What is the best Antivirus For Home Use ?

Been using kaspersky for 12+ years and it works best, no resources hogging. Currently using KTS which cost Rs. 1000~1200 for 3 years where i use on my pc, mac and it offers other features like parental control, password manager ( which i dont use cause im using 1password) and 300mb daily free on vpn. Its bang for money.
 
to be honest I have not used an Antivirus since last 5 years as Windows inbuilt defender does the job very well..
just make sure u are not browsing websites which could inject malwares, or use Brave browser which has its source from Chrome
 
Bitdefender is the cheapest but if you are willing to spend more get avast and if you don't want to spend anything get zone alarm free antivirus Plus firewall.
 
thegr8anand said:
Have been using BitDefender for past 5-6 years now and happy with it.
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Actually 8 years now since 2013.
avast said:
Bitdefender is the cheapest but if you are willing to spend more get avast and if you don't want to spend anything get zone alarm free antivirus Plus firewall.
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My sub expires in 90 days and went to check. They are offering 55% discount using code 'beat55'. That is pretty good value. Can renew my Family pack (15 devices) for 3 years for 4500!

Bought it. Have it installed on all my mobiles and pcs.
 
MarioBros said:
to be honest I have not used an Antivirus since last 5 years as Windows inbuilt defender does the job very well..
just make sure u are not browsing websites which could inject malwares, or use Brave browser which has its source from Chrome
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Same here. No issues so far.
 
Seriously, still cannot understand why people want to use anything other than Windows Defender. If you end up getting a 0-day exploit from a website or ransomware, then no AV will protect you anyway. Also, AV like Kaspersky have been found to instead present another attack vector as they have low-level system access and the more sophiscated malware target the AV itself.

They will still catch the most obvious and prevalent threats though but the best protection is common sense. Anyway, you can refer to AV-Comparitives if you want some reference.
www.av-comparatives.org

Real-World Protection Test July-August 2020 - Factsheet

Take a look at the Real-World Protection July-August 2020 Factsheet, a short overview of the results, more details will in the full release!
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t3chg33k said:
Seriously, still cannot understand why people want to use anything other than Windows Defender. If you end up getting a 0-day exploit from a website or ransomware, then no AV will protect you anyway.
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yea but he forgot to mention this :
nikhilprasad said:
As a matter of fact I know a little bit as to how to keep the pc running safely however my kids use it and my wife , who are not that tech savvy , so considering all those points I have to come down to a conclusion. Hope you guys get it .
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Fair enough, but then the most prominent ones will be caught by Windows Defender as well since the virus definitions are now nearly identical for all products.

There might only be a few cases where the heuristics of one product is better than the other and you can even see it in AV comparisons where one product performs better than the other depending on the test. In short, there is not much value addition for the amount invested in a 3rd party product.

May be the jazzy screens make people feel better compared to
Defender being completely in the background.
 
I have been using Avast free since years. Since the beginning it runs pretty light on the system, and never had slowdown issues because of it. It still runs well. If someone says that it made their PC slow, then they need to look for their configuration or some other problems.

Windows Defender makes my PC really slow, and I hate that. With new versions of Avast, I uninstall it and then install it from setup. When I uninstall Avast, Windows Defender kicks in, and my PC runs so slow with it. It boots up slow, and if you open a folder full of exes, then it will take a long time for the folder to stabilize, and show the icons.

Windows Defender can be considered a good option for general or novice users, where they just need an antivirus, and they do not have to deal with it much.

But, Defender does lack few things. Avast has web shield, which protects from malicious sites, and it has often saved me and alerted me whenever I visited any such site by mistake. Mind you, I am very careful about opening unknown sites and I observe safe practice... but being a site and forum moderator, sometimes I do have to follow links. Avast has saved me with its web shield, and I think it is a very important component. Don't feel safe without it.

Third party antivirus do offer extra protection from stuff that Defender lacks, and so an advanced or experienced user, will of course prefer the third party antivirus.

Of course, first thing is the common sense and observing safe practices, but still extra protection is always a good thing.
 
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