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Eddie · 16 Dec 2015 at 16:50

Armageus said:
The Free edition of Panda works well - non-obtrusive and very lightweight. Scored decently in one of the more recent AV roundups as well iirc.

Cheers, I'll check it out.

SuperG · 16 Dec 2015 at 17:01

Klunt Bumskrint said:
I've used Bitdefender for about 5 years. It's pretty much the best.

+1

I've tried Avast, Panda, Comodo and Bitdefender seems to work the best for me. No pop-ups, no issues with gaming, drama free.

bimbleuk · 16 Dec 2015 at 17:42

If you have online banking see what you're bank offers. Barclay's provide single user Kaspersky for free or upgrade to a 5 device license for ~£10 each year.

I also run Malwarebytes periodically too.

Nelly · 17 Dec 2015 at 14:18

bimbleuk said:
If you have online banking see what you're bank offers. Barclay's provide single user Kaspersky for free or upgrade to a 5 device license for ~£10 each year.

I also run Malwarebytes periodically too.

I've got the same, you can even get a Kaspersky key for the mobile app version.

RockoSRI · 17 Dec 2015 at 14:21

Lartyconshayo said:
There is a sticky. I like Eset security suite. Not,e resource hog

This And MalwareBytes

PapaLazaru · 17 Dec 2015 at 21:27

Defender & https://www.malwarebytes.org/antiexploit/

mid_gen · 18 Dec 2015 at 08:59

+1 for NOD32, I've used ESET for years, it's effective, discreet and doesn't consume a lot of resources.

Neil79 · 18 Dec 2015 at 10:27

billysielu said:
You don't need to install AV. Just don't click email attachments or download random junk.

Kinda this ^

Windows comes with it's own protection anyway, sometimes I might run Malawarebytes but no virus's since Windows ME

K1LLSW1TCH · 18 Dec 2015 at 11:15

I used Windows Defender and Malwarebytes in Win7. Haven't managed to get round to installing Malwarebytes in 10 yet but Windows Defender is enabled by default and I don't see any need to install something else. I only use the PC for gaming, all my browsing/mailing/banking etc is done on an iPad.

avrc · 18 Dec 2015 at 11:42

Windows Defender, Adguard browser extension which has phishing and malware protection and some common sense.

beachBOYken · 18 Dec 2015 at 11:48

Don't have windows anymore, but I used nod32 as well for 5+ years.

Non intrusive, excellent AV.

siege2 · 18 Dec 2015 at 11:58

I use http://www.bullguard.com/ got it from the jungle though much cheaper.

Mark A · 19 Dec 2015 at 21:15

I'm finding Windows 10 defender to be useless. I downloaded a dodgy file today and ran defender to try and get rid of it with no success. Then ran malwarebytes which found around 8 threats.

pstation3 · 20 Dec 2015 at 08:29

panda +1 here free version does its job got after being recommended by a m8 that works in IT .My only niggle is you get the odd pop up with the upgrade thing never used to do it but only a minor thing

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KIA · 20 Dec 2015 at 17:27

Mark A said:
I'm finding Windows 10 defender to be useless. I downloaded a dodgy file today and ran defender to try and get rid of it with no success. Then ran malwarebytes which found around 8 threats.

Why are you downloading dodgy files?

Mark A · 20 Dec 2015 at 21:17

KIA said:
Why are you downloading dodgy files?

It was from a site I thought was safe as I have used it many times before. It was handy when I had I think AVG and could right click a file to scan it for viruses before opening. Might try that and get rid of windows defender as it doesnt seem to be as good as this poll makes out, unless it has changed since it was security essentials?

KIA · 21 Dec 2015 at 14:00

Pirate site or legit site serving malware?

Elevon · 24 Dec 2015 at 22:02

I always said I would never would pay for an AV but decided to try Bitdefender Total Security 2016.

I must say was very impressed with it in general, I like the auto pilot mode which takes care of everything so it's like having a silent AV.

I found a good deal and got the multi PC user version for £7.99 for two years sub, can have it on three different PCs and also still have some of the free trial period left as well.
It has official support for Win10 as well so another plus point.

Seems very light on CPU usage ie you don't notice it is there, I can't complain about my online gaming or general PC usage with it, that is for sure.
I forgot to say disable "scan SSL" which is in web protection, otherwise it will block a lot of websites, even here at Overclockers.

What to do when Security Certificates cannot be verified/installed

This warning is presented by a web browser when accessing a site that has a security certificate installed (for SSL/TLS data encryption) which cannot be verified or installed by the web browser.

To solve this issue, we recommend you to temporarily turn off “Scan SSL” feature in Bitdefender as follows:

bring up the main Bitdefender interface
click on Settings from the upper right toolbar
From Settings Overview choose Privacy Control
In the Antiphishing tab use the switch to temporarily turn off Scan SSL feature

Now close the Bitdefender window and try to access the webpage one more time.

http://www.bitdefender.co.uk/support/what-to-do-when-security-certificates-cannot-be-verified-installed-1090.html

llamadal · 24 Dec 2015 at 23:04

I found bit defender kept randomly dropping out of auto pilot mode and blocking stuff.

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What AV do you use?

Avira AntiVir

AVG

Avast!

BitDefender

Panda

Microsoft Security Essentials

BitDefender

Sophos

McAfee

Norton/Symantec

Eset NOD32

Kaspersky

Trend

Other

I do not run any AV other than OS built in (E.g. Windows Defender)

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