Advantages of a paid Antivirus like Quick Heal

Shashank Gidbidi 26 Jun, 2019

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Advantages of a paid Antivirus like Quick Heal

You have bought a brand new laptop and the manufacturer has bundled it with a trial/free antivirus solution. The system works great for the first week but then it starts acting strange.

Your boot time has increased, the system is feeling sluggish and you have no clue what is wrong with your brand new laptop. The cause of this sluggishness could be the free antivirus you have been using. There is no such thing as “Free Lunch” in information security.

Let’s go through the disadvantages of a free anti virus solution before discussing why you should consider upgrading to a more secure paid solution like Quick Heal Total Security Anti virus.

Disadvantages Of Free Antivirus Programs:

1. Lack of Complete Protection

When you use a free antivirus program, you’re only getting a basic level of protection for your computer. If you need a strong firewall or the most advanced anti-malware, you aren’t going to get it with a free program.

2. Frequent Upgrade Prompts

Companies that offer free antivirus programs almost always also have paid antivirus programs available, which are often upgraded versions of the free software. When you use a free antivirus, you can will frequent prompts telling you how you should upgrade to the more advanced program for better protection.

3. Numerous Ads

Closely related to upgrade prompts is the number of ads that you will see when you use a free antivirus. The company that offers the free antivirus makes money through advertising.

4. Lack of Customer Support

If you use a free antivirus program, there won’t be much customer support available. Your only support will be online forums and knowledge bases.

5. Inferior Scanning Performance

Manufacturers include only the basic features in their free programs and tests have shown that paid programs catch a slightly higher percentage of viruses.

6. Slower Scans

Just like free antivirus programs aren’t quite as effective as catching viruses as their paid counterparts, they also aren’t as fast when it comes to scanning.

7. Sharing Your Data

You need to read the fine print in the terms and conditions before installing a free anti virus product. This is another way that the manufacturer of the free antivirus program makes money by sharing your personal data.

Advantages of Paid Anti virus like Quick Heal:

In addition to offering solutions like Anti-malware, Anti-spyware and Firewalls, Quick Heal provides the following features which increase the overall protection of your system.

1.Total Ransomware Protection

The total ransomware protection feature provides complete protection to your important data against critical ransomware attacks. It detects and blocks ransomware attacks in real time, backed up by Behavior Detection Technology, to detect new and unknown ransomwares.

2. Safe Banking

Protects your online banking activities from fraudulent websites and malicious programs that steal financial information. It provides a safe desktop session where your financial transactions on banking portals, shopping and other e-commerce websites stay private and hidden from hackers.

3.File Vault

An easy & secure way of protecting your confidential data through password protected vault. This feature blocks unauthorized access by hackers and makes it impossible to view, modify or delete this personal vault, without the correct password

4.Webcam Protection

This feature safeguards your privacy and prevents extortion attempts. It blocks spying agents and apps from accessing your web camera, while allowing you to manage applications that can access the webcam.

5.Vulnerability Scan

The Operating System (OS) settings and other applications in your system might have security vulnerabilities or weaknesses. Leaving these vulnerabilities unpatched can let hackers hijack your computer and your data. Vulnerability Scan helps you detect such weaknesses. The feature also helps you fix vulnerabilities that could be present in the OS settings.

6.Quick Heal Remote Device Management (RDM)

This is a free portal where you can add your Quick Heal enabled device, view its current status, and get notified of any critical situation such as malware infections. You can also renew your subscription via the portal.

We at ePrompto will help you to configure the antivirus and keep your system up to date.

ePrompto – an easy, reliable, trustworthy Tech Friend (Mitra). A remote technical solution to any technology issues.

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