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Offline Bugbatter

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Free Antivirus Software Dominates Security Market
« on: July 08, 2010, 02:15:29 PM »
Avast Free Antivirus, Avira AntiVir and AVG lead over paid antivirus software


High brand visibility from large security vendors doesn't necessarily mean that their products dominate the market, according to a new study of security software.

The study was released Wednesday by Opswat, whose primary product, Oesis, is a development toolkit used to manage third-party security applications.

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http://news.techworld.com/security/3229807/free-antivirus-software-dominates-security-market/



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Re: Free Antivirus Software Dominates Security Market
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2010, 02:40:00 PM »
After something like that I wonder how long before the brand names start to follow suit and start releasing Free version's. I know some do 30 day trial's, but it would be interesting to see if they started releasing free version's and how many feature's would be missing if they did.
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