#4281548 - 07/24/16 04:05 PM
Best Antivirus 2016
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Hi guys, for years I have used the paid version of Panda AV. So far I am happy with it, but now the end of my subscription is approaching - and there are some good free AVs (including Panda free version). The last research I did today came out with Avira free AV being advertised as one of the best free AVs http://www.pcadvisor...e-2016-3627578/Your opinions pls.
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#4281607 - 07/24/16 08:15 PM
Re: Best Antivirus 2016
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i use Trend micro, it is a paid service, but has never let anything get by, and does not seem to slow computer down at all. I have it on 2 pc's and my phone.
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#4281612 - 07/24/16 08:20 PM
Re: Best Antivirus 2016
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I use Vipre on all the extended family machines I'm responsible for. Again it's paid for but it's not let me down.
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#4297396 - 09/19/16 09:10 AM
Re: Best Antivirus 2016
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#4297407 - 09/19/16 10:19 AM
Re: Best Antivirus 2016
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- Ice
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Is the built-in Windows Defender not good enough anymore? I'm using that now due to Win10, but always stuck with MSE with Win7.
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#4297410 - 09/19/16 10:42 AM
Re: Best Antivirus 2016
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I think that Defender is quite adequate Ice if you are sensible with your browsing.I back it up with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware free and run ADW Cleaner once a week.Never been caught out yet.
I certainly will never pay for A/V again,or use any of the free ones either.Let's be honest,most A/V software now is just full of 'bloat'. Defender is simple and unobtrusive.
Last edited by Chucky; 09/19/16 10:44 AM.
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#4297414 - 09/19/16 11:08 AM
Re: Best Antivirus 2016
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I think that Defender is quite adequate Ice if you are sensible with your browsing.I back it up with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware free and run ADW Cleaner once a week.Never been caught out yet.
I certainly will never pay for A/V again,or use any of the free ones either.Let's be honest,most A/V software now is just full of 'bloat'. Defender is simple and unobtrusive. I used to... until I realized that Malwarebytes is both anti-malware and anti-virus and on a few occasions, it clashed with MSE. So I'm just using Defender now with Spybot.
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#4297425 - 09/19/16 12:41 PM
Re: Best Antivirus 2016
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...I've had zero problems, which I can't say when I used a wide array of anti virus software on prior PCs. Both my sister and a friend of mine used AVG Free and they were frequently calling me to say something had gone wrong with AVG.I'm not sure what they did (if anything) to get in that situation so I put them both on Win 10 and Defender and they no longer have any problems. My sister had the same issue with Avira Free. Of course it could be her but I failed to see how she could have caused the problems she was having.
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#4297433 - 09/19/16 01:09 PM
Re: Best Antivirus 2016
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I've had problems with AVG ever since they sorta ditched their free model and started promoting the paid version. I used to use AVG years and years ago, back when I was still in the Philippines... maybe 10-12 years ago now when I last used it.
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#4297440 - 09/19/16 01:46 PM
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Avast user on 8 computers. Just have to be careful when letting it update it always tries to trick you into updating to the pay version. And then you have to also uncheck a bunch garbage that will pop up on you. Other wise, its been a good Antivirus. Just a few false positives. Easy work a rounds. Been using it for so long, don`t remember when we started with it.
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#4297456 - 09/19/16 02:50 PM
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Norton Antivirus. Works like a charm. Only had one incident, but it was my son's fault. Ignored a warning from a Minecraft mod.
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#4297464 - 09/19/16 04:06 PM
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#4297574 - 09/19/16 10:44 PM
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I tried the latest Avira and just like always it gave me a false positive within five minutes of use. I then tried Zonealarm free because it now comes with free AV too and uses the Kaspersky engine. The AV was fine but the firewall is hosed, IMO. Caused major browsing slowdown and their driver even caused a BSOD. Used to use Avast and Panda before that but dumped them too because they all hijack your PC and push ads to buy on you. Only one I would consider now is bitdefender free but instead just went back to Windows Defender because it is the least intrusive and even it now gets false positives so has been beefed up. I use Windows firewall too but use Sphinx Windows Firewall free to handle rules instead of the clunky Windows GUI. This is the best and least obtrusive option for me. But I have a boatload of other 3rd party software that doesn't run resident and also made an Avira resuce disk which allows you to do a boot time scan and even has updates in a Linux environment. But like I said, I have all kinds of root kit scanners and software for specific malware/viruses if ever needed. I also use Virus Total online to upload any suspect files, always turns out to be a false positive too. https://www.virustotal.com/en/Then there is this too. https://www.eset.com/us/online-scanner/Here is a small list of just some of the 3rd party tools I have. All free. Malwarebytes Spybot Search and Destroy FoolishIT CryptoPrevent Sophos Anti Rootkit Vipre Rescue Scanner Ads Spy Adware Cleaner Avast aswmbr (anti-rootkit) Bitdefender BootkitRemoval ClamWinPortable Junkware Removal Tool HijackThis....and so on Ooops, see I already posted in this thread a while back but this is an updated and more extensive response anyway.
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