Common question

[dragoncurt]

I am wanting to know the best ant virus and malware software there is for windows OS. Could some people name some. Thanks

[Aytex]

First off Don't get Norton

Norton is not a antivirus, it is the virus

 

Maybe malwarebytes (or PRO)

 

[MJ...]

I personaly am very happy with mcafee and they are not TOO intrusive (like norton)

[Moonzy]

personally i use avast for anti virus (the free version coz im cheap)

as for malware, i use malwarebytes

[dragoncurt]

1 minute ago, Aytex said:

First off Don't get Norton

Norton is not a antivirus, it is the virus

 

Maybe malwarebytes (or PRO)

 

Oh aha I heard that Norton uses up a lot of ram. Oh okay.

[A Guy Eating Cereal]

1 minute ago, dragoncurt said:

I am wanting to know the best ant virus and malware software there is for windows OS. Could some people name some. Thanks

malwarebytes is good! I am currently using AVG free as i am a cheapskate and don't need any advanced protection due tonot downloading everything from anywhere

[Aytex]

Just now, dragoncurt said:

Oh aha I heard that Norton uses up a lot of ram. Oh okay.

Also hitman pro works great too

[derick90]

Windows defender all the way!....

Sarcasm aside, i personally use AVG and malwarebytes. 

[A Guy Eating Cereal]

Just now, MJ... said:

I personaly am very happy with mcafee and they are not TOO intrusive (like norton)

But it changing your default search engine and all the update popups in bottom right  

[dragoncurt]

Oh thanks guys for all your opinions. It helps a lot.

[MJ...]

1 minute ago, A Guy Eating Cereal said:

But it changing your default search engine and all the update popups in bottom right  

The update pop-ups are annoying but you can easily deal with that search engine problem

[dragoncurt]

Would any virus/malware still get through these though. 

[A Guy Eating Cereal]

Just now, MJ... said:

The update pop-ups are annoying but you can easily deal with that search engine problem

Its easy to solve, but it wastes time! And im lazy but things like that annoy me  

 

[A Guy Eating Cereal]

2 minutes ago, dragoncurt said:

Would any virus/malware still get through these though. 

NO antivirus stops 100% of all virus's/malware! (But as long as you dont download "stuff" from sites that are not well known/have a good reputation they will block everything that a normal user could come into contact with) 

[RedWulf]

clam and adcanced sysytem care do well for me, malwarebytes picks up a few other things here and there

[Aytex]

4 minutes ago, dragoncurt said:

Would any virus/malware still get through these though. 

The best antivirus is to just have common sense and dont fall for scam links, fake downloads ect.

Be smart on the internet

 

[dragoncurt]

Oh okay then.

[Droidbot]

20 minutes ago, MJ... said:

I personaly am very happy with mcafee and they are not TOO intrusive (like norton)

when I bought my old laptop it came with McAfee, worst antivirus i've ever used very honestly

 

it wouldn't even pick up the eicar test virus, and since it's expired I get emails from mcafee every 6 months or so saying 'our av is the best come back and pay us money' 

 

uninstalled and put malwarebytes pro and avast, nothing gets through  

[paddy-stone]

Have got by with using windows defender for the main "always on" scanner, and using malwarebytes maybe a couple times a week... and if I happen to feel that I may have gotten something, then I use rootkit checker and maybe a couple of "scan only" antivirus programs. If I get really paranoid then it's a complete scorched earth policy and wipe the HDDs etc a few times and re-install the OS from a clean image.. I don't go that route many times though thankfully, pretty much the first 2 I mentioned are all that's "needed" if you're careful.

[Lilithty]

360 Total Security is great. It uses 3 different antivirus engines. It's great..... but it uses a BUTT TON of ram. im sitting at .8 GBs and not using it at all

[paddy-stone]

14 hours ago, Lilithty said:

360 Total Security is great. It uses 3 different antivirus engines. It's great..... but it uses a BUTT TON of ram. im sitting at .8 GBs and not using it at all

Couldn't deal with that myself. Even if it is the BEST anti-virus, I would not want that big of a footprint, it was bad enough with mcafee when I used to use that about 15 years ago, total system hog, I only used it cos was free with something I bought, that got un-installed (through much effort also) and my PC seemed like a new one straight off the bat, no more slowed down opening of files/programs etc.. I think after that I went with bitdefender, which is another one that is still pretty good OP.

[Bittenfleax]

15 hours ago, Aytex said:

First off Don't get Norton

Norton is not a antivirus, it is the virus

 

Maybe malwarebytes (or PRO)

 

There is a place for it in some cases. 

[Cryosec]

Bitdefender does it's job. Malwarebytes is good too.

 

Malware will get throu anyway, if it's done the right way, but Bitdefender always blocked even my own encrypted trojans (don't worry, it's research material)