[Snowybear]

That was me.

If you’re paying for anti-virus software, just stop.

Windows Defender does all that and it comes as part of Windows 10 (it’s in 7 too).

I trust it with all my machines and I’ve never had a problem.

Virus issues are rare now. It’s usually malware or phishing, which no anti-virus program will handle anyway.

-SB

[Richard Kimball]

My work computer is Win10, and InfoSys has it locked down. My favorite part is when the antivirus programs get in a duel because each one thinks the other is a virus and they block each other from updating.

[Snowybear]

Let me add one correction. PC-matic will stop some stuff other regular anti-virus programs won’t. Almost all anti-virus program work on a black list method. They look for viruses that they know about.

PC-matic works using a white list method. It will not let anything on your computer unless it knows about it or you instruct it to let the program in.

-SB

[meyer]

Re: McAfee - it’s free from my ISP. Wouldn’t pay for it.

I’m on a MAC, though my desktop is Win-10 with defender, but I rarely use the desktop any more.

I disabled the McAfee “Web Advisor” function yesterday, and was able to go to the doctor’s page with no issues. There are seldom any viruses that affect Mac computers, but it’s not unheard of. I just don’t want ANY software blocking pages that I wish to see.

I used to use Avast! free version on my desktop, but it became spammy, always trying to sell me the paid version, so I dropped it and stuck with Defender. I hate spam.