AntiVirus Advice

[Majestic_Koala]

Hello i have a question about AV software

 

So currently on my old laptop i have Mcafee (it came bundled with it so i didn't have an option) it proved useful to me but after doing some research many people seem to think Mcafee is bad and i have no idea why. So for my new computer that i built i want to know what is the best (if there is one (or should i say "reliable")) Anti-virus software out there? I hear Avast is quite good and AVG 

 

Currently i have had experience with Nortan and Mcafee 

 

Any advice on this will be needed 

 

Thanks

[79wjd]

Avast or just Microsoft Defender AND Malwarebytes. 

 

The reason Norton and Mcaffee (and more and more AVG) are bad is because they're bloated as fuck. 

[Majestic_Koala]

1 minute ago, djdwosk97 said:

Avast or just Microsoft Defender AND Malwarebytes. 

What is Malwarebytes? 

[79wjd]

1 minute ago, Majestic_Koala said:

What is Malwarebytes? 

A Malware scanner. Malware and Viruses are two different things and they are only detected by their respective scanners. 

[Ironi]

2 minutes ago, Majestic_Koala said:

Hello i have a question about AV software

 

So currently on my old laptop i have Mcafee (it came bundled with it so i didn't have an option) it proved useful to me but after doing some research many people seem to think Mcafee is bad and i have no idea why. So for my new computer that i built i want to know what is the best (if there is one (or should i say "reliable")) Anti-virus software out there? I hear Avast is quite good and AVG 

 

Currently i have had experience with Nortan and Mcafee 

 

Any advice on this will be needed 

 

Thanks

housecall is a proffesional free virus remover.

[vorticalbox]

Comodo Internet Security for me, It's been losing it's edge a little in detection rates but it is a monster at blocking zero day malware due to it's default deny system