internet security

madlyn

My free 1 month trial of Mcafee livesafe is about to expire on my new laptop. they want £39.00 to renew for a year.
Any suggestions for a free internet security?

dipsomaniac

if using windows 10 you will already have windows defender installed. just make sure you uninstall all of mcafee

madlyn

yes, I have windows 10. will defender do the same as mcafee then?

dipsomaniac

its all you need imho. these days its more important to keep operating system up to date and just being aware of how the nasties get installed. so no clicking on untrusted email/website links

[Deleted User]

Hi,

madlyn wrote: »

yes, I have windows 10. will defender do the same as mcafee then?

if you don't do naughty sites you won't get naughty bugs.

Sicard

[Deleted User] wrote:

Hi,



if you don't do naughty sites you won't get naughty bugs.

Not true. You can get it from any popups where nasties are lurking. I think you'll find you can get nasties from such sites as Youtube where code is hidden behind the videos.

OP the best freebie av is generally accepted as Bit Defender.

forgotmyname

Crossing your fingers = free and probably as effective as McAfee.

madlyn

just found this.
https://www.bitdefender.com/solutions/free.html

any good?

AndyPix

Sicard wrote: »

Youtube where code is hidden behind the videos.

Wow , iv worked in offensive security for 10+ years and could not think of a way that malicious code could "hide behind the videos" on youtube


Would you mind quoting your source so i can read up further ??


OP, Defender is fine, coupled with a bit of common sense regarding clicking links and opening random attachments

JJ_Egan

>>OP, Defender is fine >>

Considering typical AV Comparatives results where Defender is usually the bottom of the pile i would not class it as good enough .
However the difference between the bottom of the pile and top is usually about 5% .
Top ranked will not recognize about 1% of threats bottom ranked about 5% of threats get through .

dipsomaniac

madlyn wrote: »

just found this.
https://www.bitdefender.com/solutions/free.html

any good?

you really don't need any 3rd party software. i have run my netbooks (winxp and win7) for years without any virus software whatsoever and not had any problems that i am aware of. its up to you but i just use the built in microsoft defender on my pcs and netbooks now running win10 and just forget about it. no pops up, no prompt for any cash, no problems