Resource efficient, free antivirus?

[NeatSquidYT]

Title says it all. I was looking at Bitdefender but it's not W10 compatible.

[Guest Kloaked]

Windows Defender.

 

 

 

 

 

 

inb4 people shit on me

[ManIkWeet]

CommonSense™

[NeatSquidYT]

Windows Defender.

 

 

 

 

 

 

inb4 people shit on me

I will shit on you:

lol @ detection rates

[LiamApex]

AVG

[NeatSquidYT]

CommonSense™

I use that already but I feel that a low level anti virus would do no harm, especially with me online banking

[NeatSquidYT]

AVG

AVG used to affect my performance at times

[Guest Kloaked]

I use that already but I feel that a low level anti virus would do no harm, especially with me online banking

 

If someone is going to steal your banking information, some run-of-the-mill free anti-virus program isn't going to stop them.

[LiamApex]

AVG used to affect my performance at times

meh its ok 

[Raffy98]

I was using avast!, but it was sometimes cousing the system to take 5/10 minutes (SSD) to shut down.

So i tried to Avira, and I have to say it is really lightweight on the system and efficient!  

[Bogica]

Avast.

[ManIkWeet]

AVG used to affect my performance at times

AVG is a piece of shit... version 7 (2007?) was good, but then it just went downhill...

[techguru]

Title says it all. I was looking at Bitdefender but it's not W10 compatible.

free is garbage

get kaspersky

its like 30$ a year for 3 pcs

[Raffy98]

free is garbage

get kaspersky

its like 30$ a year for 3 pcs

Not always, I haven't got a virus in 6 years using free antiviruses.

[LancerBG]

Kaspersky. 

[techguru]

Not always, I haven't got a virus in 6 years using free antiviruses.

most people will have

and you might not go to bad websites and download stuff

but most people do

[Speedbird]

Title says it all. I was looking at Bitdefender but it's not W10 compatible.

BitDefender is Windows 10 compatible.....

 

And I would recommend Windows Defender for realtime scanning, Malwarebytes for scanning monthly, and common sense.

[techguru]

BitDefender is Windows 10 compatible.....

 

And I would recommend Windows Defender for realtime scanning, Malwarebytes for scanning monthly, and common sense.

I wish people could buy common sense at the store

[SImoHayha]

Panda anti-virus could be useful

[nateify]

I haven't noticed any performance issues with Avira, and I find their free antivirus solution to be very robust and configurable. Definitely higher detection rates than MS Defender. It can also be "silent" which is always great for gamers.

[Kiyuubi]

I think we really need a sticky on this, or recommend software in general. This question is asked too much. This thread should be a sticky, but of course, should be audited for errors and such beforehand..

That aside:

For free AV you should either get Avira or Bitdefender. Bitdefender is more lightweight, but it doesn't give you many options in terms of control or how it works.

If you want a paid one then either Bitdefender or Kaspersky. I would probably go with Kaspersky just for the fact that their team has found a lot of security issues in the past. You can also check out AVTEST, a third-party company that rates AVs. (Bitdefender and Kaspersky are the top 2)

Do not get Avast!, as it is complete shit. Go to this link to find out why.

You will also want to scan your computer weekly, or whatever amount of time you are comfortable with, with Malwarebytes. Just to be clear, Malwarebytes is NOT an AV, nor should it be used like one. So do not run it along side your AV, only use it is a scanner. Make sure to not accept the trial it offers, and to disable it on startup.