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12-05-2018, 09:57 AM | #2 |
'Tis my eye!
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Avast got awful bloated for my tastes.
All of the family uses Windows and for them, I use Windows Defender built in to Windows 10. It isn't perfect but it works well enough and I just can't see dealing with 3rd party antivirus. I am all macOS now, so I don't use an active antivirus. I use Malwarebytes for weekly scanning. |
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12-05-2018, 10:27 AM | #3 |
Hey Loochy, I'm hooome!
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12-05-2018, 10:39 AM | #4 |
Ain't no relax!
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I still use Avast, but you're absolutely right it's gotten all bloated as **** and tries to do a dozen extra things it has no business doing. Like managing updates for apps, and VPN, and Safe Browser, etc. If you turn off everything except for the active file/web/behavior monitoring, it does fine and doesn't use up too many resources. But **** them for messing it up.
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12-05-2018, 11:01 AM | #5 | |
'Tis my eye!
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12-05-2018, 12:09 PM | #6 |
Supporter
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I use AVG [Internet Security] because I also use PCTuneup. Anyone know if AVG is deficient in any way.
My understanding is, at this point, the fundamentals of virus protection is pretty much uniform. Has anyone come up with something innovative or more secure, or less resource intensive, in the past couple years? Last edited by Baby Lee; 12-05-2018 at 02:46 PM.. |
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12-05-2018, 12:32 PM | #7 | |
'Tis my eye!
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12-05-2018, 02:05 PM | #8 |
Immanentize The Eschaton
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A dental dam and a bottle of hydrogen peroxide.
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12-05-2018, 02:08 PM | #9 |
Spiraling down the Drain
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12-05-2018, 02:37 PM | #10 |
My work speaks for itself!!!
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BitDefender seemed ok for the past year I've had it. Didnt bog my system down.
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12-05-2018, 02:53 PM | #11 |
Damn it feels good.
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Avast for me. It was probably one of you that turned me onto it. Was with AVG prior.
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12-06-2018, 02:01 AM | #12 |
Live free or die hard
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Linux & NoScript. Why would you not use windows defender just for sake of discussion?
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12-06-2018, 03:23 AM | #13 |
The Demon Preacher
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At this point I don't really worry about viruses. I'm super careful with what I download and let Windows Defender handle the rest.
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12-06-2018, 07:00 AM | #14 |
What's up braj?
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12-06-2018, 08:41 AM | #15 |
Plays to win the game!
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You don't need Antivirus, MalwareBytes and ADW will do the trick for you.
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