Windows 10: The best working antivirus program for windows 10 RTM

have the beta to novmber so

 

Hi..
I think members here can decide on what they want to do and use at this point.

Jeff

 

I too have an Esset license good for a few months, and not sure on whether to bother installing it. Been using windows defender and full version of Malwarebytes for a couple of months now with no issues, plus, after using computers for over 30 years, I am pretty good at knowing what not to open and what sites not to download from.
The biggest issue with 3rd party AV software is they suck the life out of your machine, IMO..

 

not on my machine at all

 

Thats because you have a much more powerful machine than Wase. You don't notice the resource hog AV programs do.

 

do some benchmarking on your machine with and without the AV running, and post your results..I guarantee the AV is sucking life out of your machine..

 

If I had an enemy, I would definitely recommend him Norton or McAfee. *Cool
It takes 10 to 30 minutes to uninstall either of them and 1 min to install other.
I do not say, that they are bad, but they are being pre-installed on slow machines.

 

Good try Jimbo, but........

 

my windows 10 store crash random now

 

Hi there

Love that !!!!!.

Anyway if people want to create multi-millionaires by buying / installing unnecessary stuff -- so be it. It's just a pity when they complain that their machine crashes or slows down after they install this wretched stuff.

I also posted on a SECURITY forum where experts who are paid a lot of money for computer security how my computer could get infected from an MKV or FLAC file with say an embedded virus in it. The application (VLC media player / Winsamp / Logitech media server / Mezzmo) would simply not play the file if it was corrupt. -- Got no answer back from all those highly paid experts !!!!!.

There's NO RISK downloading those types of files from any site dubious or otherwise !!!!. If using a Torrent though ALWAYS use the magnetic link --never the torrent.exe file as that's where you COULD get a nasty (in the .exe file).

Cheers
jimbo

 

Hahahahaha! Agreed! Holy lord, you made my day! *Roflmao2

 

Yup.. so true. *Wink

 

Well, Since I'm Using Avast! free antivirus since last 6 years on my system's, I don't think i have to worry about saving money. It does quite a good job. *Smile

 

Loving jimbo45 in this thread, did your missus run off with an AV developer or something? *Wink

Heh, I essentially agree with you. I've never run anti-virus, except for temporary test purposes, and have never had a virus. In the past I've had to deliberately infect test boxes to try out different AVs, lol.

Being without AV is fine for those who know what's what. But, for your average muppet, AV is still a requirement, I feel. Especially if you are the one who gets asked to sort out their bot-laden system.

I run Malwarebytes on any risky files I download and use it to run a system scan now and again.

 

An antivirus is essential these days when half of the web is packed with pup malwares with software download packages, and hidden crypto ransom wares and other things. Better to have a basic line of defense on the first hand.
And in the mean time Avast! Updated with Win10 support.