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78SA
12-12-2019, 11:51pm
What do you guys use? Free or paid?
MadInNc
12-12-2019, 11:54pm
Avast on Mac and PC - free
78SA
12-13-2019, 12:02am
Avast on Mac and PC - free

I had that before. Lately I have had just Windows Defender since I got rid of Kaspersky.
Stangkiller
12-13-2019, 7:37am
Norton provided by Xfinity, and win defender
snide
12-13-2019, 9:11am
Sophos on my MacBook Pro.
DJ_Critterus
12-13-2019, 9:21am
Windows defender/MS endpoint on Windows10 (defender is free and works well)

MS Endpoint on Mac OS.
dvarapala
12-13-2019, 10:20am
What do you guys use? Free or paid?

You don't need anything beyond the Windows Defender that comes bundled with your OS.
DJ_Critterus
12-13-2019, 10:34am
You don't need anything beyond the Windows Defender that comes bundled with your OS.

For now. Microsoft is getting out of the anti-virus business soon.
Uncle Meat
12-13-2019, 10:37am
Windows Defender here too. However my browsing habits and PC discipline probably keep me out of trouble more than any anti-virus.

U.M.
DJ_Critterus
12-13-2019, 10:40am
Windows Defender here too. However my browsing habits and PC discipline probably keep me out of trouble more than any anti-virus.

U.M.

I use http://www9.fmovies.to to watch movies, shows, etc... Yeah, illegal as hell if you're hosting it, but not to stream.

Anyway, on MAC and PC, the only way I've had no problems is to have endpoint/defender running while using Firefox with Adblock Plus. Haven't had a single virus in over 3 years since I first found the site.
Cybercowboy
12-13-2019, 10:57am
Windows Defender here too. However my browsing habits and PC discipline probably keep me out of trouble more than any anti-virus.

U.M.

Same here. I run the Dissenter browser for normal browsing duty, it's based off the Brave browser but has all the tracking crap ripped out. Then I run uBlock Origin and Dissenter Shields, and it catches 99.99% of the crap that you can run into. Easy to customize per site, like turn off all scripting at certain sites. And virtually no ads ever, even on YouTube. Dissenter runs all the Chrome add-ons you may be used to. It's very stable now.

I just let Windows 10 built-in anti-virus handle the rest. I also run Linux on my laptop.
Wathen1955
12-13-2019, 9:06pm
I have ESET AV + Malwarebytes. Both are paid. I visit questionable sites so I need to make sure I'm covered.
MadInNc
12-13-2019, 9:52pm
I use http://www9.fmovies.to to watch movies, shows, etc... Yeah, illegal as hell if you're hosting it, but not to stream.

Anyway, on MAC and PC, the only way I've had no problems is to have endpoint/defender running while using Firefox with Adblock Plus. Haven't had a single virus in over 3 years since I first found the site.

Thought ya were using Cinema....