[freeonefrom]

I’ve used ClamWin for a couple of weeks and have not had any trouble. It’s a free and open sourced program.

[The Great RJ]

I have used Avast..free version..for years. However, I also use the free version of Malwarebytes to look for malware that might sneak by. Be sure you have secured your wi-fi, use secure passwords and have a firewall.

[Bob434]

[[Can anyone recommend a good anti virus program?]]

Yes- linux mint cinnamon edition

[slouper]

Simple, get a Mac.

[Bob434]

Another excellent program to have IF you are going to stick with windows- is RollbackRX- it is like system restore, on steroids- it keeps a vast amount of ‘snapshots’ or as little as you like- and it starts at boot up incase you get a boot time virus and your computer won’t start- Viruses? Pffft- not a worry- just do a rollback- ransomwear? Pfffft- puppy play for rollbackRX

It costs about $60 - but you can get it onsale for like $40 or so from time to time- but even at $60 it’s well worth the price- just be aware though that it ‘hooks itself into’ your master boot record- but that was never an issue for me- I ran it for many years- and it saved my bacon many times-

If you like experimenting with windows programs, it comes in handy too because some programs can really mess you computer up- just do a rollback and unlike windows system restore, it restores absolutely everything, including desktop and registry- it restores everything- system restore can leave some htigns out when it restores-

Absolutely my most recommended program for anyone running windows- if you run an antivirus too- it will cover you pretty well- although i would ALWAYS do a rollback if anytime a suspicious file or virus warning popped up- just to be on the safe side, The virus protection was really just to stop any potential viruses or suspicious files from downloading- and the rollback was was to make absolutely sure that nothing made it’s way through by doing a rollback to a time before the file or virus warning happened-

I used norton’s itnernet security because it also included ‘safe search’ checkmarks and x’s to warn of suspicious sites when you do a search engine search- this helped tremendously to cut down on hitting infected sites- but it wasn’t fool proof- some green check marked sites still have malicious code on them that didn’t get flagged by safe search yet- but these were rare-

[fision]

I am running an insider edition of Windows 10 that runs a version of Defender that calls Malwarebytes to do the heavy lifting for full scans. It works great.

[Leep]

I switched to a notebook. Sure i can’t download a few things i would like but then again i don’t have a issue with viruses either.
No downloading = no viruses.

[Arthur McGowan]

www.avast.com

Heard about it on FR, ten years ago.

Free, and has performed flawlessly.

[Hootowl]

Avira and Avast are pretty good and free.

[minnesota_bound]

I have tried many of them. I went with free and paid. Each program finds viruses if they are there I guess. You also need a anti spyware program.

I use right now:
Webroot for anti-virus
For spyware and especially for blocking Ransomware I have Malwarebytes

[Faith65]

bkmk

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

Avast free version and Iobit Malware Fighter, also free. Run them once a week, almost never have a detection.

I used to use Malwarebytes at one time but it suddenly went crazy on me, running constantly, so I deleted it.

I’ve never had a problem, but I also avoid the seedier parts of the internet so I am a low risk user.

[truth_seeker]

Have used Microsoft’s Security tools, for years with good results.

Covered Win XP, 7, 8 and 10

[RinaseaofDs]

I uae a.combo of kaspersky and malwarebytes. Windows defender is free and not horrible.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Linux.