joshkmartinez Posted May 28, 2017 ID:1131002 Share Posted May 28, 2017 What is the best FREE full protection anti-virus out there? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddel Posted May 28, 2017 ID:1131004 Share Posted May 28, 2017 There is no BEST solution. Just try a couple of apps, such as Avira, BitDefender Free, Avast etc. to find out what's best for YOU. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porthos Posted May 29, 2017 ID:1131139 Share Posted May 29, 2017 (edited) As a general forum principle, we neither endorse nor critique specific AV choices. That's because this forum is owned and operated by Malwarebytes Corporation, and they work closely with other security software publishers. It would, therefore, be "tacky" and inappropriate to recommend one product over another. MSE (aka Defender in Win 8/8.1/10) has its fans and its detractors. It's probably "as good as" any other free, antivirus. Regarding the "Free" AVs, you might find this post from an MS MVP and security expert interesting or helpful: http://www.bleepingc...s/#entry3781476 However, there is no one "best" AV to suit all computers, users, and budgets. If you search the forum here (and any of the reputable computer security forums), you'll find many, many threads about this. Here are a few links with helpful information: The complexity of finding, preventing, and cleanup from malware So how did I get infected in the first place? How did I get infected? Answers to common security questions - Best Practices List of well known antivirus products Six tips to help you stay safer online Edited May 29, 2017 by Porthos Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshkmartinez Posted May 29, 2017 Author ID:1131260 Share Posted May 29, 2017 I see how this would be tricky. Thanks for all of the info and links. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ipkpjersi Posted June 3, 2017 ID:1132842 Share Posted June 3, 2017 You could always look at http://av-comparatives.org to compare Anti-Virus software however they usually compare paid versions. You can still get a good idea of how different products compare, though. I've always had good luck with Avira FWIW. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staticguy Posted June 3, 2017 ID:1132852 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Generally its totally upon the user and other users can't convince that he/she should use this that antivirus. No antivirus is 100% antivirus proof. As for me, I have used many free and paid antivirus, Microsoft Security Essentials, McAfee, Norton, Panda Cloud Antivirus Free Edition, McAfee, AVG Free, Avast Free, Trend Micro and in the past years I have used all of those on and off and finally I sticked to two antivirus. For my desktop i sticked to Avast Free and my laptop that I am writing this on i sticked to Trend Micro. I haven't used BitDefender Free and Avira, but I have heared that those to are pretty good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin AdvancedSetup Posted June 4, 2017 Root Admin ID:1132918 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Here is a list of known antivirus products over on the Wikipedia site. Comparison of antivirus software There are quite a few. This is in no way an endorsement by the Malwarebytes Corporation but is an opinion of a few Security Experts that if one of these antivirus vendors are not detecting a file as infected then it's either a very new zero-day unkown infection or potentially a false positive.Symantec/Norton Kaspersky ESET-NOD32 BitDefender McAfee There are certainly many other good antivirus products out there and again this is only the opinion of some Security Experts we've spoken with. These are also good well known antivirus products in alphabetic order. Avast AntiVir AVG DrWeb Sophos TrendMicro If you really want to discuss antivirus and other security products in more detail then the Wilders Security Forums is an excellent resource to do so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshkmartinez Posted June 4, 2017 Author ID:1132982 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Thanks for the suggestions! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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