antivirus QuickHeal vs Mcafee vs Avast (Best Antivirus?)

[Mr.Stork]

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.

[rapidkillerx]

i use malwarebytes (free version without realtime) and i like it, ive used the paid demo and it works pretty well

[KGGaming]

14 minutes ago, Mr.Stork said:

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.

I use bitdefender but for your price range it is pretty expensive but I have it for a 5 device plan

[GoldenLag]

I combo free Malwarebytes + windows defender with occasional searches or when i suspect something with Malwarebytes. 

 

As for how good it is compared to one another, idk. But that is what i cluelessly use. 

[SpookyCitrus]

Malwarebytes Free paired with Windows Defender it's easily the best out there. Getting something like AVG, Avast, or McAfee is just a waste of money and they're god awful.

[5x5]

35 minutes ago, Mr.Stork said:

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.

All 3 are substantially worse than Windows Defender. Use that + the free version of MalwareBytes for anti-malware scans and you're good.

P.S. Paying for McAfee or AVAST is basically buying a virus and willingly installing it.

[TVwazhere]

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[Mr.Stork]

45 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

I combo free Malwarebytes + windows defender with occasional searches or when i suspect something with Malwarebytes. 

 

As for how good it is compared to one another, idk. But that is what i cluelessly use. 

 

32 minutes ago, SpookyCitrus said:

Malwarebytes Free paired with Windows Defender it's easily the best out there. Getting something like AVG, Avast, or McAfee is just a waste of money and they're god awful.

 

22 minutes ago, youngboy said:

Ok here it is:

McAfree = trash. It's expensive. dont get it

MalwareBytes - good combo with windows defender

 

 

31 minutes ago, youngboy said:

Remember you also have Windows Defender, which is ok. McAfree is expensive, but good but very expensive. I would go MalwareBytes, havent used it, but heard its good, so get malwarebytes

Does malwarebytes detect viruses in real-time? Let's say I downloaded a trojan, and didn't run it, with other av real-time protection, the trojan would be deleted instantly. So does malwarebytes detect in real-time? If not I'll have to scan for every sketchy app/thing I that download. Does it detect trojan in the first place tho?

 

Thanks for your quick responses everyone, I'm glad with your answers.

[GoldenLag]

3 minutes ago, Mr.Stork said:

So does malwarebytes detect in real-time?

It does realtime protections, yes. 

 

I just use the free version as i am a cheapskate.

[Mr.Stork]

1 minute ago, GoldenLag said:

It does realtime protections, yes. 

 

I just use the free version as i am a cheapskate.

And it also detectes viruses?

 

Lol I'm a bit of cheapskate myself, I had paid for is 3 years ago and forgot that it's that expensive.

[GoldenLag]

2 minutes ago, Mr.Stork said:

And it also detectes viruses?

Yep. 

 

As for its effecitveness. Other people can probably say something in regards to that. 

 

In the free trialperiods it has chaught some stuff for me. Ive mostly used it as a decent suplement to windows defender. One that isnt really obnoxious. 

[Mr.Stork]

16 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

Yep. 

 

As for its effecitveness. Other people can probably say something in regards to that. 

 

In the free trialperiods it has chaught some stuff for me. Ive mostly used it as a decent suplement to windows defender. One that isnt really obnoxious. 

Wait you said it's free, so what trial you're talking about? Is it trial only download or does it run after trial ends like winrar?

[Dedayog]

20 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

Yep. 

 

As for its effecitveness. Other people can probably say something in regards to that. 

 

In the free trialperiods it has chaught some stuff for me. Ive mostly used it as a decent suplement to windows defender. One that isnt really obnoxious. 

I use paid Malwarebytes + Defender.  I've paid for MWB for years now, I respect how they work as well as how they continually keep their program low usage and unintrusive on top of how good their protection is. I'll gladly support them as long as they keep that up and perform well.

 

1 minute ago, Mr.Stork said:

Wait you said it's free, so what trial you're talking about? Is it trial only download or does it run after trial ends like winrar?

They have the trial for Premium and when that expires you get the lower free version from then on.

[GoldenLag]

Just now, Mr.Stork said:

Wait you said it's free, so what trial you're talking about? Is it trial only download or does it run after trial ends like winrar?

You get a trial period with the featureset you get when you pay for the softwate. 

 

Once that trial is over you revert to it being free mode. In which there is no active protections. 

 

You essentially get a taste for what you get when you pay for it. 

[Mr.Stork]

2 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

You get a trial period with the featureset you get when you pay for the softwate. 

 

Once that trial is over you revert to it being free mode. In which there is no active protections. 

 

You essentially get a taste for what you get when you pay for it. 

 

4 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

I use paid Malwarebytes + Defender.  I've paid for MWB for years now, I respect how they work as well as how they continually keep their program low usage and unintrusive on top of how good their protection is. I'll gladly support them as long as they keep that up and perform well.

 

They have the trial for Premium and when that expires you get the lower free version from then on.

Alright, but even without the active protection in the free version, is it good enough to find viruses If I manually scan specific files and folders? Or just do manual scan...

[GoldenLag]

8 minutes ago, Mr.Stork said:

 

Alright, but even without the active protection in the free version, is it good enough to find viruses If I manually scan specific files and folders? Or just do manual scan...

Its good for manual scanning yes. 

 

Hence me using it in conjunction with windows defender. 

[Dedayog]

29 minutes ago, Mr.Stork said:

 

Alright, but even without the active protection in the free version, is it good enough to find viruses If I manually scan specific files and folders? Or just do manual scan...

Yes, I agree with @GoldenLag above.

[Priyansh_Singh]

2 hours ago, Mr.Stork said:

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.

Quick Heal

 

Actually u dont need an antivirus if you know what r u installing on your machine or what webpage u r browsing. If you know what you are doing no virus can infect your pc

[Dedayog]

3 minutes ago, Priyansh_Singh said:

Quick Heal

 

Actually u dont need an antivirus if you know what r u installing on your machine or what webpage u r browsing. If you know what you are doing no virus can infect your pc

And this is how those who create viruses get their smiles on

[Mr.Stork]

38 minutes ago, Priyansh_Singh said:

Quick Heal

 

Actually u dont need an antivirus if you know what r u installing on your machine or what webpage u r browsing. If you know what you are doing no virus can infect your pc

 

36 minutes ago, youngboy said:

yes. also, do your preventative measures and don't click and download files you don't know about 

 

35 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

And this is how those who create viruses get their smiles on

Ik, but it's my hobby to find stuff on sketchy sites. Some apps are very useful and people don't know about a lot of them. Ofc I could use a vm, but that introduces a lot of hiccups, such as no support for gpu etc.

 

Anyway, thanks for your help everyone. I appreciate it.