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Hi I need a free anti-virus that works on chromebook Andriod and windows 11 I am a content creator of a political podcast so it need a fire wall is there any out our is that to much to ask.

Sent from Mail for Windows Hi everyone, I could really use some help here. Not sure if this is a possible false alarm or anything but I would rather be safe than sorry, plus this could help the next person if they have a similar problem. I left my laptop on while I was out for about an hour because I was in the middle of something. Came back and I had an alert by my antivirus (Kaspersky), that I had a Trojan (Script). It had the option to remove the threat, and I had clicked to remove it, but it didn't work. So I attempted to shut down my PC but it was not allowing me to shut down when clicking to shut down. I opened the system tray in the bottom right to see if I could open my antivirus again and noticed that the windows security icon was red, and when I went to click on it, got an error message. I don't remember exactly what it said, but it was along the lines of "you may not have permission to open this". I also attempted to open some photos but nothing would open. So I force shut down my laptop by holding the power button, and when I turned it back on I had the same issue, Kaspersky popped up straight away, nothing was working again, but this time the threat removal worked. Kaspersky then did some system repair process to revert anything it thought the virus/malware may have damaged. I restarted the PC and everything seemed normal. Ran another virus scan, and luckily, no threats. I also then downloaded Malwarebytes and got the free trial and scanned, no threats detected there either. I then investigated where I may have gotten this virus or malware from, as I am very careful with the websites I visit, and programs I download. I had not remembered downloading a program for a very long time so something seemed off. I checked the quarantine centre in Kaspersky and opened where the file was located. It was located in a Google Chrome extension folder. The file had obviously been removed but the folder it was in was still accessible. I had not downloaded an extension for a long time. The only ones I had were an Adblocker, the same one I have used for years, and Kaspersky Protection extension for Chrome. I went and opened extensions on Chrome, and to my suprise there was a new one, that I have never used before or seen. It was also disabled. The extension was 'UltraSurf Security, Privacy & Unblock VPN'. I do not remember ever installing this. I deleted the extension, and sure enough, the folder the threat was located in was gone. Now I am unsure if this was some sort of false alarm from Kaspersky, or a genuine threat. It seems to have been removed. Should I be worried, is there any more steps I should take? Does anyone know if this extension being malicious? Sorry for the essay, I am just worried, and would like to know if I should do anything else to ensure my system is safe to use. Thanks so much in advance!

I'm looking at replacing my Norton 360 that I currently have that Norton tried to auto subscribe to me at £95 for 1 year and when I went to cancel it they offered me for £40 for 1 year but that is more than I hsve seen in magazines that I read the two have have interested me the most is Norton 360 Deluxe + Utilities Ultimate 2023 [5-D, 1-YR] £17 https://store.computeractive.co.uk/p44029-norton_360_deluxe__utilities_ultimate_2023_5-d_1-yr This would essentially replace the subscription I currently have but add the Norton Utilities that is suppose to be good. Avast Ultimate 2023 [10-Device, 2-YR] £25 - Antivirus, Avast SecureLine VPN, AntiTrack, and Avast Security Ultimate for Andriod & IOS https://store.computeractive.co.uk/p37015-avast_ultimate_2023_10-device_2-yr It gives a lot more for your money but I don't know as much about Avast as I've been using Norton for 15+ years Do anybody know if there is much difference between Norton and Avast?

Connected to some new computer with windows 11 and Norton, trying to install a non notorius software for work, the exe download was blocked and deleted, had no option to restore that I could find, was able to allow it, but had to redownload it. Upon installation some files are blocked, and no action is available to allow this, the install fails, are antivirus heading towards owning authority over what you can and can't install on your PC, and we have to pay a subscription for that?

Hey guys, Imma be honest my parents never really bought me pc games growing up, and now my financial situation ain't stable so I can't buy them either...I've lived off igg-games and piratebay my whole life, So I'm certain there has to be like a shit ton of viruses and super unnecessary files and random malware running in the background....and prolly save files from games I used to play years ago, What's the best way to like FULLY clean everything without losing some of my other online games like league of legends and genshin impact cz they are pretty big...I never tried backing up online games idk how to works, plus if I put them on a external drive or something won't it also get corrupted with viruses(idk how malware works ngl my external has 3TB of pirated games that I horded my whole life bcz of my 400kbps download speed so it probably already has viruses on it).

So i have Server that i primarely use to host my Minecraft server and some wierd stuff have been happening(folder vanishing, anti virus broken). It runs Windows server 2019 Standart and the antivirus i use is Avira Free.

Hello, So i've been having this issue since 2 days ago, but whenever i try to play any games my laptop would randomly start stuttering and i drop to like 5-10 fps randomly every 5 minutes, i kept task manager open while this was happening and my cpu and ram usage were both at 30% so i dont know what's the problem, it happened to me while playing genshin impact which is a demanding game for my pc specs which are i7-6500U, 8gb of ram and a radeon R5 M330, so i thought the specs where the problem first and since summer just started maybe my laptop is overheating and can't handle genshin anymore, but today i tried playing Hades which is far less demanding and it kept happening aswell every 5 minutes. Any ideas would be appreciated, Thanks! also any tips on free antivirus softwares? that could also be the problem

Hi, in one of our computers the C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Scans folder consists of a bunch of mpcache files that add upto around 10gb. I would like to delete them as it is consuming too much space. Tried deleting them manually but I get the error saying Windows Defender Service is using this file and it cannot be deleted. I noticed that even if I turn off Windows Defender from settings, it doesn't allow the files to be deleted. Also noticed that the Defender service cannot be stopped in the services Window as the options are greyed out. Some insight to get this done would be really helpful. Thanks.

Microsoft Defender is right now using over 11 gigabytes of RAM (I have 16). It is unfortunately beating Chrome and Firefox put together. Oh and CPU usage is around 30%. I tried turning off every setting under "Virus & threat protection settings". I tried adding Defender's own files, and MsMpEng.exe, to the exclusions. I added DisableAntiSpyware to the registry under Windows Defender, tried setting it to 0 and 1. Nothing is helping, the RAM usage is literally climbing through the roof, to the point where Firefox starts crashing. Is my only solution to use a different antivirus, thereby disabling defender? How can I figure out what is causing it to shoot up? I'm running on Win10 Pro 20H2.

Hi, My sub for Norton is coming up for renewal, and I know by just typing that some folk are now thinking 'why are you using Norton'? Personal preference it just worked for me without tanking performance too much. However the latest version will not allow you to use the product without giving them your credit card details for auto renewal, and while you can then cancel this its not the kind of game I want to play. So I’m looking for something else. I haven’t used Windows defender and have no idea if its reliable, reasonable or prone to false positives – or worse not picking stuff up. I’m guessing its OK, but no more. Some friends use Kaspersky and say its a bit of a thug and rather bloated. Ive tried Bit Defender in the past but didn't like the experience and the couple of times I had to contact their help desk they were useless. The only other I tried many years ago was AVG and I gave up on that after 3 days as it just did not work. I’m not that technical so I’d like something I can install and forget which allows me to turn off a couple of games insatiable need to phone home all the time. So suggestions pls? Thanks in advance.

I've been using Avast Premium Security for years and the experience has always been positive (except for the annoying pop-up ads), but as my current subscription is about to expire I'm left wondering if it is still necessary in this day and age when I keep hearing about how good Windows Defender is. Besides, aren't malware and ransomware the biggest threats these days more so than viruses? Wouldn't be better to invest in a solid firewall and/or malware removal tools (and common sense, of course) instead of relying on these services and the speed with which they update their databases? Avast is offering a pretty awesome discount to renew my subscription, but would that be the right move? Would invest in something like Malwarebytes be a better option instead?

if a 3 user license of eset is purchased then does all 3 get activated on the same day as the first used license? (is most other apps softwares it is as such but dont know in eset.) Also please suggest a good antivirus/internet security program for personal use.

Hi all, I'm here for a little help. Earlier today I clicked on a link to a website, when my anti-virus (Kaspersky) which I have the paid internet security version of, detected and blocked a few what seems to be download attempts. Three of the "events" say download denied, and one says "Detected legitimate software that can be used by intruders to damage your computer or personal data". My question is, why was one of them just detected, and why is it that since this I have run a Kaspersky scan and a Malwarebytes scan and it has not come up. (Hopefully the above image helps) If it has just been "detected" does that mean it was also removed? If not how can I remove it? Should I still be worried about having a serious malware infection? I'm considering fresh installing windows including removing all my data if needed as I use this PC a lot. Please any help and peace of mind will be much appreciated.

I am currently infected by a virus (maybe) and maybe a RAT. I need to know what is the best one, I think Kaspersky or Bitdefender, if not, let me know. I keep getting Threats found when I'm doing completely nothing.

Can someone please recommend me the best antivirus software or at least some decent ones? or windows defender antivirus is really enough for windows 10?

I recently uninstalled Avira Antivirus, restarted my laptop and then windows security notified me that Windows Defender and Avira are disabled. I went to Windows security to enable Windows defender but Windows threat a nd security tab was missing. I googled to find a solution for this. Everyone mentioned to change the group policy under administrative templates so I headed over there. And I couldn't find that too . I don't know if I have changed any policies. The laptop I use my own and does not belong to any organization or school. Do respond if you guys have a fix

So I remember when Blackberry used to be THE phone to have, but nowadays I know them as a software company/security company. Now they have "AI Antivirus software" I don't use antiviruses (anyone who doesn't do shady stuff online shouldn't need one [waste of processing power AND MONEY]) but I personally doubt that "AI Antiviruses" will not affect gaming like how Blackberry is advertising this software. Or does it.....? Any way to test this software to see if this is a real thing and doesn't affect gaming? I would test it but I don't know the first thing about how to test antiviruses :/ Also wondering how a phone juggernaut has been reduced to disgusting antivirus bloatware.... the software is called CYLANCE, quick google search of this term brings you to the official site to buy this software.

Does AVAST Premium have this thing called RTP like Malwarebytes? I think it does but I'm looking specifically for this feature that does this => When I was using Malwarebytes before I get these notifications when I'm downloading stuff but now I'm using Avast Premium I don't see any notifications like this or is it hidden somewhere in the software? Can someone help please. And if someone is gonna say "Why not just use Malwarebytes then" or stuff like that then it's because it is expensive AF compared to Avast Premium.

This is probably gonna sound dumb but I'm gonna ask anyway. Is it okay to run 2 antivirus at the same time? I have Avast and Malwarebytes, I've read somewhere that it is not okay to run 2 at the same time because they will conflict or something but I also read somewhere else that it is okay because Avast will be mainly for virus in the system or stuff while Malwarebytes will be incoming malware ( I assume like when I'm browsing and downloading stuff it will detect malware which I already see it doing, not sure if Avast also does it). Anyways long story short, is it okay to run both of them at the same time?

Specs of laptop: Lenovo Ideapad 330 15ARR CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3300U RAM: 8gb ddr4 1tb HDD GPU: AMD Radeon VEGA Mobile Laptop is about a year and a half old OS: Windows 10 Pro 64 bit Security: Bitdefender Total Security 2020 Laptop originally came with Windows 10 home (64 bit), about a couple months ago I upgraded to Pro and reinstalled bitdefender with it. Around a few weeks ago the fan was running high even when laptop was "idle". I looked in task manager and bitdefender was using anywhere between 20-40% of cpu all the time. This combined with a google meet with obs recording for school and it gets 100% of Cpu. I've tried everything in the settings. Even disabling everything I could find, but bitdefender still used the cpu quite a bit. The only temporary solution is to restart the computer, which keeps bitdefender at 0% most of the time, but after about 10 minutes it goes back up to constantly 30%. I would get other security, but I paid $100 for total security with a VPN. Is anyone else having this problem or know a solution? Is there any way to actually stop the bitdefender tray and service? If I try to stop it in task manager it says that I do not have permission. Is there any way to gain the "permission" to end the task? Thanks for the help!

Hi all, I brought a relative's old laptop back to life with a copy of Xubuntu, and I recently installed ClamAV (although I'm not quite sure I did everything right). Whenever I initiate a scan in the terminal, a lot of areas seem to have an "Access Denied" error. Here's the full log, which came after I inputted "sudo clamdscan" ----- /home/xubi/.Xauthority: Access denied. ERROR /home/xubi/.xsession-errors: Access denied. ERROR /home/xubi/.xsession-errors.old: Access denied. ERROR /home/xubi/.bash_history: Access denied. ERROR /home/xubi/.pEp_management.db: Access denied. ERROR /home/xubi/.pEp_management.db-wal: Access denied. ERROR /home/xubi/.pEp_management.db-shm: Access denied. ERROR /home/xubi/.config/user-dirs.dirs: Access denied. ERROR /home/xubi/.config/libreoffice/4: lstat() failed: Permission denied. ERROR /home/xubi/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml: lstat() failed: Permission denied. ERROR /home/xubi/.config/xfce4/xfwm4: lstat() failed: Permission denied. ERROR /home/xubi/.config/xfce4/desktop: lstat() failed: Permission denied. ERROR /home/xubi/.config/xfce4/terminal: lstat() failed: Permission denied. ERROR /home/xubi/.config/xfce4/src/misc: lstat() failed: Permission denied. ERROR /home/xubi/.config/pulse: lstat() failed: Permission denied. ERROR /home/xubi/.config/gtk-3.0: lstat() failed: Permission denied. ERROR /home/xubi/.config/update-notifier: lstat() failed: Permission denied. ERROR /home/xubi/.config/dconf: lstat() failed: Permission denied. ERROR /home/xubi/.config/Thunar: lstat() failed: Permission denied. ERROR /home/xubi/.config/Mousepad: lstat() failed: Permission denied. ERROR /home/xubi/.gnupg: lstat() failed: Permission denied. ERROR /home/xubi/.cache/sessions: lstat() failed: Permission denied. ERROR /home/xubi/.cache/thumbnails: lstat() failed: Permission denied. ERROR /home/xubi/.cache/obexd: lstat() failed: Permission denied. ERROR /home/xubi/.cache/gstreamer-1.0/registry.x86_64.bin: Access denied. ERROR /home/xubi/.cache/mozilla: lstat() failed: Permission denied. ERROR /home/xubi/.cache/xfce4/notifyd/icons: lstat() failed: Permission denied. ERROR /home/xubi/.cache/thunderbird: lstat() failed: Permission denied. ERROR /home/xubi/.local/share: lstat() failed: Permission denied. ERROR /home/xubi/.mozilla: lstat() failed: Permission denied. ERROR /home/xubi/snap/vlc/1700/.config: lstat() failed: Permission denied. ERROR /home/xubi/snap/vlc/1700/.local/share/vlc: lstat() failed: Permission denied. ERROR /home/xubi/snap/vlc/common/vlcrc: Access denied. ERROR /home/xubi/snap/vlc/common/.cache/vlc: lstat() failed: Permission denied. ERROR /home/xubi/snap/bitwarden/28/.pki: lstat() failed: Permission denied. ERROR /home/xubi/snap/bitwarden/28/appdata: lstat() failed: Permission denied. ERROR /home/xubi/snap/signal-desktop/327/.config: lstat() failed: Permission denied. ERROR /home/xubi/snap/signal-desktop/327/.pki: lstat() failed: Permission denied. ERROR /home/xubi/snap/signal-desktop/common/.cache/mesa_shader_cache: lstat() failed: Permission denied. ERROR /home/xubi/snap/audacity/675/.config: lstat() failed: Permission denied. ERROR /home/xubi/snap/audacity/666/.config: lstat() failed: Permission denied. ERROR /home/xubi/.thunderbird: lstat() failed: Permission denied. ERROR /home/xubi/.pEp: lstat() failed: Permission denied. ERROR ----------- SCAN SUMMARY ----------- Infected files: 0 Total errors: 43 Time: 19.643 sec (0 m 19 s) -----

I have some questions regarding PW's. First, how do you protect your PW from viruses and keyloggers. You can have the best passwords, but when someone has access to your computer they see everything. Second, should one TFA the PW with a physical key or is it enough to use email for that? And why? You have a phone with you everywhere, anyway. Third, there are Apple Notes you can encrypt and there are PW notes. Which one is better to use and why?

Title says it all... Was having a very irritating and persistent issue where my PC would randomly wake up after i put it to sleep (around 5-10 mins after, sometimes longer) Since this issue persisted even after I reset and defaulted power settings I decided to do some digging through event viewer and found this (1st image), from what i can see it looks like malwarebytes, which i have installed on my pc, keeps waking the system for 'serivceinstallation'. (drivers) Knowing that all my dirvers are up to date, i looked up what this 'MBAMSwissArmy' program was, and I discovered that it seems pretty harmless, just some software that allows Malwarebytes to communicate with hardware, but my question stands - why would it need to reinstall WHILE THE PC IS ASLEEP for gods sake when I've already fully installed the antivirus?

i have a question do i need to have a third part antivirus like bitdefender free antivirus if i have windows defender on my windows 10 gaming pc and i want to know bc i have some ram issue and i guess it's bc i have a third part antivirus so i wonder if i only need windows defender on my windows pc and not a third part antivirus too

My quick heal av lisence expires today, I wanna know is Free Avast is good or Paid Avast? or should I get Mcafee Antivirus from Amazon.in (link) which is really really cheap ($8 for 3 years 1 device). Quick heal Total Security is kinda expensive like $47. I just need a real time protection av which is good at detecting virus and potential viruses.