Windows 10: What AV would you recommend to me?

Yes, exactly. One AV (Avast) and one zero-day anti-exploit (MBAE) for real-time protection. MBAM and SAS are run on demand. CryptoPrevent is a Group Policy modifier.

And yes, I also remind people to run their manual scans every 15th of the month, *after* updating the virus databases. *Smile

 

I use Windows Defender and Malwarebytes.

 

My updates are done several times a day, they are streamed, but I use AIS.

 

My Malwarebytes Pro is updated twice a day......my firewall always has been Norton 360 Pro. These are not freeware apps. *Smile

 

Norton was a great Program when Peter Norton ran it. When he sold it to Symantec, it turned into Bloatware. I used to use it back in the day.

 

Oh I know how most people feel about Nortons on here.....but I like it, and I've used a lot of others before Norton, all were not free except windows firewall which I ran for about a week and a half on purpose after my clean install. THAT was the longest time I ever ran Windows firewall for at least the last 20 years.....or so....lol But I always get #hit on for running Norton's. AND that's ok too. Different strokes for different folks......*Smile

Oh and its not bloatware if you turn some of the stuff off.....their are other programs with more.

 

Avast AV Free does as well. But MBAM Free, SAS Free and CryptoPrevent all need to be manually updated before running.

 

*Ditto

 

In modern times I'd actually say if you're unwilling to pay for a premium av probably best with none.
As long as you're not an idiot with how you act on the internet the bulk of the issues a free antivirus would cover are either things windows defender can handle if you're a little cautious (personally I actually turned that off) or things that would still get through that a manual virus/malware check would be required to sort.

I mean 5 years ago or more I woulda said just get something like avast as it used to be unintrusive and good but now it's maybe 90% based on do you do dodgy shit on the internet? Y/N and the bulk of the other 10 is bleeding edge virus'/malware which most antivirs won't pick up on for a while


Also ditto to the guy above me... only really started paying attention to the av stuff when I was 15 or so (over 6 years ago) and by that point norton had become an insane system resource stealing pile of magikarp that actually missed things that avast picked up on when avast used like a 100th of the resources nortons used...

 

This is an article published back in August but does an excellent job of summarizing Windows Defender.

http://www.howtogeek.com/225385/what...r-good-enough/

 

My security is as follows:

Eset Nod32
MalwareBytes AntiMalware
Hitman Pro
Hitman Pro Alert
Zamana Anti-Logger

I also run 2 rootkit scanners but they're on-demand only, Kaspersky TDSSKiller and Malware Bytes Anti-Rootkit (still beta)

They play well together and don't impact my resources too much.

 

What specifics do you dislike regarding Bit Defender?

 

Avast Free is outstanding, as is MalwareBytes Free. That said, I use BitDefender. The way they handle billing is a frustrating process and their customer support is kind of a hit or miss. However, BitDefender is consistently rated as among the best or the best, and over quite a few years they have maintained their edge over most other companies. Not many makers have that much consistency, and BD's scanning engine is almost unparalleled, and it shines really bright when it comes to protecting against ZD attacks.