I just read an interesting article about a survey done by the anti-virus company Avira.
They said that their survey shows that 25% of users disable their anti virus software because they felt that the programs were making their computers run slowly.
They also found that 3 out of 5 computer users have tried multiple security products within the last year, further showing their dissatisfaction with the product they had been using.
Their conclusion is that anti virus security programs should be written to have minimal impact on the computers performance or else users won’t use them. I certainly agree and don’t dispute that conclusion, but let’s look at some reasons why users might abandon their current anti-virus program and go looking for another. Continue Reading…