Which AV do you use?

jshm2

ESET, Malwarebytes and Webroot. 

But most banks give a free year subscription to Kaspersky or Avira, so check your bank site first. 

 

HonestJohn

jshm2 said:

ESET, Malwarebytes and Webroot. 

But most banks give a free year subscription to Kaspersky or Avira, so check your bank site first. 

 

I used Kaspersky when Barclays gave it away free. They stopped when the Government deemed it a security risk.

J_B

HonestJohn said:

I use Bitdefender.................

I use BitDefender Free - seems to do everything I want, and more

ChilliBob

HonestJohn said:

jshm2 said:

ESET, Malwarebytes and Webroot. 

But most banks give a free year subscription to Kaspersky or Avira, so check your bank site first. 

 

I used Kaspersky when Barclays gave it away free. They stopped when the Government deemed it a security risk.

Yeah, I think that's about when I did, and switched over to Avast, so quite some time ago. 

Eyeful

Windows Defender and occasional scan with the free version of Malware Bytes.
https://www.av-test.org/en/antivirus/business-windows-client/
 

Gillor

It doesn’t really matter too much which a/v you go for as no security programme is 100% bullet proof.

As someone once said, the only truly secure computer is one with the power cable turned off, buried in concrete and the network cable cut.

However, for every day low risk use Windows Defender is fine, particularly if used in conjunction with Defender UI (free) which unlocks many of the Windows Defender’s hidden security features, which are really pretty good but not activated by default.

Then a weekly scan with something like Malwarbytes, Norton Power Eraser, Hitman Pro or ADW Cleaner (all free) just to be sure nothing has slipped through.

Perhaps most importantly, if you’ve got stuff on your computer you don’t want lose make sure you back up your data regularly, or make a compete disc image ideally so that in the event of a malware attack you can restore the complete system back to its original state.

Frozen_up_north

The Which? people recommend the free version of Bitdefender as it doesn’t nag like the others do. I tried it but went back to the built-in Windows 11 security.

Vitor

IMHO Which? are out of their depth beyond kitchen white goods.

Beeblebr0x

I use an Android device wherever possible.

ChilliBob

Gillor said:

It doesn’t really matter too much which a/v you go for as no security programme is 100% bullet proof.

As someone once said, the only truly secure computer is one with the power cable turned off, buried in concrete and the network cable cut.

However, for every day low risk use Windows Defender is fine, particularly if used in conjunction with Defender UI (free) which unlocks many of the Windows Defender’s hidden security features, which are really pretty good but not activated by default.

Then a weekly scan with something like Malwarbytes, Norton Power Eraser, Hitman Pro or ADW Cleaner (all free) just to be sure nothing has slipped through.

Perhaps most importantly, if you’ve got stuff on your computer you don’t want lose make sure you back up your data regularly, or make a compete disc image ideally so that in the event of a malware attack you can restore the complete system back to its original state.

This is interesting. Does anyone do this anymore, the whole disk image thing.. I used to ad part of my job, it ended up being quite a slick process to build a new machine. I'd have thought with cloud based services being so prevalent now that most people would login to stuff they needed on a new machine, then tweak the settings (which I know can be irritating). I'm fairly sure everything I would want on a new machine would be hosted on cloud services, or on an external hdd.

Back to the post, defender does seem to be winning by a country mile. Really surprised me this did. Good to see Malwarebytes still being popular, reminded me of the HiJackThis programmed too, when you'd post a log on some forums and people would help. 

As to the last comment, yes, I too use an Android phone, with no security besides what's built in. I wonder if others use third party security for their mobile devices too. 

Surprised nobody has said use a Mac yet! My wife has one, but truth be told neither of us have bothered to use it much beyond basic web services really.