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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens
Sticking with pay/premium anti-virus software here. I cannot imagine some free AV group has the same resources as Norton or McAfee. If they're not brining in real $$ to pay employees and stay on top of emerging threats, how secure can it be? You get what you pay for.
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Yes, absolutely. However, for fairness one must mention that many free scanners are functionality-reduced versions of payware scanners, published by big companies for advertizing and Beta-testing purposes.
Also, some secondary tools released by free groups can be good and recommendable additions. But the lesson I learned is: do not exclusively depend on them: see them as additions only.