Also please list your security setup
Mine is:
ESET NOD32 Antivirus (real time)
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (on demand)
SUPERAntiSpyware (on demand, only use it to get rid of tracking cookies in the browser as it's no good for real malware removal)
Custom hosts file which blocks telmetry, Open Candy, SouceForge, and a few other bad sites
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McAfee Total Protection
Malwarebytes on demand
Browser
Privacy Badger
Canvas Blocker-New Cookie-Canvas Fingerprint thru HTML 5 and Java Script
Happy New Year
Cheers
3fees
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HP Pavilion 17" Windows 10 Pro AMD Elite A10-5750M-8750G-APU,Micron-Crucial Ballistix Sport- 16GB DDR3L- 1866Mhz , Samsung Pro SSD
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I have previously used Kaspersky & Norton. Currently, I use Avira.
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McAfee security suite, MalwareBytes, and SuperAntiSpyware. Would never use any other.
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Sophos Home and HitmanPro.Alert
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Avast Free Version for a few years now. Nice and light footprint on the machines and it can be configured to just run the File/Mail &Web shields.
Will upgrade to Pro once I sort my machine out the way I like it.
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Sophos Endpoint, as provided by my school. It works really well
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Installed Malwarebytes on a couple of machines today and I'm pleased to say mine were 'clean' which was pleasing.
Mentioned it to colleagues and it didn't go so well for one of them, especially those who use 'Imgburn' it seems.
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Using Windows Defender in Windows 10 along with Malwarebytes Free (on-demand).
Been using MSE + MBAM Free on Windows 7 just before that.
Both have been and continue to be virus and malware free.
Btw... I never understood low MSE scores because I never had virus or other issues going through my MSE in Windows 7 (because it actually caught stuff on other people's computers that most commercial 'high scoring' AV software missed) - I verified this after scanning the OS with third party software such as Avast and Nod32 (both of which came up clean).
Also, Windows Defender apparently underwent through revisions which vastly improved its recent AV test scores, so I guess that's an extra 'bonus' for me, though I wasn't really paying that much attention to AV test scores beyond having them for general guidance (and how relatively misguided they seemed when it came to MSE). -
Personally, I think good firewall is more important than anti virus program. Unless the virus is programmed just for sports to blindly destroy user data, any other type of virus would require some kind of internet connection, to send data or receive instructions. Cut that data exchange and most viruses are pointless.
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Maybe we should go back? Instead of answering "do you want CCleaner.exe to run on your computer" for 100 time yes, maybe we should be answering firewall popups "do you want MS telemetry to be send to internet"?
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I change every so often. Current running the following:
Windows setup:
-Avira Free
-Malwarebytes Free
-Default Windows firewall
-(Chrome) Ghostery and ABP
Linux setup:
-Default distro firewall
-(Chrome) Ghostery and ABP
Really though, there's not much of a point running AV (especially paid-for) if you keep due diligence, don't visit sketchy websites, and disable unneeded/untrusted scripting on webpages. A lot of attacks these days are social engineering based, so as long as you keep aware of such scams and tricks, you should be fine.Spartan@HIDevolution likes this. -
No option for "none" in the list?
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Avast and MalwareBytes Free are good enough for me.
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On a side note, I just switched to Trend Micro Antivirus+ Security, super light, 0 false positives. Has a nice Windows and social media vulnerability scanner which scanned my profile profile and alerted me about security concerns that I had like having my posts viewable to the public and whatnot. I really like it, it performs the social media scan and and gives you one button to fix all security concerns. It fixed both my Facebook security issues and my Internet Explorer settings (even though I don't use IE but still why not)
What I like most about it is that you set it and forget it, no popups, no false positives, it did not interfere with my system or prevent my VPN from working.
Trend Micro was one of the heavier AV programs 2 years back but since last year, they did a complete overhaul of their AV and it became very light with an awesome user interface.
My ASUS RT-AC5300 also has built in protection from Trend Micro that would catch any virus before it reaches any device connected to it like cell phones, tablets, etc so that's a nice layer of extra protection.
I did a test with wPRIME before/after installing Trend Micro and the performance hit was only 0.1 seconds which is negligible
I highly suggest you try the trial demo, it has no nags to upgrade or buy it like Kaspersky keeps nagging upon every restart when you install the trial. Additionally, when you do purchase the license, the 30 days license from the trial gets added to your new license so you get a free month on your newly purchased license.
I will post the link to the AV only installer as I had trouble getting it at first, the downloader on their site was insisting to download the full suite Max Security which I didn't want. I only go for the lean and mean AV always. Hate the extra bloat from the suites.
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Dang, bro. You change antivirus as often as some people change their underwear. (OK, hopefully that's not actually true... that would really stink... literally.)
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Secondly, the performance impact of an AV is very important for me because it determines how well / fast my system runs, IMHO, the AV is as important as choosing a good CPU/RAM/GPU because it directly impacts performance, so I am always on the hunt for finding the best balance between security / light or no performance impact. -
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I gave up on it for different reasons although rather quickly as well.
For one it forced me to uninstall Spybot even though there is no proven incompatibility between the two. Off course it can be re-installed later but I'm annoyed by such actions.
Secondly - even though I unchecked the setting that was supposed to delete detected threats immediately, it still deleted files during system scan without asking for permission. I assumed that un-checking "delete immediately" implies "ask before deleting" - apparently not.
Thirdly - with TrendMicro and Outpost firewall running I was unable to launch any of the browsers. Having uninstalled TM I can launch browsers again (Outpost is still on).
There were some other incompatibility issues between Outpost and TrendMicro (which left a mess even after both applications have been uninstalled) but I can't put the blame on either of them.
Scanning speed was definitely brilliant although RAM usage was not (some 130MB while doing nothing).
And not I have a ton of issues to fix and things to re-install because files got deleted during scan even though they shouldn't have been being neither threats nor TM being allowed to delete them.Mr. Fox likes this. -
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I feel that these AVs are interfering way too much with systems I'd rather just use Windows Defender with the PUP reg trick and call it a day, then rerun MBAM on demand for any suspicious files.
PS: I have a lifetime license for MBAM Premium, I don't know, do you think it would slow down my system if I use it in conjunction with Windows Defender and set exclusions in both apps or better to keep doing things that way I am, Windows Defender for active protection and MBAM on demand scans? -
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Agnitum Support
http://www.agnitum.com/index.php
"In December 2015 Yandex acquired Agnitum software technology. These technologies will now be used to protect users of Yandex Browser. As a result of the acquisition, Agnitum terminates direct and partner sales of the Outpost product line. Agnitum will provide antivirus base updates, bug fixing and technical support until December 31, 2016."
https://browser.yandex.com/desktop/main/
The Wiki entries haven't been updated.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yandex_Browser
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@hmscott That's true, which is a shame because as firewalls go this one was advanced as hell. You could control everything at any level. It can still be used for a while - it's a firewall after all, not an antivirus so it does not depend on definition updates, but its lifetime is very limited.
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I was surprised to see praise for TrendMicro and then I was not surprised to see that praise quickly fade. They haven't made a decent product since somewhere around 2007. Their HouseCall online scanner is a good secondary solution to a local scan in case your solution might have missed something but other than that, you might as well be using Norton or McAfee.
I hadn't run MBAM in like a year and ran it the other day - 2990 PUPs. How does that happen on a machine that was pretty much just used for Steam?! -_-Spartan@HIDevolution and Mr. Fox like this. -
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Bitdefender has done the same by the way.
The companies offering AV only are becoming less and less now
It's either bloat, or they throw in a bunch of icons in the main GUI that when you click on, only prompts you to upgrade to a higher suite, Norton Security, BullGuard, and Webroot SecureAnywhere does this.
I chose the AV only because that's all I need, stop throwing your garbage at me if I wanted a higher suite I would've bought it. very sad what we have come to...
I was the #1 person to bash Windows Defender and anyone who uses it. I used to call it Windows Pretender as it sits there doing nothing (protection wise, but it has improved so much recently and now with added PUP protection with a reg hack. Best of all it doesn't nag you about subscriptions, ads, special offers, or whatnot. It also doesn't have HTTP scanning which I personally dislike since it slows my internet down.
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Currently I use:
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (gotten from and recommended by my work)
Windows Firewall
Malwarebytes Antimalware Premium Lifetime License
<edit> Uninstalled McAfee (too many issues). Back to Avast Free, and just installed a nice firewall from GlasswireLast edited: May 16, 2016
What Antivirus/Internet Security do you run?
Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by Spartan@HIDevolution, Dec 31, 2015.