Best Free Anti virus?

[wazup]

Says it's windows 10 home and has windows defender and that I'm protected. Is that sufficient?

 

[renuck]

Says it's windows 10 home and has windows defender and that I'm protected. Is that sufficient?

Nothing is 100% but I would say yes unless your computer is some mission critical mainframe. I think every OS now has it baked in and that's all I've ever used and I haven't had a problem in 15-20 years? Defender (and MSE before it) has stopped a couple viruses from some websites I've been on but I've never gotten anything. In the event I ever do I'll just nuke the OS and install fresh. I do this from time to time as part of maintenance anyway and can do the whole thing and reinstall in about an hour. I'm not worried.

 

[WoodPeckr]

Says it's windows 10 home and has windows defender and that I'm protected. Is that sufficient?

Never liked it due to it being middling rated.

Free Avast has a far better rating.

 

[danmand]

Avast works good.

When windows first came out with it's anti virus program as an option, it received good reviews, so I dropped my free program and installed it. The next day I got a virus and had to reinstall my PC.

 

[spraggamuffin]

Avast is indeed better than most and probably the most used free AV>
Some of the other free ones use lots of background resources like AVG and free Bitdefender.
I currently have a one year subscription on Mc Afee which is meh.
All the more reasons I have Malwarebytes and Spybot search and destroy.
I'ved donated to spybot, and Malwarebytes sales on the paid version are pretty good for under $20 for 3 years on several computers.
If I were buying, I'd look at paid Bitdefender or Kapersky.

 

[rhuarc29]

Aside from Windows 10's own built-in protection, I use both Avast and Malwarebytes (both free).
Literally the only time I've had a problem with a virus was when my motherboard was failing, causing my Avast to stop functioning. That was back before I knew how to build my own computer and I've since kept my components up to date.

 

[Conil]

Aside from Windows 10's own built-in protection, I use both Avast and Malwarebytes (both free).
Literally the only time I've had a problem with a virus was when my motherboard was failing, causing my Avast to stop functioning. That was back before I knew how to build my own computer and I've since kept my components up to date.

I think using both on real time protection will eat up your resources.

 

[icespot]

Definitely Windows defender is a good product.

The problem with Microsoft is that they have limited useless live support. But defender is a really good product. I tested it on an old computer by going to questionable sites. Downloaded a virus and although i had to restart windows in safe mode, defender got ride of the virus and protectec the computer hard drive.

I trust the product, just dont go to shit sites on a computer with important info, use a cg
Cheap lop top for that.