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Desktop Anti-virus

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PCQ Bureau
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This market contains a mix of free and paid anti-virus software. In fact,

more than 50% of the responses this time were split between Norton, a paid

anti-virus, and AVG, which has both free and paid versions. Commercial

anti-virus vendors need to watch out because we see this trend growing further

in the future, and not without good reason. Of the top ten anti-virus players

that were voted this time, four provide free versions of their software-AVG,

BitDefender, Avast, and Avira. Not only that, but AVG is the most future ready,

making it winner of the Users' Choice awards this time. Norton is runner up, and

close on the heels of AVG. McAfee is a distant third, with two other players

close on its heels-Quick Heal and Kaspersky. Going deeper, Kaspersky anti-virus

is the most persuasive brand of the lot, followed by Quick Heal and Trend Micro.

Brand loyalties in this space are very because of low cost of the products.

None-the less, Quick Heal enjoys the highest brand loyalty at 52% . Trend Micro

and McAfee need to be careful, as a large percentage of their existing users are

likely to shift to other brands.

Overall, with the growing number of broadband connections in the country,

there will be more competition in this space between free and commercial

anti-virus vendors. But more connections also means greater demand for

anti-virus products, which is an opportunity for everyone. Let's see which way

the ball moves.

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