What anti virus do yooz use?

afterburnt
afterburnt Posts: 7,892
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I have Avast free. I didnt want to run it and it was off for a while after the winblows 10 update but then it started running on it's own.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Would Defeder be good enough?
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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,711
    Abstinence.....

    Norton 360. It's a system hog but works.
    Never tried Defender.
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    I use Linux. No antivirus necessary.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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  • gce
    gce Posts: 2,158
    AVG Free. I've not had a virus since having AVG.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Does AVG. Inundate you with pop ups?
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  • WilliamM2
    WilliamM2 Posts: 4,782
    I use Avast free, and I have no pop-ups. You may need to check your settings.

    They all seem fairly close as far as protection, but I've never had a virus with any of them I've tried.
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  • westmassguy
    westmassguy Posts: 6,850
    Windows defender has a poor rating. I use Symantec
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  • voltz
    voltz Posts: 5,384
    I use Nortons 360 on 1 system and Kaspersky on another. I like Nortons better but it does a lot in the background. where Kaspersky seems to not do much until you tell it too.
    but avoid certain site and you won't have much problems.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,205
    None.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    WilliamM2 wrote: »
    I use Avast free, and I have no pop-ups. You may need to check your settings.

    They all seem fairly close as far as protection, but I've never had a virus with any of them I've tried.

    Says I can't turn em off unless I pay
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,349
    Izz yooz nonzz
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  • gce
    gce Posts: 2,158
    afterburnt wrote: »
    Does AVG. Inundate you with pop ups?

    Nope, I've had AVG Free for 8 years now with no problem and it doesn't drag your system down. Its just in the background doing it's job.
    Anaheim Hills CA,
    HT 5.1: Anthem MRX 720 / BDP-Denon DBT1713UD / Polkaudio LSiM703 / W4S mAmp's / Polkaudio LSiM706c / Polkaudio LSiM702F/X's / SVS PC12-NSD / Panasonic TC P55VT30

    2 Channel: Rogue RP-5 / WireWorld Electra power cord / Marantz TT-15S1/ Ortofon - Quintet Black MC / Marantz NA8005 DAC / W4S mAmp's / Synology DS 216+ll-4TB / Polkaudio LSiM703
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,596
    I use Avast and have used it for years with no problem. I also run Malwarebytes, Spybot Search and Destroy and Adaware.

    I run a full system scan with Avast once a week, a boot time scan every month, and those other three programs once a month.

    Windows Defender is IMHO worthless and tends to conflict with other programs. Norton is IMHO to much of a system hog and can do crazy stuff to other program and your internet and network connections so that it becomes a PAIN to figure out why devices aren't talking to each other. As such I stopped paying for it years ago.

    AVG is also decent but again I've had it cause issues with my networked devices for no reason and just be a resource hog.

    Symantec is decent but Avast IMHO is a better product. I use the FREE version of Avast and have on all my computers, and install it on any computers I work on for the attorneys at work.

    As a FYI you can ALSO install it on a Android phones to protect them. Doesnt work on iOS yet from my understanding.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    I ran Avast on another machine for years but only started getting the pop up when I started running it on a secnd machine a month ago. It dont bother me much,no more troubling than a than the pop ups in my head.
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  • WilliamM2
    WilliamM2 Posts: 4,782
    afterburnt wrote: »
    I ran Avast on another machine for years but only started getting the pop up when I started running it on a secnd machine a month ago. It dont bother me much,no more troubling than a than the pop ups in my head.

    Did you register it? You will get a pop up to upgrade to pro if you haven't registered, or your registration expired.

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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Thanks WilliamM2 I thought that I had registered but maybe ot I will check.that
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    I run what Enders. does above and I PURGE the system every day to get rid of whatever has accumulated. Still, regardless, any expert hacker can get through all that to you if they want to. The good thing is that most of us are thoroughly "uninteresting" and there are TOO many of us! lol
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,596
    cnh wrote: »
    I run what Enders. does above and I PURGE the system every day to get rid of whatever has accumulated. Still, regardless, any expert hacker can get through all that to you if they want to. The good thing is that most of us are thoroughly "uninteresting" and there are TOO many of us! lol

    Agreed. Identity thieves are going after the big dogs (companies with millions of datasets on consumers) so as long as your decently smart you should be fine.
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    WilliamM2 wrote: »
    afterburnt wrote: »
    I ran Avast on another machine for years but only started getting the pop up when I started running it on a secnd machine a month ago. It dont bother me much,no more troubling than a than the pop ups in my head.

    Did you register it? You will get a pop up to upgrade to pro if you haven't registered, or your registration expired.
    Turns out I am registered and I get a lot more than the pro upgrade pop up. No big deal, I switched to it because I didn't want to pay for my previous one anymore. There really is no free lunch, rats!
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  • Mikey081057
    Mikey081057 Posts: 7,127
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,346
    Trojan and a shot of penicillin
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