What Antivirus are you using?
I use my brain :P but if I have to choose... malwarebytes
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Malwarebytes isn't an antivirus, it's technically an anti-malware program... it even states it in its name "Malwarebytes Anti-Malware". Malwarebytes should be used along with an actual antivirus, not alone.
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Malware is a general term and it includes viruses.
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Yes, that's true, but that doesn't change the fact that there is a difference between the two programs. They aren't the same thing.
https://www.malwarebytes.org/articles/antivirus-vs-antimalware/
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As Lucifera already said, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is not a substitute for antivirus. You can ask Malwarebytes support and they'll tell you exactly that.
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Ok, you're right, and thanks for linking this article, now I'm 100% sure I'm using exactly what I need :)
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same as the above. i had the free version but thought it was so good i paid, which is kinda rare
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I did aswell, but I bought it long time ago, when it was a lifetime licence. But even though now it's a yearly (?) subscription, it's still very much worth it.
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You can use your brain and that helps a lot, but web browser and many internet programs are always flawed by still undiscovered security holes. An antivirus can help you a bit here.
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True, the more layers of security you have the safer you are, but on the other hand if something is undiscovered then you don't really stand a chance against it.
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+1 so happy to see this as first/top answer.
I agree MBAM is a handy utility, perhaps the best malware scanner/remover, and one of the first things to run if you suspect something shady, but it isn't an AVS.
Edit: I see someone already pointed that out, oh well.
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correct, it isnt. I think ppl getting confused with the filesystem protection and malicious website blocking it gives when you install mbam with defaults. It turned on those 2 protection things on every system boot.
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Thanks, I didn't expect to get a laugh out of this thread!
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I went years without an antivirus, but with how powerful computers are nowadays it seems silly to not have at least avast in the background.
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Isnt McAfee like the complete oposite of antivirus :D
I got Anvi Smart Defender , and malwarebytes .
Seems to be doing the trick for me.
Also have AVG , but thats just getting ran once a month .
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Had McAfee for a while. I swear that it actually let more viruses in than would have gotten in had I been using nothing at all.
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It is, but it spends the most on marketing and lobbyists, so a lot of companies who spend way too little on IT and think about cost only use it.
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i am pretty happy with kaspersky internet security using it for years
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None. At first on my old pc i didnt have it because of performance. Now i just dont want to deal with one. I run malwarebytes every other week though.
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Never heard of that before. I was just listing out those that I know of/popular? ones.
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ESET is probably the best antivirus out there
ESET products consistently return the lowest number of false positives, as demonstrated in successive AV-Comparatives’ False Alarm Tests.
ESET is the only one vendor who reached 100% score from AV-TEST in 2014 and 2015 self-protection test.
ESET has the longest unbroken run of VB100 awards for malware detection of any Internet security vendor.
ESET partner won Nikkei Computer Customer Satisfaction Survey 2015-2016 in Japan, offering best business security products on market
PCMag Consumer Recommended Award for security suites and stand-alone antivirus software
ESET was awarded as the best business anti-virus in Security Insider IT Awards 2015 in Germany.
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I think you just managed to convince me to switch to ESET. I'll definitely check it out now.
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Agreed, if I shall ever use a paid antivirus then it's most probably ESET. And ESET is quite popular.
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ESET was the best anti-virus out there. Like, a decade ago. Before their lab became an expert on reporting three-month old viruses that have already been weeded out by others and facebook scams.
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Bingo. I used to like ESET, too. I used the security suite with the firewall, but I got tired of them jacking their prices and finally dumped them after like 3-5 years when their software started bogging down my system.
It's sometimes difficult to find JUST an antivirus these days what with all these companies wanting to sell you "security suites" with a bunch of crap most of us sincerely don't need.
I tried Kaspersky, and it was like trying to get a virus off my system when I simply wanted to uninstall it.
One anti-virus solution I haven't been disappointed by so far is BitDefender. I use the free version on some older computers, and I decided to spring for the paid version for my new laptop and desktop just because I got a great deal (3 installs for a year for $29.99).
I use that an MalwareBytes and am good as gold.
Still looking for a good way to add outbound verification/popups to the built in Windows 10 firewall, but every solution I've tried so far has lacked. If anyone has any suggestions, please post.
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Strange. I either hear Kaspersky is the best thing out there or that it is impossible to get rid of. Yet I also hear BitDefender is lightweight because it actually does nothing but has a better marketing than McAffee to keep it on top of antivirus comparisons.
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Does nothing... the people that claim that are ridiculous and jealous (probably competing companies or people upset they paid good money for an inferior product). Marketing doesn't give you high marks if you can't detect anything.
Check out virusbulletin.com and av-test.org.
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I use Eset over 4 years no best AVP in my opinion ;)
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Yup, ESET is really the best one. (Not working for them lol, it's just a fact)
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Uhm, yeah. Totally. This is why they barely get into the best ten AVs in any test…
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ESET is a good virus engine, but it's actually a terrible program. I've seen it cause tons of conflicts, it's a resource hog, it can sometimes lock people out of their computers, and I've often seen it refuse to uninstall. If I have a computer with a problem I'll gladly run their online scanner, but I stopped recommending the program.
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ESET Smart Security (im using old 4.x.x.x version)
Best antivirus ive ever seen/had
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why not use the lates version 9 ?
http://www.eset.com/int/download/home/
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I'm using Comodo + Chromodo browser... but I found it a little bit buggy on Win7 recently (comodo sandbox exactly). It's good.
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interesting I think I will change to Chrome then as I have ready profile for browser :D Thanks for info.
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Chrome sucks. I'd suggest switching to Firefox, the master browser.
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Was using Opera (old version 11.00 or so... for the whole life, but it's not supported since like 3 years, they just jumped to their 19.0 or 20.0 it sucks anyway don't remember ... I'm using Chromodo only like half year). Never could get used to Firefox... I know chrome is nothing good, it eats RAM like crazy, but I like their profile customization, that I can connect it to my mail and load settings everywhere.
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Another problem with Chrome is that a lot of its add-ons have adware or even malwave and they track everything you do. On Firefox I don't have to worry about that, as long as add-on is marked as verified I know it's safe.
I really love customizing my browser so Firefox is the perfect choice for me.
that I can connect it to my mail and load settings everywhere.
I'm not quite sure what you mean by that, but I think you can create account for Firefox and then use their sync feature to load your settings should you install Firefox on another PC. How much their sync feature does I can't tell as I never used it.
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yes, I can complain about some things in Chromodo, but I can't say anything bad against Comodo antyvir, it helped me once where avast/norton/avg couldn't do anything, so I'm still sticking with it.
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eset smart security.. (because nod win all of the tests years ago)(and avast has many of fake alarms)
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ESET NOD32 9 =)
And Panda free antivirus on other machine. Holds up pretty good...
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Bitdefender atm cause i found it on a very good deal. Was using ESET.
Kaspersky is the best i have tried but it's expensive and this is the reason why i am not using it in the last 3 years. Any free antivirus is junk
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Windows Defender, which comes with Windows 8 and later Windows OS.
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Built-in Windows Defender, the occasional run of MBAM (which usually finds little to nothing), adblock (because ads suck and are sometimes scary) but ultimately not being dumb and clicking on random things.
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This! Exactly this.
I have quite a whitelist within Adblock Plus tho, and SG is in it. ^^
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But it is a great little piece to go along with one. Especially the premium version with its real-time monitoring.
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No... nor is "not being dumb" but you didn't call me on that one, did you? The answer to the question was "Built-in Windows Defender." The rest was just the rest of my intrinsically related security program as a whole.
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Eh, the three As (avast, avira, AVG) are practically switching the crown of best free AV every month. the one you use is totally up to personal preference, nothing more.
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I've been using avast! for a while now and while it's been working for me, I wonder if there is a better one out there.
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