![]() ![]() ![]() The benefits of paying for antivirus typically include telephone technical support, parental controls, and a much better detection rate of zero-day malware - threats whose signatures have yet to be analyzed because they are so new. Nowadays, not only are free antivirus programs viable - market growth having spurred healthy competition among vendors to best each other’s lab test scores - we even recommend them over paid options for protecting your students’ computers. Windows users gradually began forgoing paid subscriptions for their antivirus needs. Around the time Windows Defender replaced MSE on Windows 8, however, the scores started to suffer. It got so bad that in 2013, Microsoft itself recommended users use something else. Independent lab test scores increased with each passing month. Then, Microsoft released Security Essentials, included for free starting with Windows 7. Running free antivirus programs for assured protection was considered questionable. Back in the day, Symantec and McAfee were the industry leaders in providing paid antivirus solutions. ![]()
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