Good anti-virus?

[Pumba217]

So im closing to receiveing the parts to my new pc and ive decided to ditch good ol AVG, its served me well but i think its time to upgrade to something that offers more.
Any particular ones? My brother always uses Kaspersky, but ive read that Bitdefender is really good.

[qwertywarrior]

why bother

im not even using one

[Jogostar]

your brain.

[zeibis]

Avast isn't bad and its for free

[Pumba217]

Avast isn't bad and its for free

using AVG free version atm its not bad just want something a little bit better

 

[Pumba217]

i just realized i spelt Anti as Anit in the title lol

[Rorgash]

use adblock for random surfing while having it turned off for sites you trust and visit, that will protect your from random pop ups that you can accidentally click, and just having avast or Malwarebytes to help.

 

I did a full scan with Malwarebytes and avast after having used my computer for 1 year now since last format without a firewall or anti virus and it found nothing.

[looney]

i just realized i spelt Anti as Anit in the title lol

fixed

[eQuilibrium]

So im closing to receiveing the parts to my new pc and ive decided to ditch good ol AVG, its served me well but i think its time to upgrade to something that offers more.

Any particular ones? My brother always uses Kaspersky, but ive read that Bitdefender is really good.

You have 2 options.

1. Be smart about what you do. Aka - Use your brain (As previously mentioned.)

2. Pay, don't be a cheapo.

[Pumba217]

 

fixed

Thanks heaps man

[Pumba217]

use adblock for random surfing while having it turned off for sites you trust and visit, that will protect your from random pop ups that you can accidentally click, and just having avast or Malwarebytes to help.

 

I did a full scan with Malwarebytes and avast after having used my computer for 1 year now since last format without a firewall or anti virus and it found nothing.

yeah i currently use adblock, couldnt stand the internet without it

ill give malwarebytes ago

[Rorgash]

yeah i currently use adblock, couldnt stand the internet without it

ill give malwarebytes ago

 

just remember to turn it off for LinusTechtips and youtube and twitch and such sites you use

[kungfury7]

 

Hope this helps. My little brother is having the same problem.. he doesn't wanna pay AT ALL, but still wants all the protection options. So now he is in a pickle where he is afraid of installing applications and games because there isn't a proper protection on the PC yet. Personally, I would recommend something free AVIRA because i think it suffices for everyday use. The truth is there isn't an antivirus that COMPLETELY protects your PC anyways... even if you don't torrent anything.

[Pumba217]

just remember to turn it off for LinusTechtips and youtube and twitch and such sites you use

Always

[kungfury7]

So im closing to receiveing the parts to my new pc and ive decided to ditch good ol AVG, its served me well but i think its time to upgrade to something that offers more.

Any particular ones? My brother always uses Kaspersky, but ive read that Bitdefender is really good.

 

I have used BitDefender for a while and I have to say it slows your computer down immensely. Not worth the protection if it hinders the performance of your PC that much I think. Go AVIRA man, it's the best free shit out there.

[Pumba217]

 

Hope this helps. My little brother is having the same problem.. he doesn't wanna pay AT ALL, but still wants all the protection options. So now he is in a pickle where he is afraid of installing applications and games because there isn't a proper protection on the PC yet. Personally, I would recommend something free AVIRA because i think it suffices for everyday use. The truth is there isn't an antivirus that COMPLETELY protects your PC anyways... even if you don't torrent anything.

I have no issues with paying, most likely going to get Bitdefender and give it a try its only $39 i believe. Thanks for the graph, was very useful

[Pumba217]

I have used BitDefender for a while and I have to say it slows your computer down immensely. Not worth the protection if it hinders the performance of your PC that much I think. Go AVIRA man, it's the best free shit out there.

Oh really, well that just changed my mind hahaha thanks for that. I'll look up on AVIRA then cheers

[kungfury7]

Oh really, well that just changed my mind hahaha thanks for that. I'll look up on AVIRA then cheers

 

No prob bro. Kapers is too expensive, bitdefender slows you down... how bout ESET? I think it's priced not as expensive as Kapers.

[ShadowCaptain]

Av-test are a really good source of reviews - they actually rate bitdefender as having the best performance on windows 8, also the best protection, oh and kaspersky too

 

http://www.av-test.org/en/tests/home-user/windows-8/novdec-2013/

[needmorewood]

the closest thing i use to anti-virus is malware bytes but tbh i havent used one in 6 years. i just have it so i can test things

[beebskadoo]

Webroot

[Lyons]

Common Sense 2014™

[beebskadoo]

Common Sense 2014™

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[brownninja97]

Malwarebytes pro + weboftrust + any other antivirus 

 

since ive started giving that to people they havent had any problems, even the stupid people that go onto the stupidest websites.

[Pumba217]

Malwarebytes pro + weboftrust + any other antivirus 

 

since ive started giving that to people they havent had any problems, even the stupid people that go onto the stupidest websites.

thanks heaps! installing malwarebyets now, i'll install the premium version on my new pc in a few weeks. cheers man