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Definitive Best FREE Antivirus 2018

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Definitive Best FREE Antivirus 2018  

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  1. 1. Which do you choose?

    • 360 Total Security
      1
    • Ad-Aware
      0
    • Avast!
      8
    • AVG AntiVirus
      5
    • Avira
      4
    • Baidu Antivirus
      0
    • BitDefender
      9
    • ClamWin/ClamAV
      1
    • Comodo Anti-Virus/Internet Security
      3
    • Dr. Web Cureit!
      0
    • Panda Cloud Antivirus
      0
    • Malwarebytes
      6
    • Microsoft Security Essentials/Windows Defender
      26
    • SecureAPlus
      1
    • Sophos Virus Removal Tool
      1
    • Tencent PC Manager
      0
    • ZoneAlarm Free
      0
    • Kaspersky Free
      8
    • Other (please specify below)
      0

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Grand Master

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It's a new year, and so we have a new poll for Definitive Best Free Antivirus.
 
The 2017 thread can be found here.
 
This is a poll for best FREE antivirus software. There is a separate thread for PAID antivirus software here.
 
If your choice of free antivirus software is not listed, please choose Other and specify in the comments.

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If it runs Windows, it runs Defender - and the only hardware that does NOT run Defender is my phone because the phone runs Android.

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Mando

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14 hours ago, PGHammer said:

If it runs Windows, it runs Defender - and the only hardware that does NOT run Defender is my phone because the phone runs Android.

tbh on W10, Defenders better than pretty much all Free Av (and a lot o paid for to boot)

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Mando

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35 minutes ago, DConnell said:

Windows Defender as the the real-time protection, Malwarebytes Antimalware as the second opinion.

tbh never been a fan of malware bytes products for my own use.

 

Webroot SA and Ransom Free  https://ransomfree.cybereason.com/ FTW!

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Just now, Mando said:

tbh never been a fan of malware bytes products for my own use.

 

Webroot SA and Ransom Free  https://ransomfree.cybereason.com/ FTW!

Looks like I have a new security tool to evaluate!

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Mando

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4 minutes ago, DConnell said:

Looks like I have a new security tool to evaluate!

its very good to run monitoring SANS etc from your endpoint client, supports NFS vols & CIFs. Its also free for commercial use.

 

say what you like, but some of the best security companies and security products are pouring out of Israel currently ;) Big fan of Checkpoint UTMS and their Blade firewalls.

 

lays honeytrap directories/files on root of the Os drive and also monitors shares.

 

https://www.cybereason.com/how-it-works?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cybereason.com%2F%3Futm_source%3Dcybereason%26utm_medium%3Dabout-us-page%26utm_campaign%3Dransomware-tool

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oldtimefighter

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AV software has become so intrusive and generally creepy over the last couple years so I just use Windows Defender these days (again) with an ad-blocker and no Java or standalone Flash installed. I have used Malwarebytes as a second opinion/standalone scanner in the past but... I just reinstalled Windows 10 on my PC so will be watching this thread for maybe a different solution for that.

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17 hours ago, PGHammer said:

If it runs Windows, it runs Defender - and the only hardware that does NOT run Defender is my phone because the phone runs Android.

Since closing down the computer store over 3 years ago, Malwarebytes is still the go-to solution that I use now for computer cleaning needs for friends and family who get into trouble. I also must add the machines that malwarevytes has to go clean all have windows defneder, and/or norton, avg, avast, 360TS, etc... When people see how much the other guys let through, they stop using them on the very same day.  I just don't know why everyone just doesn't Malwarebytes. After I service their machine, they do. :) 

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