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What AV do you use?

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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.
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Retract my recommendation of this now. Booted my PC up took over 10 minutes and then presented with 100% CPU usage from one of pandas processes. Apparently quite a common issue so have uninstalled and gone back to avast.
 
I keep getting Avast saying that I need to configure my DNS servers to 8.8.8.8 as my computer is infected?!

But, googling it, it sounds as though they have a deal with Google so they are doing this so you use their DNS servers?

Even if I change them to 8.8.8.8 via network adapter config, the warning still comes up when I rescan.

Anyone had similar, or got a solution please? :)
 
Converge said:
I keep getting Avast saying that I need to configure my DNS servers to 8.8.8.8 as my computer is infected?!

But, googling it, it sounds as though they have a deal with Google so they are doing this so you use their DNS servers?

Even if I change them to 8.8.8.8 via network adapter config, the warning still comes up when I rescan.

Anyone had similar, or got a solution please? :)
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Which DNS servers was your computer using before you switched to Google DNS?
Have you checked your router settings?
 
KIA said:
Which DNS servers was your computer using before you switched to Google DNS?
Have you checked your router settings?
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Hi KIA,

It was all set up to be automatic. So, no idea to be honest. Never seen this kind of warning before since I started using computers/internet in the 90's!

I thought I'd try a different AV/MW solution to see what it would pick up (kaspersky) and it actually stalled my system whilst installing and sent it into a endless cycle of restarts and I had to reset Windows 10 for it to work again. Since then, no problems...

So, long story short, it's all OK again I think! :confused:
 
What is the generally considered as the best firewall and anti-virus for W10 these days?

Currently I am just using windows firewall and avira anti-virus
 
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I look after the AV in my place of work and we've recently been given Sophos to use at home and I must say, it's rather good.

No performance impact on the machine and I can manage all the machines on the cloud which makes it very easy to keep track of what people are doing.

In terms of free AV, I've always trusted Avira more than most!
 
I'm so confused about AV at the moment. Up until now I've been using Windows Defender built into Windows 10 but I want something a bit more advanced. I was thinking of buying Kaspersky Complete Internet Protection (or whatever it is called). The one with the firewall built in as well as online protection.

But I just don't know if it is any good. The reviews on YouTube are rubbish so has anyone else used this? What did you think?

If I shouldn't get it what should I get instead. I can't read all 14 pages of this thread and even if I did most of it doesn't actually give much concrete information other than the person uses it.

Edit: Just watched a YouTube video that was better than the rest and ESET Smart Security 2015 seems like a reasonable choice to me. Would anyone agree with that?
 
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Cromulent said:
Edit: Just watched a YouTube video that was better than the rest and ESET Smart Security 2015 seems like a reasonable choice to me. Would anyone agree with that?
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Don't spend a penny on anti-virus. Paid products don't offer anything worth while.

Stick with Defender or use the free version of Bitdefender or Sophos.
 
I've binned off AVG free, it's become a bloated mess again.

For the past couple of months I have been using "Avast For Business - Free" and I'm pretty darn impressed with it.

Webgui monitoring for all devices registered.

Deffo worth checking it out.
 
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