Antivirus

[nrvna76]

Bought my first windows pc in the last 10 years and it appears antivirus software has changed quite a bit. Some only protect from certain things, malware, ransom ware etc. different from what I remember when the choices were Norton or Mcafee. Can anybody recommend a good all around antivirus for a windows 10 pc?

 

[LIVEFRMNYC]

Been using the free version of Avast for years. I would go with that.

ESET is good too and very light, but it costs.

 

[StayPuft]

The built in anti-virus is more than sufficient. Combine that with scanning with Malwarebytes every once in a while and you're fine. That and common sense. https://www.malwarebytes.com/

If you want to pay for awesome protection, go with BitDefender. It has ransomware protection built in and is extremely lightweight.

 

[MRU]

The built in anti-virus is more than sufficient. Combine that with scanning with Malwarebytes every once in a while and you're fine. That and common sense. https://www.malwarebytes.com/
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This ..... if you really want to pay for something, buy the premium / sub version of malwarebytes for realtime protection.

 

[mrex]

Avast internet security (paid)
Been using it for years and it has managed well in av-tests.

https://www.av-test.org/en/antivirus/home-windows/windows-10/

 

[Hastings101]

The built-in Windows Defender is fine for most people, unless maybe you use a lot of sketchy sites. Download Malwarebytes and scan it once a week or something if you want extra peace of mind on top of that.

 

[mrex]

You dont even need to go sketchy sites... attachments, page forwarding, injected ads on normal sites, scripts...

 

[KillaMac]

I use Norton Security. Has done well. They always have it really reasonable once a year on Black Friday weekend for $20 for 5 computers in the house. Off Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/Security-Del...1&keywords=norton+security+deluxe+-+5+devices

 

[mi7chy]

Stick with reputable source for software and content, don't have admin rights on the account you use daily, use ad blocker, Google DNS and/or OpenDNS, Chrome sandboxed browser, when in doubt scan via virustotal.com before installing, put your router management IP on a different subnet that's only accessible after changing PC to static IP, etc. Antivirus is reactive and even the best only catch about 2/3s.

This is from real stats and not marketing material:

https://threatcenter.crdf.fr/?Stats

 

[JamesMike]

This ..... if you really want to pay for something, buy the premium / sub version of malwarebytes for realtime protection.

I second that, it work very well.

 

[frankgrimes]

Bought my first windows pc in the last 10 years and it appears antivirus software has changed quite a bit. Some only protect from certain things, malware, ransom ware etc. different from what I remember when the choices were Norton or Mcafee. Can anybody recommend a good all around antivirus for a windows 10 pc?

Been using Anti Malware Internetsecurity from Emsisoft.com since half a decade, it's a great lightweight solution and so worth the price.