That Free Antivirus Software is Gonna Cost You

A few years ago, when I lived in Long Beach, I had just gotten a new laptop. A couple of months into using it for my web design and illustration business, I started having problems with it. I found a great computer repair place in Signal Hill; they fixed it up and sent me on my way. They told me sometimes Norton Antivirus can cause problems, and that they recommended the free antivirus software called Avira.

This was like 7 or 8 years ago, and that’s what I’ve used ever since.

When my computer repair guy here in Georgia heard that as he was building my new machine last summer, he told me ummmm no, you should be using ESET. It’s the best antivirus software around, he said. It’s what Microsoft uses to protect their machines, he said.

But oh, no, I like to save money. So I stuck with my free antivirus software.

Which worked fine.

Until this morning.

The day started out promising – Phil went to play at Caleb & Ella’s house for a few hours, and I was pumped to have a quiet office to be super productive in. I dropped Phil off, returning home with an ambitious list of tasks for my clients. I turned my computer on.

Or I tried to.

It wouldn’t turn on.

So I called up my computer guru Dylan Riggs, and he says bring it in to the shop. And then I had to work on my laptop. Which wasn’t as good. And then I had to make another 45 minute round trip to pick it up. And give Dylan more money than a year of ESET costs to fix the computer virus issue that had shut down operations.

That free antivirus software is eventually gonna cost you, my friends.

Just sheck out for some super strong protection, ok? Try any ESET product with a 30-day Free Trial. PC, Mac, Linux, Android and Windows Mobile platforms.

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I will tell you, the second Dylan told me the computer had a bug, I thought of Always Sunny. Enjoy!

September 9, 2014

Steph

Small Business, Technology

antivirus software, ESET, internet security, maintenance, security

Freelance illustrator Steph Calvert is an award-winning artist with 24 years of experience working as a creative professional. She is based in McDonough, Georgia, just south of Atlanta.

Steph Calvert has expertise as a children’s book illustrator. She is an expert surface pattern designer for art licensing and creates line drawings for publishing and product design. Steph has years of additional expertise as a mural artist, creating original art, and logo design for small businesses. She is currently querying literary agents with her first author/illustrator book projects.