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Best Anti-virus

Post by boatshed bill » Wed May 10, 2023 5:43 pm

For computer, I mean :D
I've had Norton on auto-renew for years but is it the best, and at £99 p.a. is it worth it?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

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Re: Best Anti-virus

Post by colne-claret » Wed May 10, 2023 5:56 pm

I was with Norton then changed to BitDefender. Personally wish I’d stuck with Norton.

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Re: Best Anti-virus

Post by cockneyclaret » Wed May 10, 2023 6:12 pm

I use Bitdefender as I got a good renewal price.
No issues what so ever

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Re: Best Anti-virus

Post by 4midable » Wed May 10, 2023 6:26 pm

AVG
Sign up to a 30 day trial
Use it free for 30 days
Go on AVG chat and cancel

Theyl offer you around 50% off
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Re: Best Anti-virus

Post by Dougall » Wed May 10, 2023 6:37 pm

Malwarebytes?

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Re: Best Anti-virus

Post by Rick_Muller » Wed May 10, 2023 6:43 pm

Windows Defender (if it’s a Windows device) it’s free and updates definitions almost daily.

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Re: Best Anti-virus

Post by boatshed bill » Wed May 10, 2023 6:57 pm

Rick_Muller wrote:
Wed May 10, 2023 6:43 pm
Windows Defender (if it’s a Windows device) it’s free and updates definitions almost daily.
Thanks, yes I have Windows. Will check this.

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Re: Best Anti-virus

Post by aggi » Wed May 10, 2023 7:02 pm

I didn't realise that anyone except businesses paid for anti virus nowadays.

Unless you happily click on every link and file that you see then the built-in Windows Defender is perfectly fine.

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Re: Best Anti-virus

Post by HistoricalClaret » Wed May 10, 2023 7:47 pm

boatshed bill wrote:
Wed May 10, 2023 5:43 pm
For computer, I mean :D
I've had Norton on auto-renew for years but is it the best, and at £99 p.a. is it worth it?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Honestly bill as many of my friends who work in the tech industry like to say the best anti-virus is common sense I personally do not pay for an anti-virus and encourage others to not do so as well as many of them are sketchy at best and Windows Defender is now competent in its own right as long as you have common sense and question anything that looks remotely suspect the likely hood of you picking up a dangerous virus or anything seriously malicious is very low.
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Re: Best Anti-virus

Post by boatshed bill » Wed May 10, 2023 8:00 pm

aggi wrote:
Wed May 10, 2023 7:02 pm
I didn't realise that anyone except businesses paid for anti virus nowadays.

Unless you happily click on every link and file that you see then the built-in Windows Defender is perfectly fine.
And i didn't realise it was free :o I pay so little attention to the world of computers.
But i do have business email.
As for clicking links, apart from on here I never do.

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Re: Best Anti-virus

Post by CoolClaret » Wed May 10, 2023 8:08 pm

Sorry to be that guy but….

MacBook - and don’t click dodgy links yeah

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Re: Best Anti-virus

Post by Jakubclaret » Wed May 10, 2023 8:32 pm

Never needed to use 1 on Linux.

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