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Tuesday, 16 July 2013

AVAST ANTIVIRUS MAINTAINS TOP SPOT AHEAD OF NORTON AND MCAFEE

Dec. 2012
No matter how “mean” or “bad” your computer device/machine is, one tiny virus can mess up the whole gadget, your data, finance then You.
Thus, it becomes imperative to guard against such an unfortunate and unwanted event.
Solution to this imminent problem is to get a very reliable antivirus and CONFIGURE IT appropriately.
I had to stress configure because you have to “instruct” the antivirus what you want it to do. Your antivirus is your soldier and you are the commander-in-chief.  Just like a good Soldier, it awaits for your command and where that it’s not forthcoming, it does the basic operations then sits on the fence when badass viruses pay you a surprise visit.  You can be sure of their visit.
Just like any other market, the Antivirus “market” is full of different brands all claiming to be the boss but numbers don’t lie, check the score board!
Below is, detailed market share statistics of Antivirus as of June 2012:
  1. +avast! Antivirus - 17.4% worldwide market share
  2. Microsoft - 13.2% worldwide market share
  3. +ESET - 11.1% worldwide market share
  4. +Symantec - 10.3% worldwide market share
  5. AVG -  10.1% worldwide market share
  6. +Avira - 9.6% worldwide market share
  7. +Kaspersky Lab - 6.7% worldwide market share
  8. McAfee - 4.9% worldwide market share
  9. +Panda Express - 2.9% worldwide market share
  10. +Trend Micro - 2.8% worldwide market share
  11. Other - 11.1% worldwide market share
To see what the table looks like as at December 2012, CLICK HERE

That was last year, 2013 power has changed hands and the table has turned but one Antivirus remain on top of the league.
19years ago, there where just two known Antivirus in the world…Norton and McAfee.  These guys ruled their world with pride then like every other new product, Avast antivirus showed up, hated at first but now the world’s most used/installed antivirus.
As I write, Avast Antivirus is installed on over 184,014,577 devices world wide. That’s what you call Lion Share! Thanks to it’s "freemium" business model, where the company grows and gains market share by offering a free alternative of their software, and earns revenue thanks to the successful conversion of free users to paid ones.
As I write based on their protective ability and not market share, these are top ten antiviruses in 2013. (Note: these are all free antivirus and free doesn’t mean weak as some of them are actually better than the paid + expensive antivirus. Norton and McAfee included)
  1. 1.    Avast
  2. 2.    Avg
  3. 3.    Avira
  4. 4.    Bitdefender
  5. 5.    Comodo
  6. 6.    Immunet
  7. 7.    Microsoft Essential
  8. 8.    Panda
  9. 9.    PC Tools
  10. 10.  Kingsoft 

Microsoft is the market leader in North America, followed by Symantec and AVG.
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