Free virus protection dominate market Forget big commercial providers like Symantec and McAfee, as the virus is to choose the most end-users a free solution. Software developer claims that OPSWAT. The company used two self-developed programs which claim to 50 million computers are installed. Of tens of thousands of users were involved in an investigation which virus they used. This shows that the four most popular products available today, all free.
Avast! Free is the market leader with a share of 11.5%, followed by Avira AntiVir Personal Free, which owns 9.2%. AVG is a good third with 8.6%, while Microsoft Security Essentials by 7.5% quarter is. Only on the fifth spot appears first commercial solution, namely Avast! AntiVirus. Kaspersky is one sixth (4.9%), behind Norton AntiVirus (4.2%), ESET NOD32 (3.8%), Avast! Professional (3.5%) and McAfee VirusScan (3.3%).
Market share With three virus scanners in the Top 10, it is not surprising that Avast! The popular anti-virus company, accounting for 19.1% of the total market. Avira does it with 11.4% not without merit. Symantec, often considered the largest supplier, with ten percent in the third place, followed by Microsoft with just 9.2%. AVG is good for nine percent and do it for McAfee to continue, with 7.3% in the six state place. Kaspersky (6%), ESET (5.7%), Panda (3.4%) and Trend Micro (2.8%) make the top 10 providers complete.
In total 42% of the market for products free from virus, while the providers who offer free products, a market share of 48%.
Security Essentials "While in the U.S. as Symantec and McAfee often the preferred choice to be positioned, the reality is that the competition in this highly fragmented industry is alive," said OPSWAT.
According to the developer's success is also interesting to see Microsoft. Security Essentials has a large share of the market share, while Microsoft is not associated with successful virus. "Brand Recognition on the other hand, such as Symantec and McAfee have that, does not mean most installations."
Source:
www.security.nl (Netherlands)
http://www.security.nl/artikel/33833/1/Gratis_virusscanners_domineren_beveiligingsmarkt.htmlTranslated by googleSo good job Alwil team
