Antivirus on Windows 10

Mr.Orb · 30 Oct 2016 at 18:22

Hi

Very, very long time since I last posted here.

I'm getting back in to the Windows game since moving to Mac around 10 years ago and wondered what is the deal with antivirus software these days?

Do you still need 3rd party software or is the built in defender good enough?

Thanks

KIA · 30 Oct 2016 at 19:13

Use the built-in solution.

The1nonly1 · 30 Oct 2016 at 21:51

If you know what you are doing on the Internet and computers in general. Defender is fine.

wedrum · 30 Oct 2016 at 21:51

i use avast or bitdefender

theforce · 30 Oct 2016 at 23:19

You could also try Bitdefender free which is more effective than the built-in solution. It's doesn't offer extensive control like other free solutions but is light on resources and only intrudes when it finds something.

gpuerrilla · 31 Oct 2016 at 09:09

theforce said:
You could also try Bitdefender free which is more effective than the built-in solution. It's doesn't offer extensive control like other free solutions but is light on resources and only intrudes when it finds something.

Very true a good simple solution. Only negative, and a few other free AV are guilty is you cannot enter exclusions or tweak the behaviour. This irritated me as I regularly use 3rd party tools which can trigger false positives - I dont want them quaranteened or deleted.

So far the best that offers some leeway is Panda. I will try Sophos soon but it wouldnt install on my main rig.

RavenXXX2 · 31 Oct 2016 at 09:54

Avira.

pastymuncher · 31 Oct 2016 at 10:59

I have Eset Smart Security on all of my pc's and it has given me no problems at all. You can pick it up on the likes of G2A.com for £5-6 and every one I have bought has been for 18 months of cover.

FTM · 31 Oct 2016 at 15:52

I use bitdefender as well...its always available on offer somewhere

Mr.Orb · 31 Oct 2016 at 16:20

Thanks all, I'll check out Bitdefender.

wiiija · 31 Oct 2016 at 16:29

I just use windows defender, I don't feel the need for anything more, I VERY occasionally run an online check just for peace of mind and have never had a problem.

Rannoch · 31 Oct 2016 at 17:05

I use Kaspersky or Bitdefender on many machines. Malwarebytes also. You can get a 5 user Kaspersky licence on the Rainforest for a great price.

ScoTTyBEEE · 1 Nov 2016 at 08:21

Sophos is free for home use now. If I didn't get Kaspersky free through Barclays I'd use this:

https://home.sophos.com/reg

linktoinsanity · 1 Nov 2016 at 13:17

I use Avast. I believe MS has got better detection-wise, the best defense is always educating the user, though it helps to have some form of defense in the background as well.

Casdawer · 1 Nov 2016 at 14:10

ScoTTyBEEE said:
Sophos is free for home use now. If I didn't get Kaspersky free through Barclays I'd use this:

https://home.sophos.com/reg

Sophos Home user here, it's a great AV and allows me to manage all my endpoints centrally on the cloud.

jpaul · 1 Nov 2016 at 15:49

With Sophos are the memory resources reasonable. ?

Have been using Avira for 4 years and its real time scanner avguard.exe regularly sits at 700MB so I am ready to try something new.

Real time scanning exist in Sophos too I see

For real-time scanning, the following options are enabled:

Scan on read
Scan on write
Scan system memory
Scan remote files
Automatically clean up malware (if clean-up fails, then deny access)
Detect malicious behavior (HIPS)
Detect network traffic to command and control servers
Block access to malicious websites
Scan downloads in progress
Detect low-reputation files
Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA) scanning
PUAs are blocked by default. Once detected you will need to either authorize the application in policy or clean up the application from the Dashboard.
Scans executable files (does not unnecessarily scan files which cannot infect a computer)
Sophos Live Protection

Like Avira this behaviour is intrusive looking at read/writes of all processes, but seems as though it could be useful.
For those suggesting Microsoft option I am not sure it had anything similar ? so I would (wrongly ?) discard it on that basis.

Elevon · 1 Nov 2016 at 16:01

Vargas said:
I use Kaspersky or Bitdefender on many machines. Malwarebytes also. You can get a 5 user Kaspersky licence on the Rainforest for a great price.

I purchased Bitdefender Total Security 2016, three years multi licence for £8, last week I upgraded it to Bitdefender Total Security 2017(free upgrade), no issues and brilliant AV, never really know it's there and yes works great with Win10, better detection, a lot more options and features then Defender, plus very light on CPU usage.

kthula666 · 1 Nov 2016 at 22:31

Used Eset Smart Security for years over 4 pc's and will continue to do so. Never given me any problems and pops up when when it doing its stuff. Recommended.

Stoner81 · 3 Nov 2016 at 13:43

Another vote for Eset here, flat out won't use anything else. I do find it a bit twitchy for home networking but other than that no issues to speak of.

Stoner81.

Casdawer · 3 Nov 2016 at 14:06

jpaul said:
With Sophos are the memory resources reasonable. ?

I've never noticed any performance degradation during scheduled scans or on-demand scanning.