Antivirus

[Hemant Rathod]

Does windows 10 require antivirus. Is quick heal pro worth it ?

[Needfuldoer]

Microsoft Defender is built into Windows 10, and it's more than adequate for most people.

 

I've never heard of "Quick Heal Pro" but it sounds like one of those quack medicine antivirus applications that were everywhere in the mid-2000s. I wouldn't run that.

 

If you want to run a third party antivirus, I recommend Sophos. I've been using their free Home AV for years, since we use their commercial release at work. Both use the same definitions, and it's pretty unintrusive.

 

https://home.sophos.com/en-us

[Hemant Rathod]

What about McAfee or Norton or Avast 

[Hemant Rathod]

thanks for that bro

[Shimejii]

Anti-virus now adays is pretty useless, and most tend to be scams and fearmongering. Your browsers (using adblock and not going on sketchy sites) built in mitigation should stop the vast majority of stuff now, and windows defender gets most of the rest. 

 

Its VERY hard to get a virus nowadays unless you are mindlessly clicking links and such. Malwarebytes is something i have on most of my elderly family members devices incase, and making it very clear not to open ANY texts from people or scam numbers no matter what. 

 

Any streamer that promotes Norton 360 or their "Gaming" service should be really looked at as nothing more then money grubbing. They would never actually use the product, much like those who advertise Raid shadow legends or other mobile phone games in general. Sad to see but alas here we are, hopefully enough people keep saying on how much to avoid Norton, Mcaffe, and the others that are known scams and to be harmful.

[Fasauceome]

39 minutes ago, Hemant Rathod said:

thanks for that bro

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The best antivirus is browsing the internet carefully. If a link is suspicious to you, hover your mouse over it and look in the bottom left corner of your browser to see where it leads.