I want to get the best internet AV because defender doesn’t do much about IAV so I want to get the best free internet AV. I need to get free, mostly without annoying popus, or atleast can be turned off (yes you avast). I just want to block malware, unwanted and phishing sites. I really don’t care about the performance drop but if having a external AV then atleast it should have a 99.9 or a 100% rate for real-time protection (yeah you avast). Malwarebytes was fine, kaspersky did nothing about the IS, only the certificate problem.
All tips received.
Thanks, Best regards,
Julko
(iav:internet antivirus, is:internet security)
There is no antimalware software that finds 100% of the malware out there 100% of the time.
You can check our wiki for testing agencies specifically designed to evaluate AVs (https://www.reddit.com/r/antivirus/wiki/index/#wiki_understanding_antivirus_software_tests_and_testers). These agencies are independently run and offer the most comprehensive and LEAST biased testing available to the general public.
Our wiki also has a list of AV products and which of them offer free versions (https://www.reddit.com/r/antivirus/wiki/index/#wiki_anti-virus_.28aka_anti-malware.29_developers). No one can tell you which one is “best” since that is highly subjective. Some prefer lower resource usage and others want better protection. Some like being able to configure everything while others want something easy they can forget about. Your location in the world also makes a difference. Try a few out and see which one works “best” for your needs and your hardware.
As others have said layered approach.
If you don’t care if an AV slows a computer, Bitdefender + HitmanPro.Alert. Top traditional AV paired with top secondary behavioral detection.
In web browser(s) add Bitdefender Trafficlight and Malwarebytes browser extension/add-on.
Kaspersky is my recommendation it’s solid even as a free software it comes with Anti-ransomware which bitdefender free doesn’t come with so you get more on Kaspersky free while being lighter than bitdefender free too
Go “layered” protection
Free built-in Windows Defender + Free OpenDNS account using their DNS servers in your network configuration(s) or use something like Quad9 + Free Ad-Blocker in your browser(s) like Ublock Origin = Great Free protection that is light on resources
That’s what I have been doing for years without infection
I’ll use Malware-Bytes to run scans every once in awhile … but usually just do a Windows Defender offline scan. I never find any malicious anything on the 4 Windows setups that are running in my home
Like others have said, layered protection is the best way. I would suggest the Firefox browser with ublock origin, Bitdefender Trafficlight, and Malwarebytes browser guard. Then use Bitdefender free.
The best free anti virus is yourself. But in all honesty something like that doesn’t exist and is kinda impossible. Viruses are crated and modified every day and each one is different you can’t detect them all right away.
Free Windows Defender + Free OpenDNS account using their DNS servers in your network configuration(s) or something like Quad9 + Free AD-Blocker like UBlock Origin in your browser(s) = Great “layered” protection that is light on resources
There may be many choices but there’s no comparison to paid protection. Free AV does protect you but in a limited way. Therefore, it is crucial you purchase a security product like Eset which offers top notch protection with great ease in terms of usability
Yeah I know, Kaspersky had a 100% rt rate on a test (,yt). Avast let much of malware running in the background on our main PC and it slowed it down.
Kaspersky was best in detection (at least mine), but I am asking mainly for IAV
ok thanks! i dont really care about it if im protected.
Many avs does. Now I need to make another post about it.
Thanks that was the answer I was hoping for, don’t you know any block on unwanted websites?
Does MB block sites? Also should I use Kaspersky or BitDefender because all are available to me.
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Yes this exactly. YouTube tests are not good at testing AV.
If you want COMPLETE protection, then you need more products like an ad-blocker, secure DNS, firewall, segmented network, HIPS, ACLs and many others.
The best defense with phishing besides awareness is using multifactor authentication on your online accounts. You can also add extra web filtering to your web browsers at the extension level, in addition to DNS blocking. Here is a free list via our wiki. It also wouldn’t hurt to use an ad-blocker like the other individual said, they help a ton too. Here is a list of ad-blockers. A lot of solutions require tuning if you want them to automatically handle all threats, including Defender. There is a guide on the subreddit wiki that explains how to tune Microsoft Defender in a way that it is proactive in dealing with threats without human intervention. Defender may be the route to go if you want a free AV with no pop ups, I know Bitdefender Free lets you disable a lot of the pop ups too you just have to go to three or so different places and disable them all (no idea if you won’t ever get pop ups since I use a different AV, but this should diminish them greatly). That choice I will leave to you, but as the other moderator said a website like AV Comparatives will give you an unbiased review of how each solution performs in phishing.
“don’t you know any block on unwanted websites?”
Not quite following you on that one…
With OpenDNS you can add sites to the white or blacklists if that is what you mean …? Quad9 is just a set list of known bad sites that it blocks … no account required so easier to set up but there is no customization with the service like there is with OpenDNS
I don’t know if that answered your question or not