Antivirus Software?

[VenomSpice]

I had a 90 day Norton trial included with my copy of Windows which is expiring soon. Should I re-up with Norton or go with someone else or nothing at all? What is the best antivirus or thing to do? 

[Guest]

Malwarebytes is a popular choice but additional antiviruses beyond windows defender isnt needed if you avoid fishy sites and links.

[Cryosec]

IMO, Bitdefender is one of the best paid solutions

[danwager11]

Norton is bad, it's more a virus than an antivirus. I would suggest Malwarebytes (Which I use) or kaspersky. But if you avoid "dangerous" sites you don't even need an antivirus.

[SCHISCHKA]

3 minutes ago, VenomSpice said:

What is the best antivirus or thing to do?

seriously adblock is the best prevention IMO.

I use free anti-virus because I think the biggest threat is the stuff you get tricked into clicking on and no paid solution will prevent that. Malware bytes has been working for me.

[SCHISCHKA]

1 minute ago, danwager11 said:

if you avoid "dangerous" sites you don't even need an antivirus

100% agree. the biggest risk is getting tricked into a drive by download because you couldn't resist watching some crappy movie for free

[treeroy]

I think for most savvy users antivirus isn't necessary. There's no harm in it though so I have a subscription to Bullguard which imo is the best one out of the ones I've tried. it's really unintrusive and is good at catching things in the background. Mcafee, Norton and Kaspersky i found to slow my computer down. especially mcafee.

[Canada EH]

Norton is bloated and the one antivirus software that every hacker can beat or wants to beat, or will beat.

 

Malwarebytes is good

Microsoft Security Essentials is good

CCleaner is good

Then you can throw in a free version of a popular program. I go to cnet.com to see what is popular.