Latest greatest AntiVirus?

Dr. Teeth

Dr. Teeth

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Hello everyone. I need good protection on my computers, what is everyone's best AV program?


Doesn't have to be free.


Thanks in advance.


-Teeth.
 
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Yes thank you, Tin, I know. But my dental system runs on Windows. Need something for that.


My home stuff is all Linux.

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Dr. Teeth said:
Yes thank you, Tin, I know. But my dental system runs on Windows. Need something for that.


My home stuff is all Linux.

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Windows Defender is the native AV software for Windows 8/8.1/10 and it works pretty well. Formerly known as Microsoft Security Essentials. We use it at work and haven't had any problems.
 
YLWFVR said:
I've heard AVG antivirus is pretty good too.
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AVG is now malware. It's full of popups and browser hijackers these days. It was good software a decade back, but it has been overshadowed by other products.
 
Tin said:
Windows Defender is the native AV software for Windows 8/8.1/10 and it works pretty well. Formerly known as Microsoft Security Essentials. We use it at work and haven't had any problems.
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Like Tin says, Windows Defender is pretty good. I have been using it since Windows 7 came out. I haven't had 1 bad thing yet.

But there is no replacing good old common sense. Lock the browsers on all of your computers to be only on the websites you allow. Put an administrative password for other sites. By controlling the options allowed to users, you control the outcome. Maybe provide an off network internet outlet on a side computer that if it gets infected is just a wipe reset away from being whole again without infecting work computers.
 
4Gas$ said:
CCleaner is what my "kids" tell me is top.

I just started using it - not sure how I feel
about it yet. Check it out & decide for yourself.

http://download.cnet.com/ccleaner/


I still also use Malwarebytes - which works well.
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Be careful with CCleaner, don't let it touch the registry. Many times, registry cleaners do more harm than good because the registry is a huge database of settings for programs you install. If you install a program, there’s a very good chance that program would save its settings to the registry. Windows would also save pointers to that program. If the program were registered as the default program for a certain file type, Windows would save a registry entry so it can remember is as the default program. All registry cleaners do is scan your registry for outdated entries and remove them. The problem with that, many programs share the same entries. An installed program won't function correctly if that shared entry is deleted, which often happens with these cleaners. Registry cleaner companies want you to believe that this would result in big performance improvements so you’ll buy their software. If your computer is crashing, you shouldn’t worry about registry errors. Corrupted and damaged registry entries don't slow down your computer despite what the snake oil peddlers say. If your registry is corrupted, you have bigger problems and a registry cleaner isn’t going to fix it. You’d at least need to use System Restore. There’s nothing unsafe about not using a registry cleaner. The leftover registry entries that accumulate naturally aren’t harmful.
 
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Zarken said:
Like Tin says, Windows Defender is pretty good. I have been using it since Windows 7 came out. I haven't had 1 bad thing yet.

But there is no replacing good old common sense. Lock the browsers on all of your computers to be only on the websites you allow. Put an administrative password for other sites. By controlling the options allowed to users, you control the outcome. Maybe provide an off network internet outlet on a side computer that if it gets infected is just a wipe reset away from being whole again without infecting work computers.
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I'd also like to add, use a browser add-on that disables Javascipt, such as No Script or ScriptSafe. Many viruses and malware are passed through Java.
 
I too have used Security Essentials/Defender with no problems. That said, I've heard in the last year or two that it actually kind of sucks these days and all of us are out of touch with the times, haha. I did some reading and couldn't find anything that actually seemed better and didn't have other tradeoffs so I still use it and I'm still fine.
 
Realistically the best anti-virus is yourself, but system center endpoint protection should be fine.
 
Another vote for common sense and MS Defender here. Been running it on both my laptop and Surface for quite a while without any issues. One of my favorite parts is that it'll update itself quite frequently without much interaction from the user.

If you're looking for another option outside of that, Sophos is what we use at work and it seems to work well.
 
Tin said:
Be careful with CCleaner, don't let it touch the registry. Many times, registry cleaners do more harm than good because the registry is a huge database of settings for programs you install. If you install a program, there’s a very good chance that program would save its settings to the registry. Windows would also save pointers to that program. If the program were registered as the default program for a certain file type, Windows would save a registry entry so it can remember is as the default program. All registry cleaners do is scan your registry for outdated entries and remove them. The problem with that, many programs share the same entries. An installed program won't function correctly if that shared entry is deleted, which often happens with these cleaners. Registry cleaner companies want you to believe that this would result in big performance improvements so you’ll buy their software. If your computer is crashing, you shouldn’t worry about registry errors. Corrupted and damaged registry entries don't slow down your computer despite what the snake oil peddlers say. If your registry is corrupted, you have bigger problems and a registry cleaner isn’t going to fix it. You’d at least need to use System Restore. There’s nothing unsafe about not using a registry cleaner. The leftover registry entries that accumulate naturally aren’t harmful.
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When it comes to PC, you're the man!

So if you say CCleaner is bad, I'm deleting it
from my computer.

I normally use Malwarebytes & MS Security Essentials.
What do you think of those & what others do you use?

Thank you Sir!
 
ill swear to Avast for anti virus. used for many years with just te free version. I use it on all my devices and all of my friends and family pc's and recommend it to all my customers. I also use malwarebytes, spybot S&D and super antispyware for cleaning up spyware and other junk incliding viruses. SOme times use adaware but thats becoming more of a pita to use.
 
4Gas$ said:
When it comes to PC, you're the man!

So if you say CCleaner is bad, I'm deleting it
from my computer.

I normally use Malwarebytes & MS Security Essentials.
What do you think of those & what others do you use?

Thank you Sir!
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That's not what he said. CCleaner is a great tool, you just need to know what you're doing, so you don't do more harm than good.
 
MS Security Essentials (Defender) for real time protection.
Malwarebytes for a periodic scan monthly (or so).
Both are free for personal use. Check the licensing for business use.

No product is going to stop you (or your employees) from being stupid, unfortunately.
 
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