Best antiviruses?

[beachbum111111]

Just had some concerning issues with my computer and Malwarebytes isn't picking anything up. What other antiviruses do you recommend?

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[Master Matthew²]

Common Sense

[sorrel]

Avast? Avira?

[randomtroll39]

Common Sense

I assume that wouldn't work well for you

[Big Brøther]

Common Sense

Wow, I'm impressed with your savvy tech skills. So you don't use an anti-virus at all?

[NotBomberguy]

navasield, panda AV, Norton, pc optimizer pro
srsly tho, just use avast or something

[Super Suit 12]

Common Sense

That only works if you decide to never go on the internet. There's stuff on perfectly legit websites that the website owners don't have control over that can give you viruses. I've not been on any sketchy sites and Avast picked something up just a while ago on the forums. Don't even know what it was, just something about an image. Might've been another site in the background but again, I wasn't on a sketchy site.

I use avast and would like to switch though

[beachbum111111]

Common Sense

>common sense
>Master Mathew

[Doctor Disco]

I paid for ByteFence, it's pretty nice. Yearly subscription and it gets rid of most stuff. Blocked unwanted adware from installing before it got to that point when I was trying to get something else. Ironic since, the program itself comes as that in some files.

[beachbum111111]

Oh yeah when I said I had issues I mean this



It magically stopped after reaching a critical point but I would be kidding myself if I thought the viruses were gone

[Steve5451²]

That only works if you decide to never go on the internet. There's stuff on perfectly legit websites that the website owners don't have control over that can give you viruses. I've not been on any sketchy sites and Avast picked something up just a while ago on the forums. Don't even know what it was, just something about an image. Might've been another site in the background but again, I wasn't on a sketchy site.

I use avast and would like to switch though

you have to run an executable or approve a java applet to get a virus. simply visiting a website won't give you a virus unless you're using an ancient version of internet explorer that's vulnerable to activex exploits.

[MoltenKitten]

Anyone who says common sense is an idiot, you can't rely on that alone

[Aide33]

stop downloading Romanian pregnant midget special interest research you freek

[Willco2]

bitdefender is what I use but i believe it requires a subscription

[AutoBahn]

Common Sense

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploit_(computer_security)

Also, to put into context why thinking this is a /really bad idea/, allow me to state a similar argument in similar terms:
"I don't need vaccines! I have common sense, I won't get sick!"
In conjunction with an antivirus it's decent, sure, but don't trust your sense to save you.

you have to run an executable or approve a java applet to get a virus. simply visiting a website won't give you a virus unless you're using an ancient version of internet explorer that's vulnerable to activex exploits.

there are ways to get around requesting human authentication for processes. Zero days / exploits, malvertising, port exploitation, etc
it's not typically(key word) present on a machine that is kept 100% up-to-date, but it is always possible that even something legitimate you installed may not be correctly secured and may accidentally backdoor your system because of legacy code or bad practices.