Anti-virus advice please.

jockey · 27 Dec 2023 at 08:31

Hi, very new to PC gaming, well in fact just bought my son one for Christmas. He’s 14. Also new to this forum, although it helped me purchase the PC.

Would appreciate some advice on security for it please. Have read through the sticky above, but not sure how dated the info is.

Is there a general consensus on anti-virus? What do I need to download? Is there a decent free one? Are paid for better? Does it need a vpn? Looks like a minefield to me when I look at them all.

He currently has nothing on there, will be mostly playing Fortnite and using it for social and some homework

Thanks in advance

jockey · 27 Dec 2023 at 09:03

Thank you for that. After researching for a while, I did realise that Defender is decent. Having had a chat with my son about using his ‘common sense’ ‍ also, hopefully all will be ok.

jockey · 29 Dec 2023 at 17:30

Thank you

jockey · 30 Dec 2023 at 10:55

Quartz said:
Do follow @mysticsniper's advice and create a restricted account for your son. The key is safe browsing. Don't click on dodgy links and don't install dodgy software. The thing is, your son is 14 and is not going to do either. He's not going to recognise a dodgy link. He's not going to recognise dodgy software. So I do recommend installing additional anti-malware software as an additional layer of defence and I suggest Malwarebytes. You should also set up the parental controls in Edge to block age-inappropriate content.

Thank you for the advice, I will do this