2 Antivirus Subscriptions from 2 different accounts: Which one is best

I have CenturyLink as my Internet Service Provider and DISH as my Cable TV provider.

Both companies offer virus protection. CenturyLink offers Norton and DISH offers Webroot SecureAnywhere.

I know and realize that this has been asked numerous times before.

But which antivirus program do you recommend? Norton or Webroot?

Thanks for your suggestions and help!

Jesse Williams

Windows Defender has improved in the recent years. And, not only Windows Defender protection, but in future builds, there is this extra security feature called Exploit Protection, Virtualization based Security, Core Isolation, and Memory Integrity protection.

In other words, you not only get protection from Windows Defender, but you will get more extra layered security as above mentioned.

Hi there

for HOME (not corporate) computers my view is that WD is more than sufficient and anything else is either just snake oil, unnecessary resource consumption and often fail with the number of updates and new builds that windows has currently. Not only as WD improved but the whole nature of hacking / infection has changed dramatically . Most of the AV software is still thinking in C20's terms (last century) -- modern hacking is totally different -- they want to make money - no point in just hosing up a computer for the sake of it.

The name of the game is making money and that's done by scamming usually and no AV system will protect you against a lot of those scams e.g fake websites, bogus emails offering you tax refunds etc etc.

So surf safely, don't give out too much private info on social media sites and if you do download music etc from torrents only download recognized music formats etc - don't download .exe, /.zip, .rar files.

In any case comparative reports are essentially useless -- everybody has different ways of using a computer and if a new threat appears at any time the report is then out of date of course.

Note my remarks are for HOME computer users -- corporate and cloud systems face different challenges of course and professional protection and security is required of course.

Cheers
jimbo

I think I am just going to stay with Norton. I have used Norton for years. I will let CenturyLink protect my PC's with Norton and DISH cover them if something were to happen to them. I have the DISH Protect Platinum plan that covers our devices such as PC's, TV's, tablets and iPads, etc.

Like mentioned in my post, among the other extra layered security besides Windows Defender, there is Exploit Guard, Core Isolation, and Memory Integrity. These added layers of security in Win10, should enhance the protection being offered by Windows Defender. If your system hardware supports these features.

Also, very important, that don't use your daily tasks as an Admin account. Use a local Standard Account. This is perhaps the number one most security approaches that must be taken.

Update your Browser Add-Ons for IE, Chrome, or other browsers
And update Windows and other software that goes online.

People are just flooding their machines with junk security programs. By following the above simple steps, then you should be fine. Its your computer, so use whatever security program you like.