Professional Antivirus Vs Free Antivirus Software
Many people are still not clear what the difference between professional and free antivirus software. They would ask: which one I should use professional or free edition? Before answer this question, I just want to clarify first about free and professional antivirus version.
Professional Antivirus we are talking here refers to paid antivirus software version, it simply mean that we need to purchase license in order to get the right to use it.
For free antivirus software, I believe almost all of you know what it refers to. Yes, it refers to antivirus program which is available to download and use for free of charge.
Professional Vs Free Antivirus Software Fundamental Difference Table
Some fundamental difference:
| Vs. Aspects | Professional Antivirus | Free Antivirus |
| Features: | As you paid for the software, you get full featured product.
Normally for professional antivirus version there will be three main protection features including Anti-virus, Anti-spyware and Anti-rootkit. |
As most free anti-virus programs come from the company which provides also professional version.
Free edition provides you only basic protection. Most of them have only Anti-virus protection features but not Anti-spyware, and Anti-rootkit. |
| License: | The user has the consent to use it for commercial use. | Most free antivirus software programs are available only for personal or home use only and cannot use for commercial. |
| Price: | You need to pay some money for professional version; the price is starting from around $20 and slice difference from one to another company. | It is absolutely free of charge; you need to spend nothing $0. |
| Support and Help | When you purchase professional edition, you absolutely get support from company. Some companies provides you free support both via Phone and Email. Some charge extra money for support via phone. | Since you pay nothing to the company; for most of free anti virus edition packages you will be not provided to get support from the company. |
| How Many: | There are many companies which provide professional than free antivirus version.
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Number of free antivirus program available is less than pro version, but there are still many of them.
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Which One I Should Use Professional or Free Antivirus Edition?
I hope you get some ideas about professional and free antivirus software program as well as what are the differences about these two versions. There is one more question as I mentioned above “which one I should use professional or free edition?” has not been answer yet. If you ask me this question, I would say:
I would recommend you a professional antivirus edition “if you can support it“. Because it provides you more security features and more convenience than free version. Let see what I said:
1. More Security Features
Professional version has more security features than free version, it has more ability to protect and remove many types of malware. Let see the summary in the following:
- Pro Version: Anti-virus, Protection against Worms and Trojans, Anti-spyware and adware, Anti-Rootkits, Web Shield.
- Free Version: Anti-virus, Protection against Worms and Trojans.(Note: Anti-spyware also include in free edition for some companies like AVG, Avast! but just basic protection)
2. More Convenience
Since the company got money from selling professional edition, they also provide you more convenience as return to what you have paid.
- You get technical support and help from company when you have problem.
- You do not need to find other free anti-spyware, free anti-rootkits software to install in your computer. Just one professional antivirus package has these features.
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