interest and security. Banks and other large corporations spend  Millions on internet security...how much do you spend? Well this gives some indication of the difference in computer security available to you. There are free ones and paid ones. Guess which are the best? Do you think these multi-national corporations use free antivirus software downloaded from the internet to protect their clients data?? Although good for basic security, the free ones are obviously not as good as the 'Paid for' antivirus suites available to you, otherwise everyone would use them, there would be no paid for Antivirus programs and people would expect that no viruses can infect your Laptop or PC. Well in the real world people DO use the free ones and viruses DO exist on peoples Laptops and Pc's. I'm not saying that by purchasing a paid for Antivirus that all of your troubles will 100% be over, but you tend to get additional features which closes another open door for Viruses to enter by. For example.. Kaspersky Anitvirus has a Virtual keyboard. This will not enable keyloggers* to see what you are typing, so they cant read your password as you are tying it in. Say this way you Bank account and you are typing in your pin, a keylogger will know what you have typed - its not possible with a virtual keyboard

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​How devastating would it be if you were hacked?


Of course most people would find this a huge inconvenience, but what are the consequences of it? Firstly, you wouldn't really know what information (if any) hackers* have. I must point out that "Hacked" means an intrusion by another person or computer, not necessarily a Virus* so the fact you have been Hacked doesn't necessarily mean that fraudsters have any delicate info from your Laptop or Pc....but the only way you will know is when money starts disappearing from your sources of cash. Why take the risk? Get adequate antivirus now and protect your personal information! So someone "hacking" you and a virus are different. A virus is designed to spread from one PC to another and its main aim is to just cause havoc, to bring your pc to a standstill or destroy data. A hacker is someone who wants your information for usually fraudulent reasons as discussed above. At this stage we will not be discussing Malware, Adware, Trojans or Spyware etc, but all of these are real threats and are just as devastating and inconvenient to us. So we have established that if you were hacked, your personal data and  / or login info into banks and other sites could be tracked. You would have to change all of your credit cards (or the ones you use online), your bank login details, Paypal login details and so on. This could get quite serious. We had an order for 10 x 15.6" Laptop screens on this website the other day and Paypal flagged it up for us and after looking into the order, we refunded the money and didn't send the screens...it looks like someone's Paypal account had been hacked through their Pc, probably from a Keylogger or a fake email that may not have been marked as Spam*. A good Antivirus program should spot Spam as it arrives in your email account. If we had have proceeded with the order, some poor person would be out of pocket by a large sum of money, but if it the person had adequate Antivirus this may never have happened. I'm pretty sure the persons who's account has been hacked is already out of pocket from elsewhere! So you can see some of the consequences of not protecting yourself well enough..

Is online banking secure?


Well yes it is....it isn't the Banks that are not secure, it's YOUR Laptop or Pc that isn't! Banks spend Millions as explained before on security, and there have been a handful of cases where there has been a breach of security of some kind, but even then I don't think any usable personal data has been extracted. The security is like a real Vault door...you can get into the bank, but not to where the cash is! The only real way people can hack your bank is by a Keylogger. In a bit more detail, it's a program that has gotten onto your Laptop or Pc without your knowledge, maybe hidden as a genuine other program, a Trojan* . So now this Keylogger has installed itself onto your Pc, its making a note of EVERY key you press, takes note of the website you are on and then you type in your user name and password...but you think the password is asterisks and can't be seen right? Er no, if you press a key, the keylogger knows what key it is. At certain times, maybe every hour, day or week, the keylogger sends an email to the people who want your info, through your OWN email facility (the cheek of it). They now have the website you visited, your username and your password. How can you protect yourself from this? As discussed earlier, Kaspersky Internet security has a built in "Virtual keyboard", in other words, its not a keyboard that you press with your fingers...it looks like this:
Virus types and terms

  • Keystroke logging (more often called keylogging or "keyloggers") is the action of tracking (or logging) the keys struck on a keyboard, typically in a covert manner so that the person using the keyboard is unaware that their actions are being monitored. There are numerous keylogging methods, ranging from hardware and software-based approaches to electromagnetic and acoustic analysis.
 
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  • Hacker means someone who finds weaknesses in a computer or computer network, though the term can also refer to someone with an advanced understanding of computers and computer networks.
  • A computer virus is a computer program that can replicate itself and spread from one computer to another. The term "virus" is also commonly, but erroneously, used to refer to other types of malware, including but not limited to adware and spyware programs that do not have a reproductive ability.
  • Spam is the use of electronic messaging systems to send unsolicited bulk messages, especially advertising, indiscriminately

  • A Trojan horse, or Trojan, is a type of malware that masquerades as a legitimate file or helpful program possibly with the purpose of granting a hacker unauthorized access to a computer
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What is the cheapest Antivirus?

The answer is £0, $0 nada, nothing...its FREE!! Hold on, think about this for a moment. I get this question posed to me on a daily basis, and my answer is always the same. "How much will it cost if your details are stolen?". Why do people skimp on Antivirus? This is the whole point of this exercise, to educate people on the importance of GOOD internet security. Yes as discussed previously you can get free anti virus software, but there is always a catch. Why do you think its free? Well you will notice that there is always the option of "upgrading" to the "Pro" version....what? So basically the Pro version is better than the free one? If logic serves my brain correctly, then that means the free one is compromising my security until I pay for the Pro version! There it is, they are a BASIC protection until you pay for the full version. So why bother with the free one in the first place if you are going to buy the Pro version or if it compromises your security by NOT giving you full protection? I've used and seen many Anti-virus programs over the years and you get to know the one's that protect you best and it may seem I am plugging the hell out of Kaspersky, well yes I am..but for good reason. It's the best I've come across for the money..simple as that. The Virtual Keyboard is a godsend as far as I'm concerned, but not only is it because of this, it's a general good performer overall to boot. There has to be one that I prefer...and this is it, so the answer to the question: which Antivirus is best? - is KASPERSKY ANTI-VIRUS. But don't take my word for it...try it.

Ones to consider..


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