Anti-Virus: Avast Free or Avast Paid or Norton

[//FTP]

Soon my subscription for the Norton Deluxe software is going to end. I was wondering if I should ditch Norton and switch to Avast. I have a pretty high end computer, so I don't ever have performance issues with Norton. If I do switch to Avast, should I use the free one or the paid one? I would like the most secure one that I can get, so your input is much appreciated.

 

Thanks!

[Oshino Shinobu]

I would personally go for Windows Defender and Malwarebytes for periodical system scans. 

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

If I end up using a third party anti-virus solution, I usually go for Sophos Home. If I don't feel like dealing with the constant shenanigans of Anti-Virus programs, I just stick with Windows Defender. It's surprisingly the least intrusive one considering it's from Microsoft.

[be_x]

9 minutes ago, ScottThePC said:

Soon my subscription for the Norton Deluxe software is going to end. I was wondering if I should ditch Norton and switch to Avast. I have a pretty high end computer, so I don't ever have performance issues with Norton. If I do switch to Avast, should I use the free one or the paid one? I would like the most secure one that I can get, so your input is much appreciated.

 

Thanks!

dont pay for antivirus

[//FTP]

5 minutes ago, be_x said:

dont pay for antivirus

Ok, thanks.

[The Pizza Thief]

Malwarebytes

[cyanit]

well its really depending on what you do with your PC. If you install a lot of untrusted software, you should consider paying for an antivirus suite. 

Malwarebytes is in this case probably the best one. Also, you should install the Malwarebytes ransomware protection.

If you're just doing stuff from what you know what you're doing, don't pay for antivirus. If you ever have a bad feeling about a program, let it run in a VM and you should be good to go.

If you want to protect the Hardware, set a BIOS password and install something like pray and TeamViewer host to remotely access/lock your PC.

[Silentprototipe]

I have had experience with norton and its not that bad, Yeah sure it can get annoying but It never failed to protect my computer for the 3 years I had it. I will say it can be a tiny RAM hog (Maybe like 9,000K in task manager when idle) but it hasn't failed yet on my main computer that rocks Windows 7. On the other hand I just use Windows Defender in Windows 10 on my Laptop since its free and isn't heavy on resources. and my laptop is a cheap 200$ HP stream so I don't mind being reckless with it. 

[//FTP]

Thanks for all of your input guys! I will use the default Windows Defender and periodically scan things with Malwarebytes. Once again, thanks for all of your kind comments!