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| A day late, and a dollar short  |
I bought a new 'puter this last black Friday. It came with a free trial of Norton anti virus. I am trying to see if there is a better option out there. I dropped my paid for Avast subscription on my old 'puter after it started acting up, and was surprisingly happy just running Windows Defender. ____________________________ NRA Life Member, Annual Member GOA, MGO Annual Member | ||
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Age Quod Agis |
I just bought a new windows machine at the beginning of December on the advice of a local computer consultant. He recommended i just stick with Windows Defender. I had been an Avast customer for a long time, but it got slow and bitchy, and I dropped it. "I vowed to myself to fight against evil more completely and more wholeheartedly than I ever did before. . . . That’s the only way to pay back part of that vast debt, to live up to and try to fulfill that tremendous obligation." Alfred Hornik, Sunday, December 2, 1945 to his family, on his continuing duty to others for surviving WW II. | |||
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Member |
Windows Defender. All else on a lone computer is superfluous. Now, is your router secured? ========================================== Just my 2¢ ____________________________ Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right ♫♫♫ | |||
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Now and Zen |
I’ve seen it mentioned that Norton is a resource hog. I use malwarebytes, superantispyware, avast and windows defender, they all play well with each other. ___________________________________________________________________________ "....imitate the action of the Tiger." | |||
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| A day late, and a dollar short |
Yes, it says it is secured. ____________________________ NRA Life Member, Annual Member GOA, MGO Annual Member | |||
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Baroque Bloke |
Malwarebytes (free version) for me. I don’t have cycle-stealing real time protection enabled. Instead, I do this once a day: * Disconnect from the Internet. * Run a Malwarebytes scan (takes 9 seconds). * If I get a “Congratulations, you are clean!” report (always do), then I do a backup. That way, I know that all of my backups are clean. * Reconnect to the Internet and resume operations. Serious about crackers | |||
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Member |
I have a two yo Dell laptop and have used the free versions of Malwarebytes and AVG with no problems and both are very effective. Bayouman Never let the enemy pick the battle site. | |||
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| Woke up today.. Great day! |
Been running Eset Smart Security on quote a few computers. Resource usage is very low and, knock on wood, I have not had any issues in many years. | |||
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Member |
Norton? Yeah...ditched that bitch YEARS ago. I wouldn't recommend it for single-system use, but might...MIGHT...use it as a server-based application as a LAST resort. Defender in Windows 10 does a good enough job, IMHO. If you want to couple that with Malwarebytes "just because", that would probably work out OK. I'm about to install a new Dell Windows 10 system for my mother this coming week and plan on just using Defender updated automatically. "If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24 | |||
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eh-TEE-oh-clez |
Windows Defender. Then, set up regular backups of your data. Then, set up an air-gapped backup of your backup. | |||
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| A day late, and a dollar short |
Thanks guys, I will stick with Windows Defender when this free Norton subscription expires. ____________________________ NRA Life Member, Annual Member GOA, MGO Annual Member | |||
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