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Need a new computer anti virus software program
Bubba Jr.
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I've been looking all evening for a new anti-virus program and it seems like all of them suck that I've been able to find reviews on.
Any suggestions on an easy to use program that offers the protection and actually does what it says it will.
Thanks, Joe
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Look at Norton 360
I use McAfee. I have been using it for years and so far good.
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I've been using Trend Micro for years and have had zero issues. It's not free, but each subscription allows you to protect 5 devices. Works great!
I like Webroot too.
I use Trend Micro on my servers and it's pretty hard to beat for enterprise things like Exchange and Active Directory.
For a simple desktop box I used Avast. Pretty much unbreakable and refreshes itself regularly.
I have been using Windows Defender for the last 4 years after my paid subscription to Norton expired. I have had no problems with W\D and it is FREE.
Avast
These days, you don't much need an antivirus program. Hackers have moved along from planting malware to phishing schemes that ferret out your important identity data. Good password protocol is MUCH more important than anti-virus.
If you use Windows, Defender is good on its own and the free version of Malwarebytes will knock out anything that does get by. If you insist on having an antivirus, the free version of Avast! is more than good enough.
The absolute worst things to have on your computer are anything from Norton or McAfee. Both are huge resource hogs and implant stuff deep in your root files that you can never get rid of.
For password use, I have used RoboForm for decades now. It's a paid program, but it does SO much more than just generate and store passwords. And it syncs to all the common browsers so all your stuff can be on all your devices. I hear good things about the free Keypass also but have never used it.
Agree, Norton is a hog. Matter fact agree with Rocky 100%. I have used Kaspersky for about five years now W/O problem. Will probably cancel next time around. Price went up.------------Ray
Longtime readers will marvel that I did not mention Linux in that post. Frankly, I've realized that most people simply are so afraid of trying something new that they'll stick with the devil they know, namely Windows.
But, a Linux machine with a good password manager is about as safe from intrusion as a computer can get.
LOL I was in awe, well until I read your second post and said to myself, there it is!
Avast.
My most recent program was Norton360. I paid the renewal, they accepted the charge, then they turned off my access to it. I called them and they couldn't find me in their files. This was after having them for over 2 years. I've had McAfee, was not impressed, I recently tried another program and it slowed down my computer so bad that I deleted it.
I'm very tempted to try Linux, but I need to do some research first.
Thanks, everyone.
Joe
Yep, quite the Fauchi! Don
I have a question for Rocky. Will Linux support all the windoze programs that I have, or will I have to replace them with similar Linux distributions?
Thanks, Joe
Joe, I can't answer that without knowing which programs you mean. If you are using Adobe stuff, no. But if you mean common programs like Office, Photoshop, Outlook and such, most Linux programs like Mint come with substitutes included. Libre Office, for example, will read and even save documents in any MS format.
Then there's Wine, which is a kind of go-between that translates many Windows programs to run in Linux. I use Wine to run Quicken, for example. I had only two Windows programs that I wanted to use, and Wine runs them both.
My advice, as always, is to put Linux Mint on a USB stick and test drive it from there without making any changes to your system. Full instruction at the Mint website. and many videos on YouTube also.
https://linuxmint.com/
I've used Norton, McAfee, and a few others. They all slowed down the performance of my computer significantly. Every so often they would brag to me how they caught something and protected me from it. . . I don't know if that was true or not. A couple of years ago, I dumped them all. I've had zero virus issues since. A friend who owns a computer repair business says tht as long as you are using Windows 10, that's all you need.
Getting Norton off of your computer once you fire them is quite an endeavor!
About 2 years after I thought I had them completely booted, I found they were still in my background files taking up valuable space. While deleting, the pop ups came on about how they continue to keep my computer safe and it took some doing to get them out!
I have concluded that Norton IS A VIRUS
Well, I tried to download Linux Mint on my thumb drive and my confuser and they failed to download on either one. Then I looked into making changes to the security programs already in my windoze 10 and found a tutorial on what to change, activate, delete, etc. I thank all of you for your suggestions, especially Rocky for trying to get me linked up with Linux, Sorry it didn't work out.
Joe
Did you follow the instructions for making a bootable stick? You can't just download and run a *.iso package like you would a Windows *.exe one. Read the instructions.