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Cheshire Cat

Cheshire Cat

The most curious thing..
Nov 4, 2006
11,440
Sitting on a bough of a tree a few yards off...
My initial free MacAfee trail period which was preinstalled on my new Windows 10 laptop has just expired, and it has been nagging me to pay for a subscription. Being generally mean, I have declined, uninstalled MacAfee, and installed the free Avast antivirus which I used on my previous Windows 7 notepad (and which never found a problem).

What antivirus do others use? Do you use a freebie, or do you pay for the whole deal? Which is the most effective free and paid products these day? Does anyone take a chance and not bother with anything? How paranoid do I need to get? Are they out to get me? Do I need to reinforce my tinfoil hat?

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Weststander

Weststander

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Aug 25, 2011
63,937
Withdean area
I used ESET for years, as recommended by a computer consultant.

I’ve just bought a desktop with Windows 10 and installed AVG Avast free. It’s highly rated by Which? and by the computer people now advising. They rate it partly because it doesn’t slow a pc down. The advice was not to upgrade to the premium version.

Also installing Malwarebytes which picks up different threats.
 












spence

spence

British and Proud
Oct 15, 2014
9,814
Crawley
Most free antivirus will do the job perfectly. It's your activity on the internet that causes issues. Never download stuff you are not certain about and careful with attachments including from unknown emails. I've never had a problem in years. Never paid for antivirus either.
 


Weststander

Weststander

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Aug 25, 2011
63,937
Withdean area
spence said:
Most free antivirus will do the job perfectly. It's your activity on the internet that causes issues. Never download stuff you are not certain about and careful with attachments including from unknown emails. I've never had a problem in years. Never paid for antivirus either.
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The dangerous and phising emails are get ever more clever, looking legit, purporting to be from entities such as HMRC, TV Licensing, banks, with the correct text type and logos.
 




spence

spence

British and Proud
Oct 15, 2014
9,814
Crawley
Weststander said:
The dangerous and phising emails are get ever more clever, looking legit, purporting to be from entities such as HMRC, TV Licensing, banks, with the correct text type and logos.
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Had them all. Paypal was another
 


Coldeanseagull

Coldeanseagull

Opinionated
Mar 13, 2013
7,779
Coldean
I don't pay to get viruses, I don't pay to get rid of them.
As others have said, watch what you download/open. However, I've never been infected on my linux machines, only on microshaft windoze
 


Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo

Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo

Waxing chumps like candles since ‘75
Oct 4, 2003
11,063
Avast is pretty much the best free one out there and certainly better than a majority of the paid products. Combine it with Malwarebytes and sensible browsing etc and it will be more than enough to protect you.
 








thedonkeycentrehalf

thedonkeycentrehalf

Retired
Jul 7, 2003
8,616
Bitdefender - £18 for five devices for a year on Amazon at the moment
 




beorhthelm

beorhthelm

A. Virgo, Football Genius
Jul 21, 2003
35,303
used to go with AVG, they got rather aggressive in the nagging. so switched to Avast. commercial ones can be as bad as malware for impacting performance.

any good antivirus needs to be accompanied by sensible user, not looking for dodgy streams or cracks for software.
 


S

Shropshire Seagull

Well-known member
Nov 5, 2004
8,496
Telford
Used AVG for years back i the XP days - now, my server, desktop and surface pro all run MS Defender - only my dedicated porn-box PC has AVG now.

You can pick up a 2nd hand PC for about £60 - don't install any email or use it for accessing online banking or any other sensible website use.
If you do cop a virus you can't shake off, reinstall and start again - nothing to lose or steal ...
 


Robot Chicken

Robot Chicken

Seriously?
Jul 5, 2003
13,154
Chicken World
Another shout for Bitdefender here. No complaints.
 


Easy 10

Easy 10

Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Jul 5, 2003
61,751
Location Location
The simple answer is - buy a Chromebook.

And never bother with an anti-virus subscription ever again.
 








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