what is the best of the best anti virus program???

[Morpheus]

OK dudes My question to you is simple. Which anti virus program is the best of the best. I have been using Bitdefender but its limited on usability because it is so tight that its just not useable of what you can or can't do cuts me down to limits that I do not accept the second to non high protection... So I am out for a search of the best anti-virus program out there. PS I consider that both anorton and AVG to be for the babies who don't give a SHI- about their machines. So please don't offer your know poor advice in recommending those to POS programs. They just don't offer enough protection across the threat board. IE. viruses and does it have a firewall ect.

[Mongoose]

You might take a look at this site:

https://www.av-comparatives.org/

[Brooke]

I like Avast best.

It rates well and is low hassle (less hassle than many others I've used over the years, including Bitdefender, AVG, and Trend).

[Copprhed]

I use Avast and run Malwarebytes at least every other day.

[Ciaphas]

Or, as an alternative, keeps windows security updated, pay attention to the sites you visit as well as the typical file sizes of file types before you download them. And installing anti-malware is the same as installing malware. Save yourself some money and use good SA when computing.


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[icepac]

PREVENTION is always the best way.

[Skuzzy]

The ones I do not care for as they have (it will depend on the version of the game) interfered with the game (sometimes really badly), and in no particular order.

Kaspersky, Avast/AVG (same anti-xxxx engine since Avast bought AVG), McAfee, and Norton.

The ones I see being promoted, on many WEB sites, also happen to have paid advertising by those same companies.  So, take that for what it is worth.

I have no recommendations as I find they all interfere with normal computer operations in one way or another.

[The Fugitive]

You might take a look at this site:

https://www.av-comparatives.org/

I use Avira. Its free and according to this site rates very well. I have only had it hit once or twice over the years but it did catch the little nasty. Good browsing habits is the best preventor, but I like Avira for a back-up.

[Zimme83]

Using add-ons like "no script" to your browser works just as fine, especially if you dont click on all the funny links you gets from random friends on messenger..

[Spikes]

Common sense

[Ciaphas]

Add block works wonders as well


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[Vulcan]

You really need next gen AV - something like Sentinel One or Cylance. I believe Web Root and Trend offer this in their consumer versions. Anything not next gen is going to offer little protection.

So why do you need NGAV?

Traditionally AV for consumer is signature based. To derive a signature we need to know about the virus first. So there is time gap between when a virus is released to when we know about it to when a signature is finally deployed. During that time gap you are exposed.

I used to work for a security vendor who has a firewall based AV solution that works as follows:
 - a file comes
 - if that file is of interest (eg .exe / pdf / java / word doc and so on) it is scanned by a traditional signature based AV engine. If a virus is detected the file is blocked.
 - if no virus is matched the file is then checked against a global cache to see if it has recently been detected as malicious by the steps that follow (on other firewalls that day)
 - the file is then passed through an aggregation engine with ~ 60 antivirus scanners (signature based, similar to virustotal.com ). If it is malicious it is blocked
 - if no virus is matched the file is then passed onto 3 sandbox engines. These each run the file up in sort of virtual environments (one of them is the Lastline engine). If the file is deemed malicious then it can be blocked. These sandbox engines give you full reports on what the file does, some even give you screenshots and packet captures.

The stats from the system are:
 - 0.14% of submitted files are malicious
 - on average 16000 unique malicious files are detected by the sandbox engines per month.

So... those 16000 files made it past the ~60 antivirus scanners, in one month. That is the bit that should scare you.

What is NGAV? Instead of relying on signatures it uses AI/Cloud intelligence/behavioral analysis. It can usually run in conjunction with a traditional signature based AV engine - like Microsofts - to give you best cover (signature based is great for clearing out the older riff raff).

 

[100Coogn]

Windows Defender is enough for me.
I do not need additional intrusive bloatware bogging down my system.
I do run Malwarebytes once a month (the free version).

Coogan

[JunkyII]

Common sense

I don't go to any sketchy sites on my main PC....common sense is the key.

[Vulcan]

Windows Defender is enough for me.
I do not need additional intrusive bloatware bogging down my system.
I do run Malwarebytes once a month (the free version).

Coogan

In my experience the NGAV has less CPU load - Windows Defender is absolutely crap for detecting new stuff - it can be months behind and has been used as an attack vector.