The most light weight non-intrusive anti virus software?

[mrchow19910319]

My parents' laptop is getting more and more annoying with all the bloatware they accidentally installed on it.

I am gonna install a new system on this laptop.

If let's say that I install win10 on it, does the windows defender help when it comes to anti virus? 

I don;t want to pay any money for it, I just want to install a basic anti virus on the system. 

 

 

 

 

[captain_to_fire]

4 minutes ago, mrchow19910319 said:

My parents' laptop is getting more and more annoying with all the bloatware they accidentally installed on it.

I am gonna install a new system on this laptop.

If let's say that I install win10 on it, does the windows defender help when it comes to anti virus? 

I don;t want to pay any money for it, I just want to install a basic anti virus on the system. 

Yup. It's good for known malware but not so great for zero day malware. You can check out AV-Test and AV-Comparatives for reviews 

[Droidbot]

It and Common Sense 2017™ are the best antiviruses that don't bog up your PC 

[SCHISCHKA]

21 minutes ago, mrchow19910319 said:

If let's say that I install win10 on it, does the windows defender help when it comes to anti virus? 

yes.

[Herman Mcpootis]

1 minute ago, Droidbot said:

It and Common Sense 2017™ are the best antiviruses that don't bog up your PC 

unfortunately Common Sense 2017 isn't always installed 

[manikyath]

someone's gonna rant at me.. but if you're willing to pay its quite steep price, norton is pretty darn good

[SCHISCHKA]

22 minutes ago, mrchow19910319 said:

My parents' laptop is getting more and more annoying with all the bloatware they accidentally installed on it.

lock down the admin account so they cannot do this.

[Droidbot]

1 minute ago, herman mcpootis said:

unfortunately Common Sense 2017 isn't always installed 

Especially in novice PC users

Just now, manikyath said:

someone's gonna rant at me.. but if you're willing to pay its quite steep price, norton is pretty darn good

It is, really. My dad swears by it, and his old i7 870 desktop still holds up pushing 3 monitors and general tasks, and he hasn't reinstalled the OS in 8 years lmfao

2 minutes ago, SCHISCHKA said:

lock down the admin account so they cannot do this.

Lots of new bloatware like search hijackers, etc can be installed without admin perms. 

[manikyath]

2 minutes ago, SCHISCHKA said:

lock down the admin account so they cannot do this.

i was gonna rant at you for saying this... but.. yes. this.

 

midldy appropriate here:

[Eaglerino]

I've used Windows defender for the last 3 years or so after I got tired of the "ad-less free" programs. Plus it's one less program to download when I reformat

[manikyath]

2 minutes ago, Eaglerino said:

I've used Windows defender for the last 3 years or so after I got tired of the "ad-less free" programs. Plus it's one less program to download when I reformat

but i take it you're a tad more computer-savvy than the average last-gen ape

[Eaglerino]

Just now, manikyath said:

but i take it you're a tad more computer-savvy than the average last-gen ape

That would be more reason to use Defender, it's easier to convince people it's 'official' since it's from Windows and it's free with no ads. I forget I even have an antivirus sometimes

[manikyath]

Just now, Eaglerino said:

That would be more reason to use Defender, it's easier to convince people it's 'official' since it's from Windows and it's free with no ads. I forget I even have an antivirus sometimes

my dad would stuff his hardware with all kinds of bugs within days if he was relying on defender.

[graceinc]

I would suggest you to go for Kaspersky. Not so expensive either. Using with my windows 10

[vorticalbox]

bit defender has a free version it just sits there.

[domandric034]

1 hour ago, mrchow19910319 said:

My parents' laptop is getting more and more annoying with all the bloatware they accidentally installed on it.

I am gonna install a new system on this laptop.

If let's say that I install win10 on it, does the windows defender help when it comes to anti virus? 

I don;t want to pay any money for it, I just want to install a basic anti virus on the system. 

 

 

 

 

ESET NOD32 (Get it from g2a)

[SCHISCHKA]

3 hours ago, Droidbot said:

Lots of new bloatware like search hijackers, etc can be installed without admin perms. 

LTT needs to do a tin foil hat episode

[mrchow19910319]

@hey_yo_ @Droidbot @SCHISCHKA @manikyath @Eaglerino @graceinc @vorticalbox @domandric034

 

Thanks for allllllll the info folks....

 

Things changed a little bit, I may have to reinstall windows 7 on it. 

I think my parents won't get used to windows 10. They insist that they need a OS that looks like what they have been using. 

I can get a copy of windows 7 and cd key, no problem. 

Does windows defender works on windows 7? Or I should try other software? If I do, what's your suggestion then? 

[Droidbot]

Just now, mrchow19910319 said:

@hey_yo_ @Droidbot @SCHISCHKA @manikyath @Eaglerino @graceinc @vorticalbox @domandric034

 

Thanks for allllllll the info folks....

 

Things changed a little bit, I may have to reinstall windows 7 on it. 

I think my parents won't get used to windows 10. They insist that they need a OS that looks like what they have been using. 

I can get a copy of windows 7 and cd key, no problem. 

Does windows defender works on windows 7? Or I should try other software? If I do, what's your suggestion then? 

Avast with mute mode works fine, but needs maintenance every year or so

[domandric034]

Just now, mrchow19910319 said:

@hey_yo_ @Droidbot @SCHISCHKA @manikyath @Eaglerino @graceinc @vorticalbox @domandric034

 

Thanks for allllllll the info folks....

 

Things changed a little bit, I may have to reinstall windows 7 on it. 

I think my parents won't get used to windows 10. They insist that they need a OS that looks like what they have been using. 

I can get a copy of windows 7 and cd key, no problem. 

Does windows defender works on windows 7? Or I should try other software? If I do, what's your suggestion then? 

Install classic shell and you have Win 7 Start button

[domandric034]

3 minutes ago, mrchow19910319 said:

@hey_yo_ @Droidbot @SCHISCHKA @manikyath @Eaglerino @graceinc @vorticalbox @domandric034

 

Thanks for allllllll the info folks....

 

Things changed a little bit, I may have to reinstall windows 7 on it. 

I think my parents won't get used to windows 10. They insist that they need a OS that looks like what they have been using. 

I can get a copy of windows 7 and cd key, no problem. 

Does windows defender works on windows 7? Or I should try other software? If I do, what's your suggestion then? 

This is config 

 

And it should like this :

[mrchow19910319]

Just now, domandric034 said:

 

Thanks for the in depth explanation lol. I will think about it. 

[captain_to_fire]

5 minutes ago, mrchow19910319 said:

Does windows defender works on windows 7? Or I should try other software? If I do, what's your suggestion then? 

Windows Defender is Windows 10 exclusive unfortunately 

[domandric034]

Just now, mrchow19910319 said:

Thanks for the in depth explanation lol. I will think about it. 

That thing helped more than you think. I am Win 7 interface user but when I got new rig I couldnt without that program navigate in Windows. It is very stable and useful so it is must have on newer versions of Windows

[mrchow19910319]

1 minute ago, domandric034 said:

That thing helped more than you think. I am Win 7 interface user but when I got new rig I couldnt without that program navigate in Windows. It is very stable and useful so it is must have on newer versions of Windows

I might have to ask them later. If I installed win10 on it, I will use your method! 

Thanks!