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Posted October 07, 2018
I need to purge my PC of possible viruses and I have no money to spare the moment.
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Posted October 07, 2018
Well stop clicking on dodgy porn links. Windows Defender does me fine, but I don't go clicking on juicy fanny pictures.
Posted October 07, 2018
I'd go with Kaspersky, they have a free version, now.

Windows defender seems to think it's normal to hog an entire CPU core every time any non Microsoft app does anything.
Posted October 07, 2018
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MegisED: I'd go with Kaspersky, they have a free version, now.

Windows defender seems to think it's normal to hog an entire CPU core every time any non Microsoft app does anything.
It's nowhere near that bad here.
Posted October 07, 2018
A large dose of common sense/an alternate operating system.

If you're really worried, you could use an antivirus boot disk, like the ClamAV boot disk, but then you'd have to deal with dreadful things like command lines.
Post edited October 07, 2018 by Darvond
Posted October 07, 2018
I like to use panda dome free version, isn't so hard on my old pc.
Posted October 07, 2018
"u cant hack me I got norton"

I just use Windows Defender + common sense + MalwareBytes.
Posted October 07, 2018
Avira + Malwarebytes. If you want something really low on resources then 360 Total Security.
Posted October 08, 2018
Windows Defender or MS Security Essentials (depending on your Windows version) as "real time protection".

MalwareBytes as "occasional scan" or "something's fishy".

And Brain 1.0.
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Lord_Kane: "u cant hack me I got norton"
I'm already hacked by Norton...

Yeah a shame what became of this once legendary company (Norton Commander ftw...)
Post edited October 08, 2018 by toxicTom
Posted October 08, 2018
What do you people think of Avast, it has real time,
boot-up scan, and reports say it declares te lowest amount of false positives,
or at least it did last year
Posted October 08, 2018
Same recommendation as PainOfSalvation: I've got Avira and Malwarebytes running on Windows 7 (both free editions).
Posted October 08, 2018
I'd recommend Malwarebytes as well.
Posted October 08, 2018
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jtef: What do you people think of Avast, it has real time,
boot-up scan, and reports say it declares te lowest amount of false positives,
or at least it did last year
I can't tell if this is a joke post or not. I switched from Avast last year or the year before because of the number of false positives it gave me. It was such a nuisance that it wasn't worth keeping. I got Kaspersky instead and have been loving it since.
Posted October 08, 2018
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jtef: What do you people think of Avast,
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paladin181: I can't tell if this is a joke post or not. I switched from Avast last year or the year before because of the number of false positives it gave me. It was such a nuisance that it wasn't worth keeping. I got Kaspersky instead and have been loving it since.
Not a joke, the said reports were on informatic magazines, could have been a somewhat paid comparision study,
or you could be a exceptional case (depends on what kind of file anyone works with),
But the kaspersky on the the other hand has been under suspicion for years, for what they do,
or what they backdoor on they programs
Posted October 08, 2018
AVG has the heuristics without the cumbersome user experience of Avast
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