Do I Need AntiVirus?

[cobra kid]

Morning all.

Lenovo laptop
Windows 10 Home 64 bit.

Do I need any extra antivirus sotware? I put Avast Free stuff on but not sure if it's unnecessarily clogging up the RAM.

Thanks.

[Mr Pointy]

Well I'd say yes & pay for a decent one. I'd also look into recent privacy & data collection issues your current supplier has experienced.

[bighop]

Windows solution is fine for most users. Install uBlock origin and avoid dodgy stuff and you'll be fine.

[HM-2]

bighop said:

Windows solution is fine for most users

This. Plus most of the other vendors have a sideline in hawking crapware/scareware, including Avast IIRC.

I quite liked Avira until recently, but then they started bundling a fake optimisation app and "driver updater" with their free solution that "found" loads of nonexistent problems and asked for money to fix them.

I don't think anyone needs to pay for AV in this day and age, unless you're an enterprise who wants a centralised management console or EDR functionality.

[SteBrown91]

bighop said:

Windows solution is fine for most users. Install uBlock origin and avoid dodgy stuff and you'll be fine.

This- used windows defender and have ublock installed (used to have Adblock plus) for years and never had any issues

[hyphen]

SteBrown91 said:

bighop said:

Windows solution is fine for most users. Install uBlock origin and avoid dodgy stuff and you'll be fine.

This- used windows defender and have ublock installed (used to have Adblock plus) for years and never had any issues

Note: always say 'Ublock Origin', as 'ublock' was bought by Adblock Plus!

Also uMatrix is also worth the 'hassle' of it.

Edited by hyphen on Sunday 12th April 22:30

[bmwmike]

Agree with others, would also add..

Don't browse the internet as local admin.

Patch regularly.

[Troubleatmill]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bitdefender-Box-Connected...

This is a decent shout.