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I have three desktop connected in a homegroup.

I want to buy a antivirus.

do I have to install antivirus in all the systems or only one would do?

mahendran said:
I have three desktop connected in a homegroup.

I want to buy a antivirus.

do I have to install antivirus in all the systems or only one would do?

First try the free version (not trail) of Kaspersky, Bitdefender, Avast or Avira. Those are adequate for most home users.

SaiyanGoku said:
free version (not trail) of Kaspersky

Kaspersky has a free version ?

SaiyanGoku said:
First try the free version (not trail) of Kaspersky, Bitdefender, Avast or Avira. Those are adequate for most home users.

I don't think that answers OP's question, who is asking if installing one AV on one machine is enough and it can scan other PCs to or it's better to install AV on all 3 systems separately.

I think it's the latter, since an AV on one system can't really scan infections better than if each AV is tasked to scan their own system. But I could be wrong since I don't use AV anymore.

meetdilip said:
Kaspersky has a free version ?

Yes it has one now.

Vyom said:
I don't think that answers OP's question, who is asking if installing one AV on one machine is enough and it can scan other PCs to or it's better to install AV on all 3 systems separately.

I think it's the latter, since an AV on one system can't really scan infections better than if each AV is tasked to scan their own system. But I could be wrong since I don't use AV anymore.

OP also wants to buy antivirus. That's why the recommendation.

Normal way of doing it is 3 instances of antivirus. I am not sure if there is any popular network AV for home use.

SaiyanGoku said:
Yes it has one now.

Nice to know. Have you tried ? What all modules does it offer ?

meetdilip said:
Nice to know. Have you tried ? What all modules does it offer ?

I installed it on my dad's laptop which currently is in my hometown. I don't use an antivirus myself.

mahendran said:
I have three desktops connected in a homegroup.

I want to buy an antivirus.

do I have to install antivirus on all the systems or only one would do?

Can you use two antivirus programs on one computer?
Remember, good anti-virus software is important, but it's even more important to browse the web safely. The best way to avoid viruses is to make sure you don't download them in the first place. Don't click on anything that claims you have a virus unless it's coming from Bitdefender itself. Don't click on any suspicious Facebook posts, and don't click on suspicious email links. If you get an email from ebay.com, hover your cursor over the link and look at the bottom of your screen to make sure it actually goes to www.ebay.com. if it goes somewhere else, it's probably going to harm your computer.

M

thanks to all for suggestions.

however the basic issue ,"whether separate antivirus installation"required for 3 networked desktops in the home group" remains to be clarified.

bssunilreddy said:
Can you use two antivirus programs on one computer?
Don't click on anything that claims you have a virus unless it's coming from Bitdefender itself.

Why Bitdefender particularly?

mahendran said:
thanks to all for suggestions.

however the basic issue ,"whether separate antivirus installation"required for 3 networked desktops in the home group" remains to be clarified.

you will need to install AV in all three machines

W

Yes!For a typical user,no matter how many networked PCs are there in home LAN,AV is required on each PC.Also always try with a trial version first if you are planning on buying an AV as it is a known fact that some AVs don't work so well on some systems because of many hardware/software issues which can not be predicted in advance.Also when buying AV only go for Kaspersky,Bitdefender or Avira.Do not buy Indian AVs like quickheal(you might as well use free version of Avira or Avast or Kaspersky & donate the money to some charity,that would do more good).

B

whitestar_999 said:
Yes!For a typical user,no matter how many networked PCs are there in home LAN,AV is required on each PC.Also always try with a trial version first if you are planning on buying an AV as it is a known fact that some AVs don't work so well on some systems because of many hardware/software issues which can not be predicted in advance.Also when buying AV only go for Kaspersky,Bitdefender or Avira.Do not buy Indian AVs like quickheal(you might as well use free version of Avira or Avast or Kaspersky & donate the money to some charity,that would do more good).

+1. What about K7?

OP can also check out Windows Defender.

W

Like I said,avoid all Indian AVs.

mahendran said:
however the basic issue ,"whether separate antivirus installation"required for 3 networked desktops in the home group" remains to be clarified.

Already answered

meetdilip said:
Normal way of doing it is 3 instances of antivirus. I am not sure if there is any popular network AV for home use.

whitestar_999 said:
avoid all Indian AVs.

If on a foreign forum, that's a racist comment. I am not sure what if an Indian does it.

meetdilip said:
If on a foreign forum, that's a racist comment. I am not sure what if an Indian does it.

All local AVs are trash. And they charge you equal to or more than known top AVs for who knows what stupid reason.

It doesn't fair well to have comments like this on any forum, Indian or abroad. Mainly because

1. Claimer who made the comment has not provided any supporting data

2. Claimer is not a known security software expert ( no credentials to varify otherwise )

3. No mention about any comparison studies made on the topic

I say this just because Claimer used the term Indian AV. That is racist, for sure. What if someone launched an AV today, which is at par with leading AVs ? I don't mind if someone says that one or more than one brand of AV is junk, bad according to his / her personal opinion. It is common style in some foreign forums to term anything Indian as sub standard. Freelancers, graphic designers, developers and so on.

Let us not do this ourselves.

meetdilip said:
It doesn't fair well to have comments like this on any forum, Indian or abroad. Mainly because

1. Claimer who made the comment has not provided any supporting data

2. Claimer is not a known security software expert ( no credentials to varify otherwise )

3. No mention about any comparison studies made on the topic

I say this just because Claimer used the term Indian AV. That is racist, for sure. What if someone launched an AV today, which is at par with leading AVs ? I don't mind if someone says that one or more than one brand of AV is junk, bad according to his / her personal opinion. It is common style in some foreign forums to term anything Indian as sub standard. Freelancers, graphic designers, developers and so on.

Let us not do this ourselves.

I check avcomparatives (link: Independent Tests of Anti-Virus Software - AV-Comparatives) as well as virus total (link: VirusTotal) for comparing effectiveness of AVs and none of the local AVs make it to the list. Either they don't submit the applications for testing or they know it isn't worth comparing.

W

meetdilip said:
If on a foreign forum, that's a racist comment. I am not sure what if an Indian does it.

Racist comment is: All *** country people are violent(made by a person from another country).
Racist comment is: All *** AVs are stealing people's data(made by a person from another country).
Not Racist comment is: All cheap chinese imitations of iPhones have poor quality compared to original iPhone(made by a person from another country).

meetdilip said:
It doesn't fair well to have comments like this on any forum, Indian or abroad. Mainly because

1. Claimer who made the comment has not provided any supporting data

2. Claimer is not a known security software expert ( no credentials to varify otherwise )

3. No mention about any comparison studies made on the topic

I say this just because Claimer used the term Indian AV. That is racist, for sure. What if someone launched an AV today, which is at par with leading AVs ? I don't mind if someone says that one or more than one brand of AV is junk, bad according to his / her personal opinion. It is common style in some foreign forums to term anything Indian as sub standard. Freelancers, graphic designers, developers and so on.

Let us not do this ourselves.

1.This is not a formal place where people argue with their data sets & excel files.Closest thing to a formal place like this is debate section where if any topic comes up pitting Indian AVs vs foreign AVs I would have given "supporting data"(which btw @SaiyanGoku has already mentioned here).

2.If that is the standard then we can delete this thread because no one here is in league of Eugene Kaspersky so nobody here(or most of the online places on Internet) has the right to comment or present their views on any AV.

3.See 1 above.

So as per you if a chinese citizen makes a statement that "avoid cheap chinese iphone imitations" then he is being a racist.

I still think that such comments should not be made. I don't want to take up this matter further. Since this is a public thread indexed by Google, I just made my disagreement listed.

M

thanks to all.

As a typical home user,my interenet activities include some social media,net banking and some online purchases.

does going for a paid version,really makes much difference?

mahendran said:
thanks to all.

As a typical home user,my interenet activities include some social media,net banking and some online purchases.

does going for a paid version,really makes much difference?

It doesn't makes a difference unless you are constantly downloading (pirated) stuff from multiple websites. Try the free ones I mentioned before and if, say after a month, you aren't satisfied by the performance, buy a reputed AV (not trash like NPAV or QuickHeal).

Some of my friends say Kaspersky is their first choice for paid AV. As mentioned above, Avast too have a paid option with more modules than in free ver.

Bitdefender Paid gets my vote.