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Which anti malware should I get?

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Malwarebytes but watch for false positives, it will detect a few of those.
Avast as daily driver with browser addon and you are good to go. :)

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I just watched Linu's latest video: 

 

And he talks about getting a on demand malware program so it doesnt conflict with my avast anti virus and cause performance issues. Is malwarebytes free and is it on demand? If not then which one should I get?

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I just watched Linu's latest video

 

And he talks about getting a on demand malware program so it doesnt conflict with my avast anti virus and cause performance issues. Is malwarebytes free and is it on demand? If not then which one should I get?

Yes, get Malwarebytes. There's a paid version as well.

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The only AV/AM/FW software I've ever bothered with is ESET security, and only because it is very lightweight, i.e. slow everything down when it scans.

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malwarebytes is the best by far.

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Kaspersky Internet Security and Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Premium

Windows 10 Pro x64 with Open Shell

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Malwarebytes but watch for false positives, it will detect a few of those.
Avast as daily driver with browser addon and you are good to go. :)

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I thought Avast was both AV and anti malware.

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I thought Avast was both AV and anti malware.

If it is then my work is cut short

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If it is then my work is cut short

I'm pretty sure it is.

"If it has tits or tires, at some point you will have problems with it." -@vinyldash303

this is probably the only place i'll hang out anymore: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/274320-the-long-awaited-car-thread/

 

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Malwarebytes but watch for false positives, it will detect a few of those.

Avast as daily driver with browser addon and you are good to go. :)

Okay, I will keep that in mind. Downloading it now.

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Malwarebytes Pro, skip using Avast. I installed it the other day and it's the biggest headache in the world. They have so many false positives in their definition database.

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Malwarebytes Pro, skip using Avast. I installed it the other day and it's the biggest headache in the world. They have so many false positives in their definition database.

Really? I've only had a good experience

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Really? I've only had a good experience

It's great if you do literally nothing with your PC. I can't even compile code without it throwing false positives and the stupid heuristics engine cutting off my code execution.

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right now i use eset but after that expires shortly for anti virus im going with webroot and for anti malware im going to install malwarebytes every other week and scan with that.

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It's great if you do literally nothing with your PC. I can't even compile code without it throwing false positives and the stupid heuristics engine cutting off my code execution.

I don't think you know what literally means, but I see.

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