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    Posted: 03 May 2018 at 10:32am
What Anti virus do you guys all use?
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I've been using Avast's free edition for several years. I think ESET is pretty popular on the forum though. 

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I am using Avast on 2 Windows machines I have and have never had a problem...
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Avast premium...
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MSEssentials AND never click on sites I don't know or dl crap. You are the first line of defense.
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Kaspersky internet suite. I haven't had any catastrophic viruses yet and I do visit and DL questionable stuff. Although I have an imaged SSD and USB HD backups just in case.
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Originally posted by Alci

Kaspersky internet suite. I haven't had any catastrophic viruses yet and I do visit and DL questionable stuff. Although I have an imaged SSD and USB HD backups just in case.
Since the Kaspersky fueled NSA data breach last year I have stayed as far away from them as possible.

But this is just me.
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ESET and Malwarebytes Premium and now use a VPN. Also changed my EMAIL provider to Hushmail which is excellent. I was hacked through the Equifax breach last year and it was horrific.
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Originally posted by oldlady RPGer

ESET and Malwarebytes Premium and now use a VPN. Also changed my EMAIL provider to Hushmail which is excellent. I was hacked through the Equifax breach last year and it was horrific.


I have a Hushmail account also. Thought I dont use it much..i keep it...
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I have been using Norton for some years now. Its good when your subscription is active, but if you forget to renew it then it has a funny way of reminding you.
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Originally posted by Jerrar

I have been using Norton for some years now. Its good when your subscription is active, but if you forget to renew it then it has a funny way of reminding you.


Norton? No. Too big, too intrusive, too much hassle. But then again that's just the opinion of most gamers. Maybe I shouldn't generalize, but I, for one, am not a fan.
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I have Avast on my Lenovo. I'm also looking for my iMac. It has been infected by virus.
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I use BitDefender
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I use a combo of things. main AV is actually just good ol' defender. I use Malwarebytes and I also use ccleaner for my routine "cleaning up" tasks. I know ccleaner isn't an AV but its part of my routine.

Discipline and keeping on top of maintenance tasks like keeping things update, running scans often, etc. is going to protect you more than any "magic super brand" of AV product out there -- I don't care who says otherwise. Especially the discipline part....that's watching what you do with your pc in the first place..don't open unfamiliar emails, don't go to suspicious websites, etc. etc.

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