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Hey guys!

In World of Tanks, the game stutters/hangs like every 2 seconds. It's really annoying. Also I just installed WoT onto a new HDD (WD Blue 2TB)

 

I think it might be caused by a virus doing things on my pc.

 

Do I need to buy an anti-virus software (if yes, which works good?) or is Windows 10's Windows Defender good enough?

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AVG is another good one.  Don't forget to also get anti malware protection, I recommend Malwarebytes.  

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You don't need to buy an antivirus software, but if you do, I recommend Vipre. I've been using it for a few years now and I like it very much. 

No matter what, like what @CostcoSamples said, you should also get anti-malware software such as Malwarebytes (which I also use).

 

EDIT: Vipre isn't as great as I thought it was originally. If you're visiting this thread in the future, Vipre has been having a lot of false positives recently.

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And no, windows defender is not sufficient.  

 

Free antivirus/anti malware programs are generally pretty good (stay away from Norton).  The companies that make them make their money by trying to sell you the paid versions which have more features.  They usually aren't that expensive and you can sometimes find a cheap key on site like G2A.com.

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You used to be able to buy a lifetime Malwarebytes premium key for under $20.  I think they stopped doing those and now you pay for yearly subscription.  Try to find one of those lifetime keys if you can.

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10 minutes ago, xDanielxOossiex said:

In World of Tanks, the game stutters/hangs like every 2 seconds. It's really annoying. Also I just installed WoT onto a new HDD (WD Blue 2TB)

 

I think it might be caused by a virus doing things on my pc.

 
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Just wanted to mention that I really highly doubt that a virus is slowing down a game for you. Most likely some other issue.

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1 minute ago, akskl said:

Just wanted to mention that I really highly doubt that a virus is slowing down a game for you. Most likely some other issue.

Idk what a virus can do :P

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Windows Defender is kind of like the default CPU cooler when you're trying to overclock. Except worse probably. You definitely need an anti-virus.

Avast is beyond great. I have a license, but they have a really great free version too. Just be careful which one you download, I think they have different versions for the free antivirus and the trial/premium.

Also get Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for malware and all the other garbage.

You can also get CCleaner, but that's not really much of an antivirus, more of a... cleaner (obviously).

For avast go here and download the free version, I think this is the right one: https://www.avast.com/en-eu/index

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Go for Kingsoft Antivirus 2012 its free and a VERY GOOD one i personally used it and cant complain! Link

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I remember on my previous PC it had Avast and i downloaded something Avast did not detect it as a Trojan,i downloaded Kingsoft Antivirus 2012 for free because my friend said it good and it auto scanned my pc for the trojan,i think avast free is not good

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19 minutes ago, xDanielxOossiex said:

Hey guys!

In World of Tanks, the game stutters/hangs like every 2 seconds. It's really annoying. Also I just installed WoT onto a new HDD (WD Blue 2TB)

 

I think it might be caused by a virus doing things on my pc.

 

Do I need to buy an anti-virus software (if yes, which works good?) or is Windows 10's Windows Defender good enough?

Windows Defender and Common Sense are the best two products for you.

 

If you're really into paying for security software, they all pretty much suck equally but Kaspersky and Norton are REALLY good paid options.

Please spend as much time writing your question, as you want me to spend responding to it.  Take some time, and explain your issue, please!

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6 minutes ago, Giganizer300PRO said:

Windows Defender is kind of like the default CPU cooler when you're trying to overclock. Except worse probably. You definitely need an anti-virus.

Avast is beyond great. I have a license, but they have a really great free version too. Just be careful which one you download, I think they have different versions for the free antivirus and the trial/premium.

Also get Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for malware and all the other garbage.

You can also get CCleaner, but that's not really much of an antivirus, more of a... cleaner (obviously).

For avast go here and download the free version, I think this is the right one: https://www.avast.com/en-eu/index

I remember on my previous PC it had Avast and i downloaded something Avast did not detect it as a Trojan,i downloaded Kingsoft Antivirus 2012 for free because my friend said it good and it auto scanned my pc for the trojan,i think avast free is not good

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1 minute ago, LizardsAreOP said:

I remember on my previous PC it had Avast and i downloaded something Avast did not detect it as a Trojan,i downloaded Kingsoft Antivirus 2012 for free because my friend said it good and it auto scanned my pc for the trojan,i think avast free is not good

Maybe avast is not good, but it IS GREAT. I think you are wrong.

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1 minute ago, Giganizer300PRO said:

Maybe avast is not good, but it IS GREAT. I think you are wrong.

For me it did not detect a trojan i had for about 2 weeks,kingsoft did

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1 minute ago, LizardsAreOP said:

For me it did not detect a trojan i had for about 2 weeks,kingsoft did

How do you know it was really a trojan?

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1 minute ago, Giganizer300PRO said:

How do you know it was really a trojan?

Because it fucking said it was a trojan xD 

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Like others have said, MalwareBytes is a great anti-malware. In addition, I would like to point out that it is a great idea to scan anything you download with VirsusTotal before you run it. Just do something.

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On 7/7/2016 at 4:51 PM, LizardsAreOP said:

Because it fucking said it was a trojan xD 

What if it wasn't, but and Kingsoft faked it?

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3 hours ago, Giganizer300PRO said:

What if it wasn't, but and Kingsoft faked it?

It was a Aimbot hack that it detected,why would Kingsoft fake something?

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