Anti Virus with with low false positive rate

[Mr Jt (Gog is king)]

So i used norton for many years but this constant pop ups and the control it had over my system made me nuts. I bought malewarebytes and its a decent tool but it also has a bit of a false postive problem. Today i bought bitdefender because i heard a lot of good things about it. Is it the best when it comes to a reduction of false positives?

[_I_]

viruses are pretty rare, unless you are targeted

just use the free mbam and scan every month or so or if you feel you went to a unsafe site or downloaded something dangerous

[Chris]

Exet is also very good when it comes to that. I already tested a lot but bitdefender is the best overall

[Guydodge]

Webroot is my go to has been for 10 years

[plat]

What is "best" for one may not be for another. It depends on one's online habits. But for artificial lab results, BD Internet Security performed very well last quarter. It came in third w/amt of fp/s--, after Kaspersky and ESET.

Which type of BitDefender did you buy?

It's a large and mainstream product with a dedicated staff and a portal for false-positives. Its browser filter has a very good reputation.

If anyone is interested, this is one result. There are several others. But BD is usually a top performer in these tests.

https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/real-world-protection-test-february-may-2023/

[Chris]

Windows defender is not enough which was proven million times by now

[Quint]

Originally posted by Chris:

Windows defender is not enough which was proven million times by now

Old Defender? Yeah it sucked. But modern Windows Defender is enough. In fact I would argue you don't even need an antivirus these days.

[Chris]

Yeah if you are experienced you know that windows defender isnt a proper solution

[GOD RAYS ON ULTRA™]

Actually, you're not supposed to let antivirus anywhere near your PC. I can't even remember last time I used antivirus. I think maybe way back in 2001.

Antivirus often acts in undesirable ways and misses any opportunities to actually protect you. It will literally act just like a virus running in the background, consuming resources, bogging down the PC, interfering with installs, game launches, game updates, etc.. I could make a very long list that would stretch your eyeballs out.

If you have antivirus installed on your PC then you need to reformat windows to get rid of that frigging shovelware. I'm serious! You can't just uninstall a lot of them. They root themselves deep into your PC. I would feel like my PC wasn't mine if I had an antivirus.

[emoticorpse]

What I'd tell you is that first off you're not going to find a "perfect" antivirus that only hits 100% right and that's it.

Either they'll over-detect doing it's best or not detect enough in which case what's even the point if you feel that way?

Also, if you're basically saying you know better than your antivirus why are you even running one?

Especially if you're actually telling it that it's wrong. If over-detection is causing a problem stop living dangerously or stop going to whatever sites keep giving you flagged things.

[Chris]

False positives are a thing. Happens to unnoficiall patches normal patches and even steam games get flagged as malware. When a site gets hijacked you can get maleware so the argument dont go on specific sites etc doesnt make sense

[Mr Jt (Gog is king)]

I dont care if you are using an antivirus or not my question is which antivirus has the lowest false positive flags so keep on topic or ignore my thread

[_I_]

none has the lowest false positive rate

[Chris]

Eset has the lowest i think but bitdefender has better protection

[emoticorpse]

Originally posted by Mr Jt (Gog is king):

I dont care if you are using an antivirus or not my question is which antivirus has the lowest false positive flags so keep on topic or ignore my thread

Deleted the post that was intended for you and I accidentally quoted Chris.

Forget the original post though. I'd have to say if there is an answer to your question it'd probably be Windows Defender. But, a lot of people would probably not call it "low detection of false positives" as much as they'd call it "being a crappy antivirus".

[GOD RAYS ON ULTRA™]

Originally posted by Mr Jt (Gog is king):

I dont care if you are using an antivirus or not my question is which antivirus has the lowest false positive flags so keep on topic or ignore my thread

The answer is a big fat zero! All antivirus is garbage! Windows already has a builtin detection system. Anything else is simply bloatware!

I'll gladly ignore the thread now since this thread represents pc incompetence.