Which Anti-virus/malware prog on Win10?

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Pretty much as the title, which antivirus/malware program would people recommend on Win 10? I've used Kaspersky for a while and just wondering if this is still one of the better ones or if there is something better out there.

Ta muchly.
 
I use the built in one.
Before windows 10 I used windows security essentials.
They have always protected me even when going to specialist sites to run evaluation programs ;)
This is confirmed with specialist software
 
I've been using Eset Nod 32 for a few years now backed up with Malwarebytes and that combination has never failed me
 
neil_g said:
i would not put any faith in MSE/Defender, it performs particularly poorly in detection tests (ignoring the ones that MS got AV Comparatives to tweek the test in their favour).
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Neil, would you have any links to such tests (the proper ones not the frigged ones ;)). Ta.
 
If you have a Barclays bank account then Kaspersky is free...been using it for years and a virus or "attack" hasn't got through so far.
 
I also use Avast Free but only the file detect part of it as I have found that the whole suite causes my PC to run slow.

Having said that I am on a very slow Three dongle - ok for surfing but quite slow - but fairly cheap.

I also use Windows firewall with all remote access turned off etc and only use VMs for surfing and almost everything else.
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PaulButler said:
Pretty much as the title, which antivirus/malware program would people recommend on Win 10? I've used Kaspersky for a while and just wondering if this is still one of the better ones or if there is something better out there.

Ta muchly.
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Hard to beat Kaspersky IMO, works well on Win 10 now the upgrade is available.
 
Windos 10, Kaspersky free from Barclays and Malwarebytes free here, no problems
 
afasoas said:
Not recommending Kaspersky at the minute:
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Why?

This has been resolved - Kaspersky issued a fix within 24 hours

Bugs & exploits are found in products on a daily basis, it is how a company reacts to a threat that counts, in Kaspersky's case instantaneously
 
Granted, the patch was rolled within 24 hours and that was good news. It's more the nature of the vulnerability that's alarming. It also shows Kaspersky's internal testing is not stringent enough.

AV Software breaks many security conventions in order to do what it does, and I posted a paper somewhere here last year that exposed serious flaws affecting nearly all of the big name AV vendors. The AV industry is very slow moving when it comes to security.
 
just a quick question for all you using 2 AVs; are they both running together or do you just use, for example, malewarebytes for scanning?
 
Malware bytes is different to antivirus and designed to work alongside it
 
The only virus stuff I run is whatever Microsoft impose on me. Not seen the need for anything else since Windows 7 came along.
 
I've paid my money towards the ESET Multi-Device pack today. Running the trial again on Windows 10 and it picked up 7 nasties that Defender just ignored. I also ran Panda which ruined my internet connectivity and doesn't scale well for a UHD.
 
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