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Vanity: Advice needed - do I want to purchase premium versions of Malwarebytes or Avast?
Avast/Malwarebytes ^ | 10/28/2018 | self

Posted on 10/28/2018 10:13:44 AM PDT by Eccl 10:2

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To: Eccl 10:2

A whole lot of the world gets by on the free version of Malwarebytes and Windows Defender. If you’re going to pay for anything, buy ESET NOD32 AV.

I’ve been using Linux Mint as my primary OS for about six years but I can’t manage to muster the crudeness to pimp for Linux just because a Windows user asks for advice about an antivirus.


41 posted on 10/28/2018 3:06:14 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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If I can expand on the link you provided...

I teach a class on Computer Security and always share this link with the students:

http://chart.av-comparatives.org/chart1.php

This chart is published and updated every month. Watch out for false positives. They can be more trouble than a real virus.

You can hover over each black bar for more info.

Ya gotta like BitDefender. Very high detection rate, minimal false positives and excellent articles about it.

Personally, I don’t like Avast as I find it way too intrusive.


42 posted on 10/28/2018 3:08:49 PM PDT by upchuck (Definition of a Republican registered to vote but doesn't on Nov 6: A DEMOCRAT!)
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