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Five reasons antivirus has gotten worse
Third-party antivirus has slowly fallen out of favour with users. But what happened to make this software lose users' trust?
Antivirus used to be a mainstay of any home desktop. Software like McAfee was basically essential, and weekly virus scans were a feature of lots of people's early experience of 2000's home computers. But in the last decade, third-party antivirus has all but disappeared as a requirement for a new PC, and it seems less effective than ever at stopping legitimate threats to your PC, all while getting slower, more bloated and increasingly expensive. But what happened to antivirus? How did a once commonplace bit of software end up in relative obscurity? Here are five reasons why we think antivirus has gotten worse.
McAfee is a household name in the consumer security market since 1987. Intel announced they were acquiring the company back in 2010 and had plans to rename it to Intel Security, but ultimately backed out of this decision. McAfee's security software is available on most major platforms including Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android as well. This week the company announced they were extending their partnership with Samsung.