last i check eset is worse in some ways than MS lot of stuff gets through
Recommended Anti virus software suite
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Norton Or AVG I have 3 days left on my Norton , i have been looking at AVG as its a free download . Is it worth downloading AVG or carry on with Norton a £19.99 ?
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In it's simplest form I would think that your choice of platform depends on your risk exposure.
If you frequent torrent websites ( V.Risky) get every bit of protection you can.
If your PC has sensitive data on it, again it's a lot cheaper to pay for some decent protection up front than to solve the carnage afterwards if you get stung by some malicious software. For example Bitdefender comes with Ransomware protection as standard.
If you have ANY suspicion about opening a file you can also throw it up here https://www.virustotal.com/gui/home/upload and it'll check it against 58 different AV Engines
If you frequent torrent websites ( V.Risky) get every bit of protection you can.
If your PC has sensitive data on it, again it's a lot cheaper to pay for some decent protection up front than to solve the carnage afterwards if you get stung by some malicious software. For example Bitdefender comes with Ransomware protection as standard.
If you have ANY suspicion about opening a file you can also throw it up here https://www.virustotal.com/gui/home/upload and it'll check it against 58 different AV Engines
As you can guess I use Bitdefender and have done so for years. I also use Malwarebytes as a 2nd line of defence.
Not matter how good your defence is, it's no substitute for common sense and being aware of dodgy links, software and messages though.
Not matter how good your defence is, it's no substitute for common sense and being aware of dodgy links, software and messages though.
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Norton Or AVG I have 3 days left on my Norton , i have been looking at AVG as its a free download . Is it worth downloading AVG or carry on with Norton a £19.99 ?
massive AV thread here
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Much the much these days, the top dogs have fairly similar detection rates for viruses and/or malware, and varying degrees of false detection.
www.av-comparatives.org
I only use the Windows one these days, but i suggest Eset for anyone that asks and to only use the AV only package unless they feel the need for the full suite, the standalone AV runs really light (which can matter for older/slower systems) or at least it did last time i used it (that's why i used it to begin with).
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www.av-comparatives.org
I only use the Windows one these days, but i suggest Eset for anyone that asks and to only use the AV only package unless they feel the need for the full suite, the standalone AV runs really light (which can matter for older/slower systems) or at least it did last time i used it (that's why i used it to begin with).
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I use avg, malwarebytes and zonealarm. But may move back to win defender after reading here as it probably uses less resources
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