What OS do you run OP? Hopefully you're on Windows 10.

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Originally posted by DonDraper:
What OS do you run OP? Hopefully you're on Windows 10.

Windows Defender is all I use and I've never picked up a virus or malware with it.

Jim

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Originally posted by OMCHamlin:
I'm in the market to change also, I have Norton, but their anti-NRA stance has turned me off. Has anyone had any experience with PCMatic?

I am the only person on this forum using PCMatic. Everyone here tells me it sucks. I have been using it since prior to 2008. I have never had an issue with it. Some years past they offered an "evergreen" subscription, which was lifetime. I was due for an annual renewal and got the lifetime offer. YMMV

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I am the only person on this forum using PCMatic. Everyone here tells me it sucks. I have been using it since prior to 2008. I have never had an issue with it. Some years past they offered an "evergreen" subscription, which was lifetime. I was due for an annual renewal and got the lifetime offer. YMMV

Their TV commercials seem slimy to me.

Mackeeper for apple.
avast for windows.

AVG Ultimate on sale at Fry's.com works great

I appreciate all the replies so far. I am looking into them and trying to figure out what I will go with. I feel I am getting overcharged paying for McAfee.

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Originally posted by DonDraper:
What OS do you run OP? Hopefully you're on Windows 10.

I am on Windows 10.

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Originally posted by Rey HRH:
When I asked here early this year, I got many recommendations. I ended up with bitdefender for their low impact, multiple devices including phones, and good rating with viruses.
Someone said just use Windows Defender but in the interim that I used it, I ended up with Malware.

Going on 4 years of Bitdefender use.
They had some glitches when going from 2017 --> 2018 but worked them out and gave me a bunch of extra subscription time for the hassle. It updates it's V definitions every hour.
No complaints so far.

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Originally posted by Jimbo54:

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Originally posted by DonDraper:
What OS do you run OP? Hopefully you're on Windows 10.

Windows Defender is all I use and I've never picked up a virus or malware with it.

Jim

This is what I've been using since updating to W10, although I'll run Immunet scanner now and again. Some third party virus programs may actually hinder W10 from running critical updates.

link

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Originally posted by Johnny 3eagles:

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Originally posted by OMCHamlin:
I'm in the market to change also, I have Norton, but their anti-NRA stance has turned me off. Has anyone had any experience with PCMatic?

I am the only person on this forum using PCMatic. Everyone here tells me it sucks. I have been using it since prior to 2008. I have never had an issue with it. Some years past they offered an "evergreen" subscription, which was lifetime. I was due for an annual renewal and got the lifetime offer. YMMV

PCMatic is a scam company that bombarded users with relentless ads so much they are trying to go legit.
Not a serious security company, IMO.
YMMV

Comodo Internet Security Premium for Firewall and AntiVirus. Malwarebytes with AdwCleaner for malware, pups, etc.

ESET Security Suite here. Been running it for about 10 years. Running it on multiple computers at home and at my business. It is low on resource usage, easy to use, and I have never had a problem and that included having two teenagers using them for years.

Having said that, I also consider myself a tech-wennie and have taken other steps in addition to antivirus. When my children were young they would screw up the PC quite regularly. Not with viruses but just screwing it up. Used to run an image of their PC every week so I could completely restore the computer in about 15 minutes.

I have been using Trend Micro for about 6 years, it has been excellent.

BitDefender and Malwarebytes.

I have Sophos Home Free on our home computer. You don't know it's there until it pops up and warns it has detected something suspicious, or you try to open a page and it says it's an infected site with such and such. The do have a paid subscription version as well.

I have 2 laptops, one for the house and travel, and one for my business

one is AVG free, one is AVAST free

both run Superantispyware about once a month,
both run Malwarebytes about 3 times a year

neither has had a problem


both machines are window's 7, running Chrome with adblocker installed,


rarely get an alert, one either machine



I also have a desk top at home on windows 10, I run chrome, wife runs microsoft,

cannot remember which is on that machine, but also run the same on superanti and malware,

0 issues as well