Poll: *** The All New Windows AV Thread - Keep All AV Questions in Here ***

[Valo]

Can someone recommend me either the best free or best low cost licence AV solution please?

 

[wiiija]

I honestly don't think its needed anymore if you're not stupid, I just run defender and have never had a single problem, out of curiosity I'll run a scan every 6 months and nothing.

 

[Valo]

Can someone recommend me either the best free or best low cost licence AV solution please?

I honestly don't think its needed anymore if you're not stupid, I just run defender and have never had a single problem, out of curiosity I'll run a scan every 6 months and nothing.

I forgot to mention that this isn't for me, but for a family friend who is just your typical everyday user. Just need something that'll run automatically in the background ideally.

 

[Elevon]

I honestly don't think its needed anymore if you're not stupid, I just run defender and have never had a single problem, out of curiosity I'll run a scan every 6 months and nothing.

Depends what you need, some third party AVs have lighter resources then Defender ie less ram, cpu usage , better virus detection etc, personally I use Bitdefender Free version which IMHO is better then Defender.

 

[Deluxe1]

Can someone recommend me either the best free or best low cost licence AV solution please?

I got a 3 year nod32 key for I think about a fiver on eBay not so long ago.

 

[mrk]

Stick to windows 10 AV. It's free and it does the job exactly as it should.

 

[V_R]

I bought new laptop. please let me know best free antivirus for windows 10.
thanks

Read the post above yours. Though not sure why I'm replying, I can sense the spam in this one.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Hi,

Does anyone know a free decent antivirus for windows 10?

 

[Jack Gunn]

Hi all,

looking for recommendations for best antivirus to use when gaming, If you could give me some advice it would be much appreciated

Thanks

 

[b00merang69]

Get asked a a lot (did you try SEARCH) if you are on Win 10 its own built in Software that is good enough/better than many.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

I use the free Avira, gets highly rated.

Most just use Windows own Defender, as thats also good now.

 

[kinger8938]

I was wondering the same and think I'll stick with defender as I only use the PC for gaming, wont be using the browser at all really

 

[Elevon]

I use Bitdefender Free version which is lighter on resources then Defender ,no advertising and has great detection rate ( one of the best).

Gamer here too

 

[Agamemnon]

Hmmm bitdefender free sounds like its worth a try. Thanks for the recommendation

 

[LoadsaMoney]

AVAST Selling User Data

https://www.cnet.com/news/antivirus-firm-avast-is-reportedly-selling-users-web-browsing-data/

 

[Agamemnon]

If you are not paying for it then you are not the customer, you are the product being sold.

 

[stockhausen]

Hmmm bitdefender free sounds like its worth a try. Thanks for the recommendation

I was under the impression that BitDefender is only free for the first 30 days

 

[Deleted member 77746]

AVAST Selling User Data

https://www.cnet.com/news/antivirus-firm-avast-is-reportedly-selling-users-web-browsing-data/

OOF!

 

[Elevon]

I was under the impression that BitDefender is only free for the first 30 days

No, they do a free version which has no time limit.

 

[stockhausen]

No, they do a free version which has no time limit.

I can't say I am impressed by BitDefender; I tried the 30-day evaluation and so far as I can see, there is little opportunity to determine what should happen when a "suspect" file is detected and I can see no report on the actions taken by the software. I am sure that it is all there, just not obvious.

I think that like the Russian Kaspersky, I will forget the Romanian BitDefender.