Which virus protector should i use,

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  1. Posts : 233
    Wndows 10
       #11

    Barnaby44 said:
    Cheers Steve I have Adwcleaner and Malwarebytes running already as well as part of Windows Defender so I'll be set up like you when I turn off Kaspersky.
    It is good to read frequent comments that your style of set up works well.

    Ref getting rid of Kaspersky eventually I had to phone them today for them to cut the auto renew off and confirm in an email that my subscription will end when the paid for Licence ends.
    I'm a still a little concerned though as right after the email from them confirming it had been cancelled I got another email saying it had just renewed and they would be taking a payment shortly? I rang them again and they have assured me that their system says they have ended it.
    I'll keep an eye on my bank account to make certain.

    Will I need to clear/clean anything out after it ends or even not wait for them to terminate it but do it now following the tips above on here.

    Thanks
    It's for that reason I never sign up for auto renew for anything, with the exception of a few products, such as my phone bill.
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  2. Posts : 2,834
    Windows 11 Home (x64) Version 21H1 (build 19043.1202)
       #12

    Mr Ed said:
    It's for that reason I never sign up for auto renew for anything, with the exception of a few products, such as my phone bill.
    You made me laugh at what you put about phone-bill I have removed everything 3rd party from mine including Ccleaner since Avast took it over, I now only use windows disc cleaner once a week
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  3. Posts : 5,452
    windows 10 Pro ver 21H2 build 19044.1348
       #13

    Barnaby44 said:
    Thanks one and all I'll take a look at how to remove Kaspersky and switch to Windows Defender.
    Kaspersky looks a pain to remove particularly the auto renew membership.

    Regards
    I have been using Windows Defender solely without any 3rd party AV. That's about 3 years now. So far not security issues.
    Just remember, no program can protect you if you are reckless and careless.
    You sound like a level-headed guy. You should be ok with Windows Defender.
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  4. Posts : 116
    Windows 10 Pro
       #14

    Mr Ed said:
    I also use only Windows Defender and ocassionally run a scan with Malwarebytes free. Never had a problem. Makes me wonder why any third party AV would be necessary.
    This is exactly what I do too. I find it works well and it's a fairly lightweight setup.
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  5. Posts : 1,481
    Windows 10 Pro 64bit 20H2 19042.844
       #15

    Avast Free, Malwarebytes Free (been running this setup since 2006 on all systems), nice and light it feels, scan times for weekly full scans really fast, versus Defender that takes 6-12 hours to do 1 SSD, and 1TB storage drive, on my Intel I7 7700 Desktop and 7700HQ Laptop

    Who knows i might try Defender again when 1903 launches and clean installs done on the systems, Unless i buy a newer SSD for Desktop for birthday in 1 day, and do my clean install sooner, but right now Defender seems slow, very long scan times, and such

    Laptop might wait til 1903 launches
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  6. Posts : 2,935
    Windows 10 Home x64
       #16

    Windows Defender is mostly fine for regular use, but I find its performance to be highly hit and miss. Don't matter if you have got a hefty cpu, it may run like crap on it for no known reason.

    With Windows Defender you might have these beautiful scenarios (or not):

    + Slow scanning speeds.
    + Slow copying of files (slow copying files while on network/NAS).
    + Slow display of executables icons (when browising a folder full of programs).
    + Slow installing of programs.
    + Interface/UI is clumsy sometimes.

    On the bright side:

    + It is well integrated with Operating System.
    + It is really FREE. It won't never nag you to get paid options or get premium features.
    + Usually small footprint on system resources.
    + It is automatically updates withing WU.
    + Barely noticeable because it likes to work behind the scenes.
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  7. Posts : 104
    windows 10 home
    Thread Starter
       #17

    Hello Gents.

    As the original poster I thought I'd do an update.
    So far "Kaspersky" has gone and I am running Windows defender constantly and an occasional run of Malwarebytes.
    I seem to be running ok but that causes me to wonder IF all is well as I get very little notification of any stopped viruses etc.
    Of course this may well be true as I try to keep on the straight and narrow, ideally I want to be sure that if something has imbedded itself onto a site I do visit that windows defender will nail it.

    Is there a test program that I can run to check out the efficiency of windows defender?

    So far all is well long may it continue.
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  8. Posts : 5,442
    Windows 11 Home
       #18

    Barnaby44 said:
    Is there a test program that I can run to check out the efficiency of windows defender?
    https://demo.wd.microsoft.com/

    You can use this to make sure, that everything is properly setup in WD. For additional setup:

    ConfigureDefender: Utility for configuring Windows 10 built-in Defender antivirus settings.
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  9. Posts : 7,871
    Windows 11 Pro 64 bit
       #19

    TairikuOkami said:
    https://demo.wd.microsoft.com/

    You can use this to make sure, that everything is properly setup in WD. For additional setup:

    ConfigureDefender: Utility for configuring Windows 10 built-in Defender antivirus settings.
    I tried the first link but Defender didn't block the Cloud Delivered Protection & Block at First Sight Tests despite Defender being correctly configured.

    The files downloaded were validatecloud.exe and wdtestfile.exe. Defender gave no error on trying to open each file and a scan of each file was clean. Malwarebytes did classify vlaidatecloud.exe as JokeTool.Agent and offered to quarantine it.

    I uploaded wdtestfile.exe to virustotal.com and only 23/71 virus engines reported a problem.

    Are these tests still valid?
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  10. Posts : 7,254
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
       #20

    I use Defender and Malwarebytes. MBM seems to do most of the blocking.
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