What's your favorite antivirus?

f23948 said:

i think maybe i am going to switch from free Avast to paid ESET soon because of Antivirus Merger: NortonLifeLock to Acquire Avast | PCMag

Stay with Avast and wait for the big jump. Norton is bug free and offers a lot more than built-in. The acquisition needs to be approved and the Czechoslovak firm will be a bonus for Norton.

MikeMecanic said:

Stay with Avast and wait for the big jump. Norton is bug free and offers a lot more than built-in. The acquisition needs to be approved and the Czechoslovak firm will be a bonus for Norton.

i still like ESET because it's very easy to use ESET and it has no bunch of features such as password manager which is i don't need password manager

I use AVG Internet Security (also on my smart phone), AVG BreachGuard & AVG AntiTrack which, together, keep me pretty well protected. The cost is less than some folk spend on crisps and well worth it. The annual cost of having access to a whole team of professionals all watching my back 24/7/365 is negligable. I don't do free anymore appreciating the old maxim that some folk know the price of everything and, alas, the value of nothing. Paid for services, well sourced, are much underestimated IMHO.

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I've been a long time user of Kaspersky that I found really efficient, then I went for ESET Nod32 as the Kaspersky activation system became such a hassle.
I find ESET Nod32 to be pretty light in RAM usage and doing a great job.
I know a lot of people are happy with Defender, plus it's free, but as I'm used to Nod32 now, I just stick to it, it's not super expensive.

Good resources about anti-virus:
other anti-virus software | Wilders Security Forums
https://malwaretips.com/forums/secur...acy-videos.28/

Jambon28 said:

I've been a long time user of Kaspersky that I found really efficient, then I went for ESET Nod32 as the Kaspersky activation system became such a hassle.
I find ESET Nod32 to be pretty light in RAM usage and doing a great job.
I know a lot of people are happy with Defender, plus it's free, but as I'm used to Nod32 now, I just stick to it, it's not super expensive.

Good resources about anti-virus:
other anti-virus software | Wilders Security Forums
https://malwaretips.com/forums/secur...acy-videos.28/

Norton uses a lot of heavy resources that's why i switched from Avast (Avast becoming Norton) to ESET

Avast uses light resources until Avast becomes Norton

Norton Severely slowing down system : buildapc