General DiscussionAntivirus for Windows?

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MokujinMokujina few seconds ago
no, тhanк you

wow we got a new time now, "a few seconds ago" instead of "less than a minute ago"

Use anti vir, unlike other anti virus programs, it doesn't eat a shitton of ressources.

@Triplesteal
I should've added that I'm only looking for sensible suggestions

don't install free antivirus
ever

i tried this shit with eset just to make my mom feel like our computer is safe and tried to scan
meanwhile it deleted part of itself so it doesn't work at all but i can't get that shit off my computer either

@mokujin
are u trying to b8 me?

@arin
i used three free antiviruses afair, and two of them were good. not all the free software sucks.

now it's just a annoying icon that keeps telling me that my computer is endangered and when i click it and get to the menu, literally none of the buttons respond anyhow

also it causes my internet connection to come online like 2 mins after i turn on the computer (for those two minutes it pretends like everything is fine), pretty good shit when you get bluescreen in the middle of dota

I got Avira free Antivirus and it works fine with everything :)

Same I use Avira and it's fine

malwarebytes and MSE (they renamed it to windows defender, I think in win8)

^trust this guy, he has 50gb of illegal music on his pc but doesn't know what a virus looks like

I meant legal, obvs

i got caught when downloading videos :((((((( had to pay 300€ sadboy ggwp afk no re

^are u serious? how?

Eset Nod32

ROFL antivirus

Is this 'ROFL antivirus' any good?
I tried searching on Yahoo and couldn't find it.

german laws, used torrent, got fine for "sharing / uploading" movies/music. i was a kid ( and i still am, just a tad bit older ) and didnt use any vpn or shit.

hahhahahah

but hey at least my pc never got a virus 4head

Don't use any. Antiviruses are just as bad for your computer as viruses.

honestly i dont know how ppl can get virsues on their computer except when u download some retarded shit, keygens from youtube, follow random snoaoa.comii.us links or other shit.. its definetly avoidable i think

^Windows is avoidable too.

being a f3gg0t is avoidable

get a linux.

Common Sense 2015 works great for me, been using it awhile now. Never needed any other, never will because...

1. Browsing habits are good, don't know what it is don't do it, or click it.
2. Computers are like houses. If not maintain or cleaned it will be messy, and becomes pest ridden.
3. Use trusted downloading sources for products or simply ask. Google searching "Download X or Y" is an awful idea.
4. If you're using torrents, check comments and download only the file you need.
5. If anything is in .rar format it's an instant NO!

100% of viruses aren't even viruses, just bloatware, or phishing content which forces you to buy or further bloat your machine which can potentially lead to further issue if going unchecked.

I use CCleaner http://download.piriform.com/ccsetup510.exe to clean up my computer once every couple of weeks and its a good habit to check browser extenstions, and programs installed to make sure nothing has crept on without you knowing.

Worse cases you might have to download Malwarebytes to just do that deep clean if you're already deep in content phishing or malware.

EDIT: Most of the AV's above are as bad as the viruses themselves as they serve as bloatware for years in the chance that one day you might get something wrong. Just have better browsing habits and you won't need a virus program ever. Why buy into a cure for a disease you can avoid by being healthy.

Antivirus programs won't protect you from yourself and you can still get extremely bad bloatware because it's not technically a "virus" so it's not picked up as such.

Use adblocker which will help you making those mistake clicks that will cost you.

Thanks Havoc, I've been using CCleaner for some time now and it worked as intended.

I've never actually experienced any issues with viruses, imo even if it is not as useful as it is portrayed there is no real downside of having one.

It's just a precaution, i noticed my computer taking more time to do basic tasks, hence this thread

get malwarebytes antimalware;
the reason why antiviruses are considered bloatware is because they're constantly using ressources to scan your pc constantly, non stop. also they tend to deactivate a lot of windows features and use their housemade products which are usually worse.

Ctrl + Shift + ESC

1. Look at processes
2. Look at performance
3. Open your Resource Monitor
4. Look at services.msc vs what's running to see if you can switch some unneeded stuff off

Something is up that shouldn't be, sometimes you have things on your start-up you shouldn't

I have highlighted some stuff you can look around to see if smth is taking up loads of your resources. http://s30.postimg.org/ylo7c2x0h/Moku.png

Does the program 'Common Sense 2015' automatically come with 'ROFL antivirus'?

@Havoc, I'm on it!

Everything I want to advice to Mokujin already gets mentioned by Havoc Badger

RIP 4 paragraphs of computer jargon and well thought tips :'(

fucking havoc MVP as always

windows defender

don't use automatic anti virus. If you suspect you have a virus launch something like maleware bytes and do a one time scan, let it fix stuff, then turn it off. If you run something like AVG free version uninstall it after you are done. You don't need active anti virus unless you're a total idiot and click on every internet popup.

Hey Mokujin a tip from dogolini 2: Isn;t Windows Defender installed by default in Windows 8? Then a good registry cleaner should be enough.

My Windows came with some McAfee cancer, I don't recall seeing Windows Defender

microsoft security essentials/windows defender is alright, i once got a virus that basically desutroyed every file by inserting it's code in them, and windows defender easily found which files were affected and stopped it before it was too late

Le pirate face

is windwos defender any good? when i worked an internship in a local computer-repair shop (or however u'd call it) they kept joking about kaspersky and windows defender, about how shitty they both are.

LMAO

@Mokujin
I think McAfee comes with flash player.

Also disable windows updates (if you already installed some updates, it's too late, just let it be then).

MalwareBytes found nothing, it turned out that I had a bunch of unnecessary applications that ran on startup. Thanks for your input guys.

Yeah Soultrap, it updates periodically, it doesn't bother me though.

windows defender

BTW, what is best antivirus for Linux? You know, something that can scan Windows partition from Linux.

@Soultrap there are some disk utilities that come with linux but they can be tricky to use.

@Moku you should be able to disable these from starting up manually by using CCleaner or using the services in windows.

@everyone Windows defender is low profile and sufficient enough if you're really worried about issues.

I use no antivirus just don't be stupid, adblock plus your browser, don't click on emails that you don't know, don't click on links that you don't know. Never got a virus in 7 years.