Best Antivirus Software?

[Tocsin_786]

I need something that has a decent UI (like Malwarebytes, Eset, Microsoft). Something that has a Lifetime licence. I hate paying monthly or yearly. Something that doesnt give me retarted popups 24/7 like McFee or Norton (it can be a elegant and lowkey popup like malwarebytes weekly checkup that pops up for 2 seconds and goes away, not something that will MINIMIZE MY DAMN GAME!!!!). It also has to be fairly effective at doing what it does. 

[thekeemo]

avast + malwarebytes + common sense

[Guest]

I need something that has a decent UI (like Malwarebytes, Eset, Microsoft). Something that has a Lifetime licence. I hate paying monthly or yearly. Something that doesnt give me retarted popups 24/7 like McFee or Norton (it can be a elegant and lowkey popup like malwarebytes weekly checkup that pops up for 2 seconds and goes away, not something that will MINIMIZE MY DAMN GAME!!!!). It also has to be fairly effective at doing what it does. 

This is going to BLOW YOUR MIND

but there is a super effective anti virus that has...

 

free lifetime license

no performance impact

popup free

Super sleek and natural UI

and its updated every second

 

Its COMMON SENSE, dont press random links on the internet and dont be surfing on dem shady websites

[TheKDub]

avast + malwarebytes + common sense

 

this ^^^

[OfficialJsP]

avast + malwarebytes + common sense

 

^ Been running this for years probably the best solution.

[vanished]

Bitdefender

[Guest]

I use eset and malwarebytes. But one thing you should really get is an ad blocker. Get adblock plus or ublock origin. 

[Tocsin_786]

avast + malwarebytes + common sense

 

 

This is going to BLOW YOUR MIND

but there is a super effective anti virus that has...

 

free lifetime license

no performance impact

popup free

Super sleek and natural UI

and its updated every second

 

Its COMMON SENSE, dont press random links on the internet and dont be surfing on dem shady websites

I know the common sense part, i have never gotten a stupid virus in a long time. I run malwarebytes regardless cuz i torrent alot. But thats why i need one, I torrent alot. I also need it to troubleshoot something and find that a premium version is better to use. 

[blueballs]

personally? I use windows defender, every once in awhile I scan with malwarebytes but It never catch up anything...  

[LancerBG]

Kaspersky or bitdefender. I lean just slightly to kaspersky but both are fantastic light weight options. Self infection is a great way to test out what works best for your type of usage. 

[Enderman]

avast/avg + malwarebytes

[DWN2]

Common sense doesn't protect you from a malware laden AD or a phish at Christmas that says your package is waiting at UPS. Those happen all the time. I do enterprise malware incident response.

 

The best solution is to run a virtual machine and do your surfing and email reading from the VM. Most modern malware self-detonates when it see's its running in a VM. It's extremely rare for malware to jump out of the VM to the host.  If you scan your installs (VirusTotal) before you bring them to your host, you'll be fine using this method.

[vanished]

Common sense doesn't protect you from a malware laden AD or a phish at Christmas that says your package is waiting at UPS. Those happen all the time. I do enterprise malware incident response.

 

The best solution is to run a virtual machine and do your surfing and email reading from the VM. Most modern malware self-detonates when it see's its running in a VM. It's extremely rare for malware to jump out of the VM to the host.  If you scan your installs (VirusTotal) before you bring them to your host, you'll be fine using this method.

It's even less likely when the host is one system and the guest another (like Linux + Windows combo)