Hi again. I understand your frustration and it does seem it’s split decision. There must be a common ground no? What I think is Anti-virus softwares should have stuck to just that. Instead they get firewall like qualities embedded that just cause more clutter. No two ways about it, having securities that are simply good at what they do is all you need. No fancy stuff. I kid you not when I say I have had countless computers come to me with tons of viruses\trojans and usually NORTON. With the whole stuffy package, all the flare and glamour attached to this software, it does, nothing. I get so peeved at bloated softwares. That’s why I like CFP. It’s good looking enough without the bloat and does what it should. If in fact KAV has firewall like properties, or is beginning to get bloated, this is the beginning of the Norton saga. :o
Let me say it this way, it is up to YOU , no doubt of what you want to use and is your right. From a technical point of view, the more bloat the worse performance and issues with conflicts. I suggest using something that won’t bloat and works well. Try out CAV and see how it works…If not, Avast is far better than Kapersky and while some may argue this, I have had to use both on many computers, Avast will get rid of the viruses\Trojans where Kapersky has ultimately failed , not as bad as Norton but still. So i’m not being bias here, I don’t use any of the mentioned currently. My list would go as follows…
CAV-finds things very fast, free for life, sometimes buggy on some systems but doesn’t hog the resources of many anti-virus. CAV is getting better all the time and I think in not too long will be right up in #1 spot on many sites\pcs.
Avast free edition- not quite as fast as CAV, takes longer to scan, has free version for as long as registered but this has changed before with them may do so again. Will get rid of viruses where others have failed, has web monitoring, etc…
I haven’t worked with NOD32 much but according to most, it’s very good.
AVG free- very good too, but seems a bit week to me. I used to hear everyone using this now it’s scattered.
I’m sure there are a lot more but the top few are what shows results and that’s what I go by. I have to many times keep a system in-tact when removing all this garbage and as stated, if not CAV-Avast for sure. It simply works.
Still my opinion but hope it sorts some thing out for you. :■■■■
As far as worrying about re-installing, this is a chance you take every day you hook to the internet or start a pc. I am not being harsh but backing up a system and having a good back up plan is always best. That is no blame on software , it’s the user. If I don’t back up my info, it’s my fault. Any software can cause comotion on a pc and wreak havok, so plan ahead before using any software. (:NRD)
For the same price of Anti-virus you can buy Paragon drive image and back up the whole thing to a hidden partition and restore in 10 minutes. That’s what I use, absolutely excellent.
Hope things work out,
Paul