https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/summary-report-2018/
Avast is Product of the Year 2018.
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I have switched to Avast Antivirus Pro myself because it is the only Antivirus which allows me to custom install it with no additional components such as HTTP Scanner or other stuff, all I want is a good file scanner which it allows me to do via the custom install and it's super light on the system.
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You should try Kaspersky Free AV or security Cloud which flies even on 8 year old machine with superb detection which had Avast Free installed and Quarantined malwares were getting out its jail and infecting the PC and slowing it down.
In case you want paranoid protection using Avast try this link https://rejzor.wordpress.com/avast-protection-tweaks/ -
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Avast has a free version which is just as good but you have to do a custom install as I mentioned in the post above this.
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@Vasudev I have a license for NOD32 as you know but its HTTP scanner is messing up my VPN (Express VPN) and slows down my browsing a bit. Avast is GOLD! Doesn't affect my internet or VPN, has no false positives, and super duper light. you just have to be careful and choose custom install and uncheck the bloatware like Secure VPN, Cleanup, Safe Browser, etc and just keep the essentials
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Royal **** up, will post PCMARK of Avast Free in a sec.
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people still using antivirus for home setups?
browser add-ons like ublock/disconnect/https everywhere on chrome or FF & you're basically 99% germ free at this point unless you're intentionally looking for troublehuntnyc likes this. -
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Avast is ruining CCleaner -- malware, bundled software, popup ads... what's next? None should use this Malware company. Period!Last edited: Mar 29, 2019Ashtrix, Spartan@HIDevolution and Vasudev like this. -
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My Norton Security review since 2 years and it still hasn't changed after I tested it last month.
Positives:
- Light on the system
- Excellent layered protection using regular AV Definition files + SONAR + Firewall
Negatives:
- Heavily bloated, even if your license is for the Norton Security and not the deluxe version, you see the same UI with buttons for things that are not covered by your license like online backup, family safety, etc. Clicking on those buttons only opens up a prompt for you to upgrade your license! No thanks! don't throw stuff in my face, I bought the license that I want because that's all I want!
- After spending about 1 hour configuring all the settings and the firewall rules which was a very tedious task, I looked for a way to save all these settings like ESET and Avast allow you to save them in a single configuration file to load the back easily if you re-install but Norton doesn't have such a basic feature. Pathetic to say the least!
- Adding to the bloatware, it has a system optimizer that defrags your drives, even if you have an SSD, it will defragment it rather than running a TRIM command which the built in Windows Defragment & Optimize Drives Tool does.
- The uninstaller leaves tons of leftovers, even if you use their standalone Norton Install and Reinstall tool which has an uninstall option, if you search your registry, you will find 10s of Norton related entries and some of them are even protected and you can't delete them even though you've uninstalled the darn thing!
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@Papusan Speaking of ESET, have you the need for the new Deep Behaviour Analysis feature
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Published on 30. August 2019 by Günter Born
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I hope MSFT make native AppImage of MSO for Linux and I can say goodbye to Windows 10.
Antivirus Summary Report 2018
Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by Spartan@HIDevolution, Feb 7, 2019.