Do you use : No Antivirus , FREE Antivirus , or PAID Antivirus and why?

[vesp3r]

I like Bitdefender FREE and Trend Micro paid.

tried Bitdefender Free but kinda not liking it. Crashes whenever I start games, also make them lag alot untill it finally crash. No option (as i saw) for manual scan or add exceptions... did not see any quarantine...
Open for suggestions...

 

[spooky2th]

Comodo, has free Internet Security and a free firewall too.

https/www.comodo.com/products/free-products.php

 

[vesp3r]

Comodo gave me a BSoD on install >< now checking up AVG as i use it on my phone too and it doesnt seem as bad as i used to believe

 

[Stellla]

I am currently using AVStrike Antivirus for Windows and its working pretty good till now. It is equipped with effective antibot protection, browser tracking blocker, Website safety advisor & other interesting features.

 

[drumrocker365]

Paid. Had my fare share of free stuff. All the free stuff seems good at first, then I always end up with a virus. Since I switched to Bitdefender Anti-virus Plus, I've had no issues.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

I AGREE Bitdefender is a decent paid choice , I'm currently using Trend Micro Premium , very light on resources.

 

[spooky2th]

I AGREE Bitdefender is a decent paid choice , I'm currently using Trend Micro Premium , very light on resources.

With that system you have, I bet not even a resource hog, protection software suite will affect your comp.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Very true , but it does run very light.
Silent updates.

 

[woolyback]

I've been quite happy with Adaware free, If I get paranoid I sometimes use that housecall.trendmicro online scanner just to doublecheck

 

[Guest]

hey all, I used to use adaware free 11 I believe whichever the latest one is and it seemed to do ok. I never had any issues at all and it had lots of features for a free antivirus. I just didn't like the fact that I had to set up an account to keep using it that was my only complaint as with the rest that require you to do that.
the poorguy

 

[Guest]

hey all, this was already said in an earlier post but I thought it was worth saying again a good web search site that believes in privacy is called DuckDuckGo and I use it and like it because of that reason. doesn't track cookies and doesn't have advertisement on what I search for and it is also open source which I am into.
the poorguy

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Android has the new Ghostery Browser and it uses Duck Duck , great browser on the Android Platform.

 

[Guest]

it is a good browser on any platform. it seems to locate all of my searchs.
the poorguy

 

[Turb0Yoda]

I'm still using the Free Avast, paired with Malwarebytes and Spybot SSD.. and Junkware Removal Tool and a couple of other odds and ends.. I used Ghostery, and I forget why I uninstalled it, but Adblock+ works just fine so far. Although, I'm at 62% RAM usage at 4 gigs total with Chrome open(Just for Toms 😛)

@PoorGuy. I set up a VPN + Tor + DuckDuckGo Plus I have a nightly dump of cookies and whatnot if they save... I'm somewhat paranoid

EDIT: Closed a lot of misc stuff and I'm at 39% used of basic windows + Avast in Taskmanager.. 64 bit win 7... PC specs are below in my sig, I'd advise not to click as you may be blinded by how old it is 😛

 

[Guest]

yeah ain't nothin wrong with being somewhat paranoid. who really knows if websites really honor what they preach. hell i trust no one or very few, you have to be that way anymore and i have nothing to hide it is just something i have always done. we can thank google, hell they are always eaves dropping on someone. thought about doing the linux tails for moble anyway don't want to go off topic.
the poorguy

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

I use Antivirus on all my devices.

 

[Guest]

hey SR-71 Blackbird, i also use antivirus on all of my main desktop boxes. i do have 1 desktop that i don't have any antivirus on just for something to keep my web habits honed as to be safe and so far so good not a virus in 2 years. if i do get 1 it ain't no thing i will just wipe it and start again. made it that way just because i could and don't do anything but web search on it. like my freeware though,ain't found no good deals like alot of you guys seem to have found.
the poorguy

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832355107&cm_re=antivirus_software-_-32-355-107-_-Product

Kaspersky Multi- Device 2015 5 User - Download
+ USD $50 off w/ promo code EMCAPKX74, ends 3/25

$19.99 for 5 devices. 😀

 

[Guest]

hey SR-71 Blackbird,thanks i will check into that.
the poorguy

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Your welcome!