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Hi there
Not wishing to get into the realms of whether W10 is safe enough to use on personal computers yet I fail to see how ANY AV program can protect you against yourself giving your personal data away freely - for example even signing up to a Ms account you've passed data on to the net by a perfectly legitimate request -- How does an AV program distinguish between a "legitimate" request and a "rogue" one.
What is "Malware" - if you think that Malware is simply stopping annoying programs for example chucking up popups then you will be disappointed - A lot of these programs -- irritating in the extreme that they are are working totally within the standard Windows operating environment just like any other "behaved" application program -- so how does a "malware" preventer stop it -- Of course it Can't but the companies who supply these products prey on people's lack of knowledge and get them to install stuff that has NO EARTHLY MERIT WHATSOEVER.
As I've often re-iterated in these Formus that as far as HOME users is concerned the whole area of A/V programs and "Malware" blockers is 100% full of total Bovine Scatology (B/S in plain English).
Get yourself a DECENT FIREWALL, Block all your ports (in and outbound) except for the ones you specifically have to use and ensure the firewall only lets those applications through, check very carefully when downloading stuff that you are actually downloading the file you want - websites are very good at confusing people with all sorts of green arrows etc hiding the real link, don't open email attachments from people you don't know, only download files with proper extensions from torrents such as .mp4/.mp3 etc, and use your machine sensibly.
If you follow these simple rules and just have the standard Ms Windows defender then you will be 100% safe.
Most people these days aren't infected by viruses but get scammed in all sorts of other ways which aren't "protectable" in any shape or form by Software no matter how clever the program says it is.
Cheers
jimbo
When we downloaded Windows 10 we agreed to allow Microsoft to monitor our computer use. That is why I said Windows TP was not the OS to use for personal or sensitive info. I do agree that AV programs are not 100% guaranteed to protect our computers and info. They are not 100% useless either. I would rather have some protection than no protection just in case. My seatbelts are not 100% guaranteed to save my life in a accident but I still use them.
I got infected with a browser hijacker yesterday, Defender didn't defend. MBAM found a bunch of problems but didn't fix the issue. It got to the point where browsing was impossible. Had to restore a Paragon PHVD backup which I luckily made earlier.
A browser hi-jacker is something that a user installs mostly by accident. Something that a regular AV cannot stop. That's the best solution you did there. Sometimes it takes a lot more time to try to fix it. Image restoration is faster and easier to do.
Well, scratch Bitdeffender, just stopped working, uninstalled it and WD still would not work automatically, it's service stayed on manual.
Got AVG now, just as on W8.1.