This is a little bit of a problem, albeit an anticipated problem, as
Windows 8 is the first Windows operating system to have an antivirus program
already installed in it. When Microsoft first announced that they were doing it
they caused quite a stir in the software development world, as they are going
to put a lot of antivirus companies out of business (which means less spam
mail).
In fact, most of the antivirus companies have used third party PR
companies to launch a hate campaign against the Windows preinstalled antivirus
program. They have even put videos on YouTube showing people how to uninstall
it. The choice as to whether you keep your Windows preinstalled antivirus is up
to you. If you fancy trying another antivirus program, then here are five good
ones you can try.
1 - Avira Antivirus Premium 2013
This is a piece of software that has done very well with Windows 7, and
shows similar potential with its 2013 version for Windows 8. It has enhanced
security functions for modern online threats, and has a proactive AHEAD, which
means Advanced Heuristic Analysis and Detection. This means it is good at
detecting heuristic threats before they become too much of a problem.
It removes malware, viruses, Trojans, worms, and spyware. It has a
bootable repair disc and ant phishing technology. It also has a gamer mode, and
is quite reasonably priced. It has a few innovations that help you to deal with
modern threats, mostly from the Internet, as it is not as good at detecting
local threats.
2 - Norton Antivirus 2013
This is a fairly big company at the moment that has a very aggressive
marketing strategy. This allows them to make more money so that they can invest
more in perfecting their antivirus technology. As you can imagine, they have
quite a lot of software solutions for online threats and offer a great deal of
protection. They have parental controls, and a host of functions that allows
you to protect your computer both online and offline.
It has a gamer mode, anti-phishing function, a bootable recovery CD and
an auto detect function for USB flash drive attacks. It is a very well used
program that takes a lot of its virus information from the computers that it
monitors, so the more people that use it then the better the virus protection.
3 - F-Secure Antivirus 2013
Possibly one of the less advanced programs, but still being rolled out
for Windows 8. However, its lack of sophistication does not make it a bad
program. Many tests have shown that it works very well in finding and
eliminating viruses. However, it does have a lot of functions missing, such as
how it has no anti-phishing, no gamer mode, no auto-USB detect. It does have a
bootable rescue could, but is not an all round antivirus package. It has been
developed to stop virus coming from the Internet, and it does it very well.
They may build more functions into it if it becomes more popular, but at the
moment the Windows 8 version is just a very good virus protector.
4 - AVG Anti-Virus 2013 Review for Windows
This is one of the ones that you have most likely heard of already. It
has a free version and a paid version, and as you may expect, the paid version
is a lot better. It has been tested and shows that it is quite good at catching
and eliminating viruses. It has different security products, meaning that it is
not an online only program. It has anti-phishing functions, gamer mode, auto
USB detection and a bootable recovery CD.
No antivirus technology is perfect, so it cannot catch all threats, but
it has a good stab at stopping most. Its free version is a little bit unfair,
since it does not offer half as much protection as the paid version. AVG is
quite popular and well known, so it will not disappear any time soon.
5 - BitDefender Antivirus Plus 2013
This is one of those programs that seems to have a lot of hype
surrounding it, and yet does not appear to be any better or worse than the rest
of them. Credit should be given for its protection and repair facilities, and
it is fairly easy to use (although all the programs on this list are). It has anti-phishing,
auto USB detection, gamer modes and a bootable rescue CD. It has been tested
and reviewed quite a lot, but it is now getting hard to see which reviews are
real and which are just creations of a zealous marketing department.
This post is written by Kate Funk and she works as a writer at rushtutors.com where math helponline is available for
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