

In March of last year The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in collaboration with the Canadian Cyber Incident Response Centre (CCIRC), issued an alert and warned against the increasing threat of destructive ransomware. Ransomware has gotten more advanced and sophisticated recently, targeting individuals, government users, and businesses alike. IObit Malware Fighter PRO Review at a Glance IObit Malware Fighter PRO Review at a Glance.Just bear in mind that as noted, this is hybrid software from two distinctly separate developers of distinctly different accomplishment. That said, today's offer is worth exploring by those who have never sampled the iObit product before, and if, as hoped, iObit has cut back on the nag screens and up-sells for its other products, the experience should in theory be OK. It has come down to what might best be described as one's comfort level, about just how much faith one should invest in iObit's self-described "much improved anti-malware engine" compared to BitDefender's peer reviewed, award-winning all-round competence. Having run both, my own view is that the $10 annual premium represents the better value for protective software from a company with a world-renowned track record in this specialised sector - BitDefender - compared with that from a company - iObit - whose specialism has never been in this sector but, instead, in so-called computer 'optimization'. By contrast, the BitDefender sibling's trial period is 30 days.

Thanks to GOTD today, the iObit sibling can be trialed for six months. Long a curious hybrid - its conception is part iObit, part BitDefender, its provenance 2012's iObit Advanced System Care PRO - 'Malware Fighter Pro' is nowadays even odder for the parental rivalry that continues to obtain.Ĭontrary to the price quoted on this page, iObit has been selling its Malware Fighter Pro at $20 off (down to $19.95 a year for three computers) ever since BitDefender started selling its Antivirus Plus at $30 off (down to $29.99 a year for three computers.) The two can be compared on these links:
