Different Antivirus Programs; Rundown Good, Bad or I HATE IT SO BAD IT SHOULD BURN IN HELL,( and maybe why)

[MrEppart1]

Hi,

So I recently started getting annoyed of Avira's Free Version ads permanently popping up on screen, So I thought about getting a new one.

Anyone have any advice in quality, price stress on system and generally not being a pain in the ass?

Sincerely and thank you in advance

Some dude on the Internet

[elecxonica]

I've used Avast in the past, and it's good enough, BUT they seem to want you to pay for it more and more as time goes on. It's a legit pain the arse to find the free version on there site. That said, at the moment I just use 1 third common sense, 1 third Malwear bytes scans on weird files and 1 third Microsoft defender.

[GeneralBear]

AVG sence windows 98se

[Deletive]

Hi,

So I recently started getting annoyed of Avira's Free Version ads permanently popping up on screen, So I thought about getting a new one.

Anyone have any advice in quality, price stress on system and generally not being a pain in the ass?

Sincerely and thank you in advance

Some dude on the Internet

Avira free version never have ads popping up on the sceen for me. 

[thekeemo]

wheres avast and avg

[twoscoops]

Just use Windows Defender and MalwareBytes. IMO if you have common sites and don't go on 'religious' sites you should be fine.

[MrEppart1]

wheres avast and avg

That should be added in if i still can. Thanks

[thekeemo]

That should be added in if i still can. Thanks

you can add them

[MrEppart1]

Avira free version never have ads popping up on the sceen for me. 

I'm not sure if its only the newer versions but it is getting a little annoying. At first they were rather small and disappeared on their own but now they fill about a quarter of the screen

[MrEppart1]

you can add them

I just did, I'm new to the forums so yeahhh

[Jiffy9]

I've been using Webroot for around a year now. Only good things to say about it so far.

[connorpiper]

Defender and Malwarebytes...

[Nneummonic]

Good: Malwarebytes and Windows Defender (Have seemed to do a good job, at least for me)

Bad: McAffee (All my friends have sob stories involving this)

I HATE IT SO BAD IT SHOULD BURN IN HELL: PC Optimizer Pro (For obvious reasons)

[Boatiy]

Microsoft Security Essentials is all you need...

[Aristocrates]

I use Windows Security Essentials too, but I don´t even see that on the list

[SuperfastJellyfish]

Windows Defender in combination with Common Sense 2014 Pro™. I run a MalwareBytes scan once a month and it pretty much always comes up clean.

[Kyo]

Yeah, pretty much what the majority here said. Windows defender for passive scanning and Malwarebytes for active scanning works for me.

[Atomika]

I'm using avast, Just switch it to "Silent/Gaming" mode and it's not bothering me at all, I used to hate it and used AVG for a while, Didn't like it much but I don't do anything stupid to get viruses I hope haha

[kingdorian]

Eset nod all the way.

[IdeaStormer]

AntiVirus programs are dieing or their use is at any rate, the big AntiVirus companies (McAfee,Symantec, etc.) are feeling the hit and venturing to other wares to push on people due to the drop.

 

The best thing you can do is to browse smarter, add tools such as NoScript,  AdBlocker, WOT and other add-on tools to keep those pesky nasty websites off your computer to begin with, also not visiting those bad websites (you know what's bad so don't start asking what's bad) that someone sent you to see so an so's goodies, if its not in the search engines results its probably not a valid website, heck search the URL someone sent you first and see what you get before actually going to some random website. Then practice the hover method, hover over a URL and make sure it is going to the place you want it to and not something different from were you want/think you're going. The TinyURL links can be a problem though but you can search for it and see what pops up before actually going there.

 

The web is not a friendly place much like the streets of an average big if not huge city, browser beware.

[Gamgee]

Microsoft security essentials/Windows' defender (depending on what version of Windows you run) + Malwarebytes for occasional scans is all you really need. Keep in mind that you should NOT have two different anti-virus programs with real time protections enabled at the same time, nor should you scan with two different programs at the same time. If you have real time protection enabled on one, disable it before using the other to scan your disks. Otherwise they can mess each other up and ultimately make both useless.

[Boatiy]

Just going to add on what I said earlier, all you need is MSSE (Microsoft Security Essentials) and know how to use a computer and the internet properly.

[Kamil]

My last laptop came with either Norton or McAfee... I don't remember which one for sure, but I want to say Norton. Regardless, it was a terrible piece of crap that made performance equivalent to a toaster until I removed it.

Now I just use the stuff built into Windows (Not sure if Security Essentials was the new name for Defender, or if Defender is the new name for Security Essentials... I have whichever one is in Windows 8).

[Gamgee]

Just going to add on what I said earlier, all you need is MSSE (Microsoft Security Essentials) and know how to use a computer and the internet properly.

 

The best anti virus in the world is common sense