Avira or AVG antivirus?

[Dr. Danger]

Hello. I remember long time ago that I had a terrible virus in my PC and only Avira or AVG was able to finally get rid of it when all hopes were lost... I sadly forgot which one it was... So I need your help in deciding which one to use...

[Bing Chilling]

Originally posted by Omega:

The build-in Windows anti-virus is sufficient, it just does its job and leaves you alone.

Most other offerings are invasive trashware.

agree with this

though if it had to be any, malware bytes
atleast imo anyways.

[udidwht]

Avast (Free edition)
Malwarebytes (Free edition)
SUPERantispyware (Free edition)

[GOD RAYS ON ULTRA™]

Originally posted by Dr. Danger:

Avira or AVG antivirus?

Antivirus is bloatware and has no business on anyone's PC.

A lot of times these programs act like virus themselves being intrusive, running in the background, interfering with programs, using more resources all while pretending to protect you by showing you the false bologna that it supposedly protects you from. None of this is real and only used to market the product.

Think about it, would you buy the antivirus if it wasn't actually catching anything? No, of course not. So these programs make it look like it caught a bunch of germs, but this is all for showboating to make you feel protected. The reality is you got protected from something that's imaginary only marketed to you as real.

I suggest staying away from those programs, as they cause more harm than good and they are hard to remove when you finally realize how garbage it is.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Windows Defender is perfectly fine if configure well enough.

If you need an extra then look into MalwareBytes Premium and also what is offered by Webroot.

Suites from Kaspersky, Norton, Avira, AVG, Avast, BitDefender are all bloatware junk as this point.

[ShriekViola]

Never had need to use anything but malwarebytes routine scans (either for system or suspicious files) and a good script blocker to disable webpages loading content by default barring ones I choose to permit.

[Oz Gaming]

People who are silly enough buy and install third party antivirus programs are just throwing their money down the toilet. Windows Defender is all you need.

[Haruspex]

Originally posted by WOKEISM (banned 14 times):

Originally posted by Dr. Danger:

Avira or AVG antivirus?

Antivirus is bloatware and has no business on anyone's PC.

A lot of times these programs act like virus themselves being intrusive, running in the background, interfering with programs, using more resources all while pretending to protect you by showing you the false bologna that it supposedly protects you from. None of this is real and only used to market the product.

Think about it, would you buy the antivirus if it wasn't actually catching anything? No, of course not. So these programs make it look like it caught a bunch of germs, but this is all for showboating to make you feel protected. The reality is you got protected from something that's imaginary only marketed to you as real.

I suggest staying away from those programs, as they cause more harm than good and they are hard to remove when you finally realize how garbage it is.

I don't think this is entirely true. While it is true for some terrible, fake anti-virus software. Others are actually trying to prevent viruses.

However the part I do think is true is that an (extra) anti-virus is unnecessary. It adds bloat, hogs resources, and noticeably slows down a machine. When I used to do PC service for a living and a customer brought his his PC complaining that it was slow, one of the first things I would do is check what "security" software they were running. Removing it almost always resulted in immediate and dramatic improvement in speed, responsiveness, and boot times.

If you're running Windows, the anti-virus already built into Windows security is fine, but like any anti-virus it's just a safety net. Your primary front-line protection includes keeping your system up to date, running a halfway decent browser like Firefox with Ublock Origin installed, and don't be the big dumb. The last one is difficult for some people, and even the smartest can slip up sometimes. Basically have some common sense. That Nigerian prince does not in fact want to give you 1 million dollars. That high seas copy of a game you illicitly downloaded is probably loaded with malware. Nobody wants to give you free Robucks.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Well you can't buy common sense.

If you are going to online places you really shouldn't or are risky; use a sand-box mode or a VM.

[Viking2121]

The built in stuff is pretty decent, and usually for them that still doesn't fully trust the built in stuff, I normally tell them to use the free version or buy Malwarebytes, its in my opinion still the best thing for malware defense out there, but it also does not disable windows Defender, but it can be heavy on system resources as well so. I don't run it, can't remember the last time I was infected with anything but I do use it on others machines that I get to work on, same with the Kaspersky Free Virus Removal Tool which saved a few peoples machines I've had the pleasure of working on...

[lailaamell]

Dont need antivirus

[Guydodge]

Originally posted by Oz Gaming:

People who are silly enough buy and install third party antivirus programs are just throwing their money down the toilet. Windows Defender is all you need.

yeah trust microsoft to manage your security.i prefer full control over active processes and system functions that enable me to allow block and monitor all processes on my computer.also has a great set of utilities to analyze/optimize and clean up your pc.it has realtime shield web shield and its own firewall. i leave defender off but you can choose to run along side defender if you so choose.Webroot is what i use and have for 10 years now.

[Viking2121]

Originally posted by Guydodge:

Originally posted by Oz Gaming:

People who are silly enough buy and install third party antivirus programs are just throwing their money down the toilet. Windows Defender is all you need.

yeah trust microsoft to manage your security.i prefer full control over active processes and system functions that enable me to allow block and monitor all processes on my computer.also has a great set of utilities to analyze/optimize and clean up your pc.it has realtime shield web shield and its own firewall. i leave defender off but you can choose to run along side defender if you so choose.Webroot is what i use and have for 10 years now.

Well considering that it works well enough for the majority to not need to install other bloated crap and it picks up more than Webroot, I'd say MS is actually doing pretty good in that area, despite it sucking in many others, but hey, Webroot.