What Is The Cheapest, Lightweight, Antivirus Software

[Rapaaja]

? Why Avast when it blocks morm updates? tel :https://www.bitdefender.com/solutions/free.htm

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Choose when you know what you are protecting.

 

[Terost]

I used to have Kaspersky Anti-Virus software. Not using it because of ties to the Russian government.
I use Malwarebytes and free zonealarm firewall.

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[Rapaaja]

Choose when you know what you are protecting.

 

[inkrypted]

I renewed some of our subscriptions for $11.99 per year. I don't know if It was a sale or what but it was cool.

 

[albert709]

I've used Malwarebytes Pro for years and never had any real malware of viruses.

 

[WindowsPro]

I've used Malwarebytes Pro for years and never had any real malware of viruses.

So! you actually think that malware shows itself like they did in the late 90´s?

Today you do not notice them untill they have encrypted your files etc.

And by the way! What do you mean with "REAL" malware or viruses???
do you Believe in FAKE viruses..

 

[Terost]

I have Malwarebytes Premium and it has protected my laptop from incoming malware intrusions. I use it along with another antivirus software. There are servers that scan for weak protected computers 24/7.

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[MikeHawthorne]

"So! You actually think that malware shows itself like they did in the late 90´s?"

Hi
I haven't had an intrusion beyond cookies for years, I have had many things blocked. Of the things detected by Malwarebytes, none were detected by Microsoft's built-in Defender, or Hitman-Pro for that matter. My files have not been encrypted, and I haven't had a blue screen, or any other problems.

I attribute it to Malwarebytes Pro because my friend haven't been so lucky.
I usually go to their place with Malwarebytes on a disk to fix their computer for them.

If you are suggesting taking no precautions to each his own, there are many packages that appear to be more of a virus than the Virus itself.
Malwarebytes does not slow my computer as far as I can detect.

I still keep a System Image file and extensive off computer backups just in case.

Mike

 

[WindowsPro]

I have Malwarebytes Premium and it has protected my laptop from incoming malware intrusions. I use it along with another antivirus software. There are servers that scan for weak protected computers 24/7.

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This thread is about the cheapest lightweight antivirus-software and as you all can see here: Test antivirus software for Windows 10 - April 2020

Malwarebyte premium ONLY GET MEASLY 4 as score in performance test.. thus beeing Everything BUT lightweight.. (6 is most lightweight, while lower scores are slowing your computer more and more ..) So malwarebytes is NOT anything any one should even mention in this thread..

And this also shows the Power of "sugarpills", If you strongly beleive there is not issues, then you often turn "the blind Eye" towards any actual issues..

So by showing FACTS (by well known test organisation av-test.org) malwarebytes premium is way to Heavy for any computer, and whats even worst..
As being a security software malwarebytes premium has the SECOND LOWEST PROTECTION SCORE OF THEM ALL!
Thus meaning Malwarebytes premium is not only slowing your computers to a halt, (even though you dont know) its NOT giving you a satisfactory protection either, The test resaults show its more a scam than an actually working antivirus software, compared to the others.

NOTE! Even F-secure and Kaspersky gets full score in both performance and protection!

Back to the thread..

If you want security that is lightweight (=not installing any extra softwares at all) the perform the SUPERSIMPLE windows 10 installation that implements the tweak: "One tweak can make your Windows PC virtually invulnerable" and THAN ads alot more like making sure all the securityfeatures IN Windows 10 actually works..

 

[MikeHawthorne]

All I know is that I haven't been infected by Anything for over 10 years, Windows Defender never captured anything and Malwarebytes has no negative effects on the performance of my computer, nor does it act like a virus itself fighting any effort to control how it acts.

I have 3 computes on my package so it is cheap, and I see no indication that it doesn't work, at least it does something which is more that I can say for other things I've tried.

Things like Norton and McAfee are resource hogs and almost impossible to get rid of if you want to stop using them.

What's more Malwarebytes has proven its ability to repair an infected computer many times "Without Fail" repairing the computers of acquaintances who have had their computer infected while using other anti malware programs.

Most of all to me, who does 3D animation the fact that it isn't a drag on my computer is a big factor.
I don't want anything that slows my computer down.

I'm not going to gamble on anything I have no experience with, when I have a proven application that I've used for many years and still works fine.

And you yell too much!

 

[Rapaaja]

HI Mike see where you are what it needs then choose.!

 

[Terost]

Having a computer magazine to test antivirus and anti malware software and they don't create all forms of attacks on computers. I went to a website that has ebooks and magazines. Malwarebytes blocked websites that was marked as fraudulent and risk ware when l was looking at ebooks to download. My antivirus didn't notice anything and took no action when l was on a ebook website. Malwarebytes Premium does it's job very well. I no longer use Kaspersky because of it's ties to Russian government.

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[Neemobeer]

I always recommend checking out this site for in-depth reviews for EPP (endpoint protection platforms). AV-Comparatives | Independent Tests of Anti-Virus Software

 

[Fillinofz]

Hello. What do you think about PC Matic? Did you have experience with this application? I read several reviews about PC Matic software for example on antivirus-review.com/pc-matic-review and it looks good. Price is affordable for me. What can you say?

 

[WindowsPro]

Hello. What do you think about PC Matic? Did you have experience with this application? I read several reviews about PC Matic software for example on antivirus-review.com/pc-matic-review and it looks good. Price is affordable for me. What can you say?

The trouble with PC matic is that it has ALOT of FALSE POSITIVES (that mean it says that clean and healthy software are malware)
Check out the: USERABILITY part of this test: Test PC Matic PC Matic 3.0 for Windows 10 (201618)

" False detections of legitimate software as malware during a system scan " is a whopping 19 to 21 false detections (1 or 2 are somewhat OK)
" False blockages of certain actions carried out whilst installing and using legitimate software" finds a similar 5 false positives..
(Exactly what the test in your link told you!)

Both these are many more than needed.. And in the long run people will not trust this software at all.. due to the many false positives...

 

[RuskinF]

The cheapest and the lightest Anti-Virus that I use is Malwarebytes.
It is incredibly small at less than 50 MB.
And it protects you from harm by nipping it in the bud itself.
So go for Malwarebytes or go for Windows Defender.
Your choice.

 

[philsmithstrong]

You can get the most information on which antivirus to choose, when you take a look at sites that use information from independent labs. There are a few labs that test all the best known antivirus software. These labs are AV-Test, AV-Comparatives, SE Labs and there are a few more. According to AV-Test, the one that doesn't take almost any toll on your computer is Avira. But it doesn't offer the best security. If you're looking for good performance figures with 100% protection you shold opt for Norton. Check out this comparison of Bitdefender vs Norton. All the figures there are from independent labs and show every aspect that is important when choosing antivirus software.

 

[pratibha91]

There is plenty of antiviruses available in the market. As windows default antivirus, Windows Defender is the best fit for your windows but if you really want to go for pro features then I recommend using AVG and Systweak Antivirus software, on personal experience. But I like systweak antivirus most because of its support service. For free version I recommend to use Windows Defender.

 

[monk]

Also, check out performance using programs like Novabench. For example,