quoted from
Can you Trust Free Anti-Virus?:
" 1. Free antivirus does not provide the protection to avoid identity theft. This is wrong. Malware focused on stealing identity information is just malware. In principle it is not any different from malware focused on hijacking your computer, deleting your data, etc. There is really no difference in detecting this malware. Avast’s ability to detect malware is unquestioned and is always at or near the top of malware detection tests. Talking about identity theft here is just marketing hype. Users are rightfully concerned about protecting their identity information. But, we and everyone else do that by protecting the user against malware. Unlike others we just don’t hype it…..maybe we should."
while another AV vendor states this:
What you don't get with this free version of the antivirus
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Protection against identity theft, hacker attacks, infected downloads, infected instant-messaging and spam
Is there some kind of contradiction between these two statements? Or this is just marketing? I'm confused
