Which Anti Virus

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nicknack35

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Afternoon all Can anybody recommend a decent Anti Virus i know this must have been asked god knows how many times but after anti virus for the PC-laptop and tablet don't mind paying. To be truthful we don't have any and me and the Mrs felt bit frisky last night and Watched porn online without any online protection and now we might of ended up with our pants down more then once LOLOL :p:p
 
Unless you have any specific requirements, Windows Defender is almost certainly all you need. It's been really quite good for some time now.
 
I just use the one built into windows, that and some common sense. Although this does not mean you are not vulnerable. Always have an image you can restore which isn't too old.
 
another vote for windows defender... if you pc is running too fast maybe under clock it a bit or swap your ssd out for a hdd?
 
I use defender and Malwarebytes (premium) on Windows 10.

For my VM's, flavours of Linux and 'Windows XP Pro SP3', I have started to deploy Comodo. It seems to be quite good, (even on my 1GHz 1.25Gb Laptop).
 
nicknack35 said:
Afternoon all Can anybody recommend a decent Anti Virus i know this must have been asked god knows how many times but after anti virus for the PC-laptop and tablet don't mind paying. To be truthful we don't have any and me and the Mrs felt bit frisky last night and Watched porn online without any online protection and now we might of ended up with our pants down more then once LOLOL :p:p
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The two top-scoring Anti-Virus vendors are typically Trend Micro and Kaspersky. Both score excellently and consistently. I haven't used Trend's but I can confirm that Kaspersky's software runs lightly and is very intuitive to use. Additionally they do original research - it was Kaspersky Labs that was primarily responsible for both exposing The Equation Group (i.e. NSA) and tracing Stuxnet. If you can catch the NSA and the Israeli government, you're very good. Plus, from a logical point of view, you have less to worry about with Russian security software than American security software because the Russians don't give a damn what you do but your own country's government does. There are almost certainly backdoors that Five Eyes nations have access to in US-based anti-virus. That may or may not be a concern for you, but I still go with Kaspersky because frankly, it's rock solid and very comprehensive. Reasonable price and comes with a multi-machine licence, as well.

You could just use Windows Defender (decent) and occasional scans with Malwarebytes and save yourself some money. But if you're engaging in behaviour you know to be risky ('cause you're frisky), then I personally would pay for something.
 
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Zefan said:
Unless you have any specific requirements, Windows Defender is almost certainly all you need. It's been really quite good for some time now.
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Yep - WD is good enough for home use. My machine is for professional purposes so I use paid software, but for "friends and family" I usually just leave them with WD. Supplement with something that picks up on Ad-ware and grey-ware from time to time, though.
 
I’ve been using Avast Free Edition for years, does what it says on the tin. Very small software footprint if you install its basic functions only and it has an excellent detection rate compared to other AV’s.
 
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