afspret Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 I've run into an issue with Norton in that it will not let me run a full system scan, so I'm in the market for a new program. Any suggestions as to what is the best on the market today, free or otherwise? Thanks in advance. JM Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slartibartfast Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 I think you're better off googling anti-virus reviews. They're performed by professionals who have been testing these for decades. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 I’m running Avast! Freeware version. Got good reviews and it’s not the performance hog / bloatware that Norton is. Have been using it for 4 years, zero issues. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dnl42 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 I use Bitdefender on my sweetie's system. Works well, it just recently caught something attempting to mess with her browser. Not free though, just got an email from them for $25. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grey Ghost 531 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Malwarebytes seems to have pretty good reviews and it's found stuff that AVG missed on my computer. They've got a free version. It also will remove "PUPs" (potentially unwanted programs). These are the tracking stuff that business puts on your computer to target you for ads. They got all touchy when these programs were called "malware" since they don't do any damage so they're called PUPs now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crash Test Dummy Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 I'd google reviews, if you want to buy something. But if you want opinions from the peanut gallery: 1) My company farms out IT support and the contractor uses Webroot SecureAnywhere. I have no complaints. We travel world wide and the only person to get a virus is our barely computer literate president while in China and this was on his personal Suface Pro tablet, that I'm not sure is even managed by our IT support contractor. 2) For anti-virus I just use the builtin free Windows Defender and have never had a virus. At home I'm mostly concerned about malicious code picked up surfing. I use a layered approach, some of it's good habits (keep up with patches, don't open email from unknown sources), some of it's software. My Asus router has "AiProtrection by Trend Micro" this provides network security tools to audit your router configuration and most important to me is the Malicious Site Blocking which will just not allow computers on my network to connect to some websites. Next I use the AdBlock plugin for chrome and make sure the chrome Advanced setting "Protect you and your device from dangerous sites" is active. Again this is more web filtering. If I'm in full paranoia mode, I turn on a VPN connection to make it look like I'm connected somewhere in eastern Europe and turn on a black list filter or just use tor browser. In case I do get an infection, one of the router features is supposed to prevent it spreading on my LAN and I don't keep anything on my laptop. Anything worth keeping is either in the cloud or on a NAS on my LAN that has it's own antivirus app that runs nightly quick scans and weekly deep scans. Lastly I manually run a full Defender scan and Malwarebytes scan if my laptop seems to be behaving oddly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Helmsman Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 I use built-itn one on win10 systems and MS security essentials on win7. No problems at all. However, I still beleive that best (and sometimes worst) antivirus is one's own head. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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MA Cooke Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Ditto Crash Test Dummy, we run Webroot SecureAnywhere and it is excellent. I've gotten one ransomware, about 7 or 8 years ago, and Webroot walked me through the de-bug over the phone. Excellent service! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chsha Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Guys, I also experience some problems with norton now so I am considering those two options at this point - avast vs bitdefender. Which one would you choose? Avast seems to be a bit better but I don't really want to pay extra ten bucks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Berkut Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Avast + Malwarebytes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheRealMrEd Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 I run Malwarebytes, SuperAntiSpyware, and the Microsoft program that comes with the OS. Haven't had any problems in many years! Ed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jeffdanzel Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Well, everything is depending on which purpose have you chosen for this laptop. If it's just internet surfing, excel, and some work with the documents, you can just purchase new SSD, change a battery and get an antivirus ( you can read here about it https://macsecurity.net/view/124-remove-safe-finder-virus-from-mac-in-safari-chrome-and-firefox ) and you'll be fine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StevenBrown Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 On 3/16/2019 at 10:25 AM, Chsha said: Guys, I also experience some problems with norton now so I am considering those two options at this point - avast vs bitdefender. Which one would you choose? Avast seems to be a bit better but I don't really want to pay extra ten bucks. Avast is the Anti Virus, and only looks for viruses. Malware and spyware are seperate issues that can do as much damage as viruses. The spyware programs that I listed (or which ever you choose) are all free. Download them one at a time and run them one at a time to check for spyware. If you also want spyware blaster(highly recommended on this site) should be installed last, after you have run your other programs,because you need to start it on a clean computer. After you install the programs you choose, update them before you use them. Oh, another good anti virus is AVG. I've used Avast which is very good, but right now I'm using AVG, which is also very good, and actually is easier to use. You can compare avast vs avg for better understanding. Just take your pick. Good luck with your decisions. There's a lot of good free stuff out there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 A curious first post for someone who just joined a scale modeling forum.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Helmsman Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Yeah, looks like spam to me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ElectroSoldier Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 I didnt realise people still used anti virus programs like Norton Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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