Here is a question that we find our clients posing on a regular basis. The truth of the matter is that after a whole bunch of research, we’ve learned that Kaspersky Anti-virus is one of the best. We feel it’s worthy of our endorsement for several reasons. First, many commercial desktop management tools will use the Kaspersky antivirus engine to remediate viral threats. What does that mean? That means that the high-end corporate computer management solution providers are choosing Kaspersky to cure the viruses they find. Take LANDesk Antivirus for example. They’re using the Kaspersky antivirus engine and they’re ranked among the best desktop management solutions according to Gartner. We’ve compiled several other documents for your review on why Kaspersky’s Antivirus has become our antivirus program of choice for both business and personal uses. We stand behind Kasperskys, but let’s face it. No antivirus program will be 100% effective. Then again, 98% effective is about as good as you’ll get. I tried G-data. Had to pay in pounds or euros and that about doubled the cost. I had a virus that wiped out all of my programs I used most within a week!When you look at Norton’s antivirus’s code being added to and added to over the years without so much as one rewrite… it’s no wonder their code is bloated just like all of their other programs. That’s one of the problems with growing by acquiring other companies. You have to patch together all of the code and ultimately you are creating weaker software. Take that into consideration that it’s 96% effective against 500,000 viruses… that means that there were 20,000 viruses it didn’t protect against!I’d argue that the best software Symantec has ever written was the Norton removal tool! I wish I could take credit for that, but I can’t. I also wish I could give credit to that one!Computer Associates Antivirus is free with Road Runner. Why do I pay $60 per year for a subscription to Kaspersky’s? It just works. Computer Associates has bogged down my clients computers to the point that I had to stop recommending it. It’s just using too many resources like Nortons. I’ve never been very fond of McAfee. With a shameful 91% effective, they’re horrible and I can’t see how they’re still in business. I figure it must be from paying off the big hardware vendors to install their software on their boxes. When it comes down to it, the best antivirus program is Kaspersky’s hands down. You can pick up a copy here.
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