Antivirus stuff

[JohnnyH]

I bought a new laptop recently as I’ve started a Masters degree and so wanted all the work separate from my work laptop. After having it 6 months the free McAfee security has run out, so I want a new antivirus thingy. I was told to download AVG but that just keeps scanning my computer and then offering me packages to buy to clear it?

 

Can any of you computer literate folk recommend an antivirus download? Ideally free, but if it’s better to buy one then please tell me what one to buy.

 

Muchos thank yous

[Numero Veinticinco]

Antivir

[Kloppite]

I bought a new laptop recently as I’ve started a Masters degree and so wanted all the work separate from my work laptop. After having it 6 months the free McAfee security has run out, so I want a new antivirus thingy. I was told to download AVG but that just keeps scanning my computer and then offering me packages to buy to clear it?

 

Can any of you computer literate folk recommend an antivirus download? Ideally free, but if it’s better to buy one then please tell me what one to buy.

 

Muchos thank yous

Miicrosofts antivirus is free and should suffice if your looking for a free one, it also won't slow down your computer.

[moof]

Yeah, if you’re on windows 10, their built in ‘Windows Defender’ seems to do the job just nicely.

[JohnnyH]

I was hoping for an exact recommendation. I.e. a link.

[VladimirIlyich]

ESET Nod32 for about £30 a year. Been using it for a few years and is highly rated by nerds and geeks who know about this stuff.

[Guest]

http://www.techradar.com/reviews/avast-free-antivirus

 

https://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download

 

As a free antivirus I use Avast as it's the only one I found that doesn't interfere with the computer too much. There are pop ups to buy the pro version but you can close that and the antivirus works fine without upgrading.

[JohnnyH]

Cheers for that.  I'll give it a bash.

[cloggypop]

I use Avast myself but Windows defender from Microsoft is good also. It's probably already installed and running.

 

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17464/windows-defender-help-protect-computer

[Yerse]

Never pay for anti-virus.

 

I don't use one, but avast is good enough if you are paranoid.

[Carvalho Diablo]

I use Avast daily and Malwarebytes weekly. The latter is a heavy duty cunt smasher.

[scudger99]

I use Avast daily and Malwarebytes weekly. The latter is a heavy duty cunt smasher.

Ditto.  Only had one issue with Avast, it updated one day then refused to let my guitar software run unhindered.  After loads of fucking about, I uninstalled it, cleaned the registry with Cache Cleaner and re-installed Avast with a slightly different set of options ticked.

It's been pretty good ever since, but it does tend to go a bit mad when I'm trying to open streams so I can watch the game.