Alice has a Windows 11 PC to support her personal IT consulting business and a MacBook Pro for personal use. She carries an iPhone for both personal and business calls. After reviewing the security suites on the market, she selected Norton 360 Standard to protect all of her devices. While other great products were available, she’d used Norton products for many years (remember Norton Utilities?) and had confidence in the company. An annual subscription cost less than a nice dinner out with her significant other (which was not Bob, in case you were wondering).
She installed the software on both her PC and her Mac and configured them to automatically update the malware signature files and the software itself. She downloaded the app to her iPhone. While it didn’t appear to do much, it was available, and she’d paid for it. After reviewing the bundled VPN service, cloud backup service and password manager, she went with other products. While the services were good, as an IT consultant she was a hard grader, and she felt there were better offerings available. And she’d already selected iDrive for cloud backup.
Bob has a Windows 11 PC and an Android phone and took a more parsimonious approach. He would not spend one nickel unless he had to. He enabled Windows Defender on his Windows 11 PC and that was good enough for him. And he only used his Android phone for phone calls. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity were both turned off, so he saw no need to add anti-malware software on the phone. Alice rolled her eyes at this approach, but there was no arguing with Bob.
Now that you’ve done some research and reviewed Alice’s and Bob’s anti-malware strategy, it’s time for you to choose your own if you have not already done so. Anti-malware protection is a MUST.
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