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Anti Virus Help

I am using the Avast Anti-Virus on my laptop, should I be using an Anti-Malware program as well, or do I not need this if I have Avast :confused:

Thanks.
:)

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  • busenbust
    busenbust Posts: 4,782 Forumite
    First of all, Avast is an excellent choice :cool: And yes, in conjunction with Avast you should use a dedicated anti-malware program. Something like Windows Defender (which I use).

    HTH.
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Personally I think defender is useless Id recommend running periodic scans with MALWAREBYTES (need to manually update and manually scan with it)
    :idea:
  • Nod32 for the AV and Malwarebytes would be my first choice.
    The best signature is a nonexistent signature, leaving more space for intellectual and considerate topic discussion ;)
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