which antivirus do you use.

clive0510

Hi. just wondering which antivirus to put on this laptop. its got windows 10, so will the inbuilt windows defender be good enough or do I need something extra? there are loads to choose from. I'm with talktalk and they have a basic one called homesafe. just wondering what your thoughts are.

couriervanman

Unless you visit some really dodgy sites windows own inbuilt plus Malwarebytes is more than enough

neilmcl

+!, no need for anything more than W10's own Defender and occasional scans using Malwarebytes.

clive0510

ok. I done that. its all up n working. I assume the free edition malawarebytes is the one to have? thats the one I downloaded.

debitcardmayhem

Yep, do occasional scans with it.

dan958

W10 defender, scan every now and again with MalwareBytes, and don't download 'free-movies.exe'.

JJ_Egan

Same as always for me Kaspersky  + Malwarebytes scan plus occasional other scans for pups etc .

Keanosafc

Thanks for this. I’ve not logged on here for years. Feel out of the loop with laptops etc but recently bought one for my sons schooling. The AV trial has ran out and I was considering buying a years subscription. 

JustAnotherSaver

Keanosafc said:

recently bought one for my sons schooling.

Check his browsing history.

If it's unusually clear then.....

theforest

clive0510 said:

Hi. just wondering which antivirus to put on this laptop. its got windows 10...

My antivirus solution has been to replace Microsoft Windows with a Linux operating system on all the computers I have had. It has extended their life by many years too.

[Deleted User]

1. First line of defence is Trend Micro AI Protection Pro on my Asus router - "Commercial-Grade Home Network Security" according the the marketing bumf. A cloud based security that stops malicious links and has two-way IPS (proper firewall) and infected device blocking. 

2. Another line of defence is Cloudflare anti-malware DNS - 1.1.1.2 configured on the router.

3. Windows security on the Win 10 machines. 

4. All IoT devices are on an isolated network if they don't need access to other devices.