what are people using these days for antivirus?

[Cyber-Mav]

on windows these days iv seen people stick to microsoft defender. is that all one needs these days?
latest tests shows its up there with the best: https://www.av-test.org/en/antivirus/home-windows/
so why would someone shell out monies for something else?

 

[Cyber-Mav]

if windows defender is enough then what sort of person would pay for something else? and why?

 

[Cyber-Mav]

Iv noticed with defender you can download the eicar virus test file and extract it too but using something like nod32 it blocks the download straight away and flags it up.

Going onto the anti virus test sites that load up weblinks with virus tests defender doesnt catch anything abd loads the web pages up as normal where again nod32 content filters the browser and stops the site loading up.
Makes me wonder if defender really is up to the task.
Anyone else experiencing this with defender?

 

[Cyber-Mav]

been using norton for donkeys years with no viruses on any of our devices. it's such a small amount to pay (£15) for a year/10 devices.

what more does it do over defender?

 

[Cyber-Mav]

I use Kaspersky, .

Isnt that banned for use in us and europe?

 

[Cyber-Mav]

I don't use any Antivirus,

those are words to live by.