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Topic: 3rd Party Anti-Virus/Anti-Malware |
Lee Baucum
From: McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 25 May 2023 1:16 pm
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For Windows 10 / Windows 11 is there any reason to download free Anti-Virus / Anti-Malware software?
At one time, the Windows software and the free software seemed to be fighting with each other.
"You're the bad guy!"
"No, you're the bad guy!"
"Oh no. You are the bad guy!"
They used to keep me up at night, with all their fighting!
Any thoughts?
~Lee |
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Lee Baucum
From: McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 21 Oct 2023 6:47 am
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Mike Auman
From: North Texas, USA
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Posted 21 Oct 2023 1:16 pm
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IHMO, for Windows 10 and 11, the bundled Microsoft Defender has gotten good enough to be your one and only. If you have anything else on board, they will fight and try to turn each other off. _________________ Long-time guitar player, now wrestling with lap steel. |
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Wiz Feinberg
From: Mid-Michigan, USA
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Posted 7 Nov 2023 7:58 am
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I have been running a combination of Malwarebytes and Windows Defender on my Windows 10 PC since it was a Windows 7 PC. I built it in 2018. I have a perpetual license for Malwarebytes and can transfer it from an old machine to a new one. It is updated automatically and gets along well with Defender. The best part of MB is Browser Guard, which optionally embeds into all of the major web browsers. With Browser Guard installed, I am protected against malicious coding on web pages. It blocks known dangerous sites from loading and blocks outbound beacons leading to known bad web locations.
I don't get much out of Defender itself. It scans daily and reports that nothing bad was found. Its best component is a firewall, which although rudimentary, is better than none at all. _________________ "Wiz" Feinberg, Moderator SGF Computers Forum
Security Consultant
Twitter: @Wizcrafts
Main web pages: Wiztunes Steel Guitar website | Wiz's Security Blog | My Webmaster Services | Wiz's Security Blog |
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Jack Stoner
From: Kansas City, MO
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Posted 7 Nov 2023 8:37 am
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I too use the built in Windows Defender and like Wiz a perpetual licensed Malwarebytes.
Windows Defender/Malwarebytes is what most Techies I know use. |
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Ian Rae
From: Redditch, England
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Posted 7 Nov 2023 9:45 am
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Is Bitdefender in any way comparable with Malwarebytes? _________________ Make sleeping dogs tell the truth!
Homebuilt keyless U12 7x5, Excel keyless U12 8x8, Williams keyless U12 7x8, Telonics rack and 15" cabs |
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Wiz Feinberg
From: Mid-Michigan, USA
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Lee Baucum
From: McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 8 Nov 2023 10:47 am
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Thanks for your replies. I had given up!
~Lee |
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Wiz Feinberg
From: Mid-Michigan, USA
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Posted 8 Nov 2023 12:18 pm
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Lee Baucum wrote: |
Thanks for your replies. I had given up!
~Lee |
When it comes to modern anti-virus programs, most are almost equally effective at stopping known threats. The differences only come to the forefront when they encounter a previously unknown strain. Viruses are coded programs. Their authors have to constantly alter parts of their viral codes to evade signature based scanners. The more advanced detections are based upon a combination of signatures and heuristics, which are behavioral detections. Some malware strains try to mask their payload delivery until any malware scanners have finished looking them over and cleared them to run. The malicious codes are then downloaded from cloud servers, or compromised personal websites.
This followup detection process is so complicated that it just isn't prudent to install free anti-malware or anti-virus. _________________ "Wiz" Feinberg, Moderator SGF Computers Forum
Security Consultant
Twitter: @Wizcrafts
Main web pages: Wiztunes Steel Guitar website | Wiz's Security Blog | My Webmaster Services | Wiz's Security Blog |
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Lee Baucum
From: McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 14 Dec 2023 11:44 am
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Thanks, Wiz!
~Lee |
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