Antivirus on Windows 10

Use the built in solution and don't run as an administrator level user, job done.

I do this + malwarebytes but to be honest it rarely finds anything and I can't remember the last time the real time protection popped up to block something (paid for version).
 
Halfmad said:
Use the built in solution and don't run as an administrator level user, job done.

I do this + malwarebytes but to be honest it rarely finds anything and I can't remember the last time the real time protection popped up to block something (paid for version).
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Unfortunately you are the 2% of PC users....
 
Avast free business account. Its excellent and free.

Its not a resource hog and free for home users as well.

Ideal if you look after family members PCs and such also. Add them all to your account and you can setup tasks via the web based console.

Also includes sever protection for those of you who may like me have a 2012 r2 essentials server at home.
 
Is anyone using Total360? I've used this for a few years, but of late it seems to be getting more and more bloaty with every update. Keen to try something new. Sophos home worth trying? I don't want something popping up every two seconds asking me if I trust my word file, but then I want to have some control so false positives can be allowed etc.
 
Halfmad said:
Use the built in solution and don't run as an administrator level user, job done.

I do this + malwarebytes but to be honest it rarely finds anything and I can't remember the last time the real time protection popped up to block something (paid for version).
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Im doing exactly the same as you and have never had a problem.
I do manually run a Malwarebytes scan ever couple of days but have never picked anything up.
Ive been like this since I started running windows 10.

when I had windows 7 I ran Avast with Malwarebytes as well but again never had any problems.
I got fed up with Avast though trying to sell me stuff I didint want or need..
 
Last week I enabled application whitelisting on my PC now that wife + daughter are using it for extra peace of mind, little tweaking and not had any issues so far, pretty clear in the evenlog when it's prevented something so thumbs up from me so far:)
 
Amraam said:
Is anyone using Total360? I've used this for a few years, but of late it seems to be getting more and more bloaty with every update. Keen to try something new. Sophos home worth trying? I don't want something popping up every two seconds asking me if I trust my word file, but then I want to have some control so false positives can be allowed etc.
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I tried sophos but it kept failing at the last hurdle to install. Switched to Panda free and it does the job nicely.
 
Used Sophos but had a lot of false positives. And allowing it or disabling the av was a bit annoying having to,use the web to do it. Would be nice to have some sort of local control over it
 
Halfmad said:
Last week I enabled application whitelisting on my PC now that wife + daughter are using it for extra peace of mind, little tweaking and not had any issues so far, pretty clear in the evenlog when it's prevented something so thumbs up from me so far:)
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I took a look at this whitelisting, was a handy feature just need to get my head round it as its not just a 5 min jobby. :)
 
Thanks for link, after the parallel whitelisting discussion in the 'just use win antivirus' thread, I had not realised some functionality available
outside of enterprise/volume versions;
however the functionality the starter elaborates of just whitelisting execution to exe's in particular folders does not seem very extensive/secure,
rather ability to whitelist specific checksummed exe's, is what I had expected to find, but that is only briefly mentioned at the end.

Is there an easy way to do that ? hopefully, at the time when new apps are installed ?

EDIT :OK technique for app/exe whitelist is documented
Create a Rule that Uses a File Hash Condition
 
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I like to have Malwarebytes also installed... There's a new Anti-Exploit addition to their arsenal... And an Anti-ransomeware too... None of which seem to have any impact or hit on the system performance...
 
I think for a casual user and people sharing a PC such as a family it is still a recommendation offering a slightly better safety net than assuming everyone understands basic security principles. Education is key and as an educator you would be alarmed how many students both mature and those born amongst the tech generation either do not care or take the time to digest the information that you need in the everything connected status quo.
 
jpaul said:
Thanks for link, after the parallel whitelisting discussion in the 'just use win antivirus' thread, I had not realised some functionality available
outside of enterprise/volume versions;
however the functionality the starter elaborates of just whitelisting execution to exe's in particular folders does not seem very extensive/secure,
rather ability to whitelist specific checksummed exe's, is what I had expected to find, but that is only briefly mentioned at the end.

Is there an easy way to do that ? hopefully, at the time when new apps are installed ?

EDIT :OK technique for app/exe whitelist is documented
Create a Rule that Uses a File Hash Condition
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You can use hashing if you want but you'll have to constantly update them as .exes change. The alternative is simply not to apply folder rules at high level folders but drill down into sub folders, that's what I ultimately did and ensure any temp folders e.g. in %appdata% etc aren't included either.

Ransomware in particular tends to download and execute in a temp or download location first, THEN copy itself to a more sensible spot to start it's dirty business. So by not including those as whitelisted location you have to manually move items from them in order for them to run, once placed into an approved location on your drive.

I still personally wouldn't be without Malwarebytes premium, defence in depth etc.
 
Having been through a lot of AV software over the years I would really probably just use MS with MalwareBytes.
I have a copy of ESET Smart Security Premium and I have to say I am not impressed, the firewall is a bit of a pig and it does cause some slow downs. MS Av can what the cpu a bit but nothing to serious.
 
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