Cybersecurity has been on the rise with everyone wondering about how secure is their data and how secure are their desktops. On whether they are secure and protected from attacks from viruses and malwares. This became a major concern from earlier on in the year when a strong giant virus attacked most computers, the Wannadecryptor Virus also referred to as the RansomWare. Desktop Users became more cautious and were looking for solutions to have their computers protected by an Antivirus.

The question comes in on which is the best Antivirus in the market? Wars arose between one of the leading manufacturers of Operating Systems, Microsoft, and one of the best leading independent Antivirus Software creators, Kaspersky. Most can agree with me that Kaspersky has been the best Antivirus over the years, securing their desktops from malicious viruses, malwares and Trojan horse’s. However, recently Microsoft is taking advantage of its ability to have control over the Windows operating system and having it’s own antivirus, Windows Defender AV inbuilt in the operating system. This comes as Microsoft tries to implement one of its competitors strategy in the industry, Linux which has a very strong inbuilt Antivirus installed within its operating system, that is free from attack of any virus. Microsoft’s decision to have its own AV inbuilt especially within its new Windows 10 versions was not welcomed happily by independent antivirus owners.

Kaspersky, a leading AV company, saw it as a major distraction to its Business and said that Windows Defender was only a lure to its users as it does not offer full protection to users Pc’s compared to the kind of protection offered by Kaspersky. According to a statement filed by Kaspersky Labs Company, they said that Microsoft should allow independent AV industries to have their AV within the users desktops. This is because, Microsoft has limited the number of AV on any desktop running on the Window’s Operating system.



Microsoft has designed the Window’s 10 version in such a way that, once a user upgrades their Window’s version, the system changes settings, uninstalling user-installed apps, and replacing them with standard Microsoft apps. This is the same situation on installed AV, the system deactivates previously user installed AV and activates Windows Defender which is not fully secure. Also for any other AV installed by a user it can only run for only the specified period and once the trial period Is over, it automatically turns on its Window’s defender AV, and it does not give users a prompt to renew their license for the expired AV. A user can only get their deactivated AV from a hidden dialog box within their PC. I would particularly prefer that users can have freedom to install their preferred antivirus software on their desktops without any limit.

The question that now stands is which is the best AV between Kaspersky and Windows Defender? Will Kaspersky gain its Independent rights for use within the new version of Windows 10?



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