williamalex1
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Do I really need a separate antivirus program, won't Windows defender be enough protection ??
Antivirus question.
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GreiginFife
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It’s not a necessity but it’s a strong recommendation.
Windows defender is a pile of crap. Designed to be an all in one it’s not actually very good at any of it.
It’s about risk aperture at the end of the day. But I wouldn’t trust it for anything other than basic firewall defences.
Blue in Munich
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The old adages about "Buy cheap, buy twice'" or "You never get owt for nowt" come to mind.
Avg ?
williamalex1
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I have the AVG free version and have tried Avast but I think they're causing my PC to run slow.
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They won’t be causing your PC to run slow if installed properly - a decent anti virus doesn’t affect the performance of your Pc - just turn off defender and use Avast
PJ87
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I hadn't had windows for 10 years got a new laptop before Xmas which is windows so asked My mate who works in counter hacking and it security
He said the built in stuff is fine now days anything else will just slow your pc
He said the built in stuff is fine now days anything else will just slow your pc
PhilTheFragger
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Billy boy
You should only have one anti virus program on your pc as they fight
AVG free is good enough, you only need to pay for one if you want to get rid of the annoying ads asking you to “upgrade” to the professional ( paid for) version
You should only have one anti virus program on your pc as they fight
AVG free is good enough, you only need to pay for one if you want to get rid of the annoying ads asking you to “upgrade” to the professional ( paid for) version
nickjdavis
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Have you turned off Defender?
Anti virus software doesnt like to compete with other anti-virus software
spongebob59
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CC cleaner (free) does the same thing now so much now that Ive uninstalled it today
williamalex1
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Cheers guys I'll turn off defender, I uninstalled Avast, AVG wouldn't let me uninstall so it's still running.
Just noticed Malwarebytes was already on the PC when I got it 2nd hand
Just noticed Malwarebytes was already on the PC when I got it 2nd hand
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As long as either avast or avg are running on their own that will be fine. The advice given by the others is spot on.
williamalex1
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What about the Malwarebytes ?
PhilTheFragger
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Malwarebytes is anti spyware, which is different to Anti Virus
It’s ok to have both
It’s ok to have both
Bunkermagnet
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You can't uninstall an antivirus if it's running in the background.
FWIW, I use Eset Nod32. For something as serious as anti virus protection the small fee for the license is worth every penny. It's also very light on my system.
SocketRocket
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I've used AVG for many years and it seems very good. I now also use Duckduckgo as a browser and it's stoped all the rubbish that goes with Google etc, it now has a facility to use one of their email addresses when registering for websites and they remove any trackers before forwarding the message to your normal email address.
