People that pay for overpriced antiviruses vs people that use microsoft defender antivirus
People that pay for overpriced antiviruses vs people that use microsoft defender antivirus
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Every paid third party anti-virus (Norton, McAfee, etc.) just takes advantage of people that lack computer literacy. They fearmonger them into thinking their computer and all their valuable data will instantly be stolen by “hackers” (insert picture of a guy in a hood with green 1s and 0s floating around him) the second they use a computer without their software installed.
Malwarebytes. It is the way.
Best Buy almost always has a yearly subscription to either Bitdefender or ESET NOD32 on sale, for roughly $20 or $30 here in Canada. I don’t get much use out of it myself, but I install it on my parents’ devices because I honestly can’t trust them not to click on some unhinged ad and install whatever .exe downloads from it.
Wait you guys are using something besides windows defender? First step for me getting a new computer is removing Norton/mcaffee and all the other bloatware they come with.
When I was on tech support for a major high street electronics company, people would often phone in with issues on brand new computers.
Norton was a nightmare. It was pre-installed (as the installer), but with prominent advertising urging people to activate it. When they did, it was likely to cause problems, not least by slowing the lower spec PCs to a standstill . Removing it could be a bigger issue (at one point, there was a hidden Norton uninstaller we could direct people to to achieve that). One particular install option actually took over the boot process, and that one was the worst of the lot, because it sometimes ‘bricked’ the machine, requiring a complete reinstall.
I used to tell people who hadn’t installed it to remove the installer program and download AVG Free instead (this was over 20 years ago, you understand).
On a separate note, I get almost daily spam in my spam folder telling me my payment for several thousand dollars to renew Norton (or McAfee) has been successful.
Yeah, right. Norton has never been within a million miles of any of my PCs (and McAfee hasn’t been there for over 20).
Defender, Malwarebytes for spot scans, and UBlock for Internet browsing. All you need EVER.
Honestly if your smart and
1. Don’t pirate games
2. Don’t allow notifications on websites
3. Only download known applications
4. Be careful on links you press
5. Be careful on what download button your hitting on websites like DDU
You’ll be fine without an anti-virus
All you really need is common sense and an adblocker, every computer virus that a friend of mine has gotten over the last decade or so has come from an ad (that they accidentally clicked on)…
Uses a operating system that can’t run the malware (Unless you use wine)
Laughs in Linux
Been using Kaspersky for blocking data tracking on pc (MS search, apps, etc). Ublock origin does it only within browser and would be great if they introduced something for desktop.
That being said, defender works only when you stay away from fishy sites imo.
Many people have virus’s and don’t even know it. (not all make themselves known like what you’re used to like back in the day) I’m always pretty cautious but I slip up sometimes and my Kaspersky Russian av saved me a couple times. Windows defender doesn’t even acknowledge the virus lol. Plus I get a free unlimited vpn and its pretty cheap if you get it on black Friday. Even if it only saves you 1 time in 10 years its worth it now a days
Live on the edge and totally disable Defender with a script.
I’d even disable defender. For the average consumer like me there is not much if any valuable data that is worth protecting worst case scenario I’d just have to format my pc and redownload everything
echo “Laughs in Linux!”
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