Do you think we still Need antivirus softwares?

[Distorted Memories]

So I used to have a bitdefender subscription and last year I didn’t renew it, I’ve been seeing a lot of people saying that windows defender is more than enough and that it evolved into a reliable antivirus so what you all think? I’m currently lost on weather I should get one or stick with good ol windows defender.

[CursedPanther]

Windows Defender is indeed pretty decent nowadays for most average PC users, but it won't hurt to keep Malwarebytes around just in case.

[Electric Cupcake]

Considering many antivirus products not only don't recognize spyware and "PUP"s, but actively encourage you to install them (Chrome), hell, no.

[🦜Cloud Boy🦜]

I only use Windows defender. It's more than enough capable. Never felt the need of anything more. If fact, I found many 3rd party antivirus actually harmful for PC. They consume more hardware resources in the background, and sometimes wrongfully detect legit programs as virus.

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Publicado originalmente por Distorted Memories:

So I used to have a bitdefender subscription and last year I didn’t renew it, I’ve been seeing a lot of people saying that windows defender is more than enough and that it evolved into a reliable antivirus so what you all think? I’m currently lost on weather I should get one or stick with good ol windows defender.

you have to watch Bitdefender as it has a subsidury company that takes new subscriptions and they can over charge you , i all so noticed last time i did not subscribe i deleted Bitdefender but it all so demanded i unintstall Mallwarebytes, you can avoid the subscription hype be going to bitdefender central and make auto renew payments.

[Vulkan]

I use a combination of Windows defender and common sense ( not so common theses day) and Havnt had single infection in over10 years. I most definitely probably gave my family PC a virus or some form of spy ware when I was a very young , naive, teenager( 13/14) as most kids/teens that age were using limewire to download music , videos and movies and there were alot of dodgy files floating around on there.

[A&A]

Windows defender is good but sometimes l m scanning with Avira

if you have good PC and you can run virtual machine on it then you can be better protected

[Distorted Memories]

Publicado originalmente por Crosseyed Mie:

Considering many antivirus products not only don't recognize spyware and "PUP"s, but actively encourage you to install them (Chrome), hell, no.

ok may i ask, if all people hate chrome then what do people use insead? opera?

[plat]

Do we all "need" antivirus? No. Should we all use it? Yes. Anyone, even a guru, can make a mistake in an unguarded moment.

Chrome is probably the safest and most performance-driven browser. It's also the most data-hungry, always looking for new and "innovative" ways to harvest. FLOC is already yesterday. Ironically, the Chrome Web Store is often a repository for malicious apps--I just steer clear.

Up to you what to use--you can demo all of them and see. I use Edge and Firefox--better to have some variety.

[A&A]

Firefox have better privacy

[Electric Cupcake]

Publicado originalmente por Distorted Memories:

Publicado originalmente por Crosseyed Mie:

Considering many antivirus products not only don't recognize spyware and "PUP"s, but actively encourage you to install them (Chrome), hell, no.

ok may i ask, if all people hate chrome then what do people use insead? opera?

Chrome is literal spyware, and people using it are so stupid that any antivirus would be pointless.

[A&A]

Publicado originalmente por Crosseyed Mie:

Publicado originalmente por Distorted Memories:

ok may i ask, if all people hate chrome then what do people use insead? opera?

Chrome is literal spyware, and people using it are so stupid that any antivirus would be pointless.

The google search engine and google site cookies are spyware, and people are so dump to say if you don't have Chrome you are safe

[Baker]

I dont use any other virus protection now days, just windows defender and windows firewall.
I do keep a close eye on tasks and network usage.

[plat]

Publicado originalmente por A&A (Ghost Warrior}:

Firefox have better privacy

Yes, right now, I believe so, too. Certain content blockers like uBlock Origin function better in Firefox. It's also just a nice, all-around browser and very fast, but of course this is a personal opinion.

Good thing there are other decent fish in the sea, I wouldn't want Google Chrome any more of a monopoly than it is now.

Edit: typo

[Carlsberg]

I only use windows defender, never saw the need for anything else. Firefox for a browser, never really liked edge although i do use it sometimes and its considered by many to be very good, its also based on chromium, as is chrome.

[A&A]

Also Firefox is used for TOR or Linux Tails