Guys, is "free" anti-virus trust-able ? For example, it won't affect your PC's performance? If yes, can someone suggest a good free anti-virus programs ? This is serious because my "Norton Internet Security" already expired. Thank you
If you have Windows10 just install malwarebytes since win10 has Windows Defender built in. Other wise i have been using AVG free for ages.
AVG is amazingly good. But for Win10, I have yet to install it. I personally don't like Avast. RAM leaks and other stuff.
I have malwarebytes pro doing scans regularly as my only antivirus and have for years, so far i've run into no problems. I suppose having defender running as well wouldn't hurt, maybe i'll try it.
Used to have some quirky effects on past installations. Like sudden HDD activity or 80% CPU usage... but currently on Win 10 it's fine. Apart from that i'm running either Avast or Avira.
Norton isnt even very good anyway. Pretty much paying to downgrade your PC. I stick to windows defender + malwarebytes. Malwarebytes is possible the best antivirus there is, its only downside is that it does not support realtime scanning in the free version, which is fine, I let defender cope with the realtime and then run a full malwarebytes scan once a fortnight.
Same, any other anti-virus I've tried has been quite annoying or buggy so far. I've tried McAfee (don't even bother), Kaspersky, ESET, Avast and AVG. None of them where as good as malwarebytes imo.
I was joking It just looks straight out of the 90s and has like 3 sites all with similar names to download it so its super sketchy.
Why should we expect a high school student to make a competent antivirus on his own, compared to companies that spend tons of money on R&D, pushing out updated definitions constantly?
I personally use a combination of Malwarebytes and Avast. To those using Malwarebytes alone, be aware that it is only passive protection, and will only locate and remove threats when you run it (in the free version). It is, in general, better not to get infected with malicious software in the first place than to remove it after the fact, because the purpose of a virus may be to steal your personal data or other information, which it can easily accomplish in the time that it is on your system prior to being found and removed. In short, you want an active application. Personally I find Avast works fairly well (though their interface is more annoying now than it was previously), and I have also heard good things about AVG's free solution, but have no first hand experience. Also, I wouldn't trust any antivirus software integrated with Windows as far as I could throw it, because any base installed programs are going to be the first target in the sights of malicious software developers.
1: I am wondering where Dc5R posts went... 2: I use Avast, I have had no problems with it, Windows 10 on the other hand, I have had some issues with that
After my Windows 10 Defender began to use 80% of my SSD read/write capacity, I switched to Avast. That + Malwarebytes do the job just fine.
