The Best Antivirus doesn’t exist. However, a reputable adblocker (that’s enabled in Private Mode too, for those doing a special search) can take care of so many of the easiest vectors to infection, your browser. You can’t click on a malicious download link when it’s blocked and not included when displaying the webpage. As far as email viruses and the like go, it all comes down to user education. A computer only does what it’s told to do, after all. Same with torrent users - look closely at file lists, avoid one massive executable file unless you can confirm that’s how the product is meant to be, and don’t believe any torrent link that looks too good to be true.
Best setup for me: - Stop downloading and installing crap you're not sure about. If you must, do it in a VM first and make sure it's safe. - Keep an up-to-date image of your Windows installation. If something bad happens, just wipe and restore. - Don't run AV on your production machine. If you get a 0-day virus AV isn't going to stop it. - Store important files on server running something like Malwarebytes and Windows Defender. - Use a cloud backup service. No, seriously, *_USE A CLOUD BACKUP SERVICE_* The drive containing ALL my client data has sh*t the bed twice, Backblaze saved my ass both times. Worth every single penny.
The best Anti-virus, is yourself. Talking in a sense of downloading obviously, there are times where things can be maliciously effected without you needing to download or open things. But in a general sense, the best Anti-virus will always be yourself. "is this safe to download" if you can answer that, you are good.
Then you haven't run across a malicious script wrapped inside of an ad header on a legit site. The only guaranteed safe way is to never install any application or go on the internet at all. ALT/ Imagine going to your motherboard vendor site and installing their BIOS update to find out that your entire computer is compromised. ALT/ Imagine your high-end expensive networking allowing malicious access because the vendor's database was hacked. Anyway I can come up with hundreds of these. You're not safe. You're simply thinking of fools clicking on their spam mail.
@@DJaquithFL The issue with your scenario, is that just isnt happening. If you go to your motherboards official website, and download their official update file, and use the official method to install it. There is 0 room for an exploit to take place. Your scenarios are extremely unrealistic in a sense of people doing generic everyday things. If you're setting up / Messing with networking, and you leave a gaping hole for people to do hoola hoops in, that is 100% at your fault, and atp we are talking about someone who is plenty tech savy to know a lot more than exploits compared to a normie on a PC browsing the web. It is EXTREMELY uncommon for anyone to click on a malicious ad, follow through every bit of dialogue, and download. Which atp comes to my exact point......the best anti virus is yourself.
@@KutaG59Ape .. Regarding Ads, no, the script would simply auto run just from the fact that it was being loaded on your browser. How do I know because I wrote the fix on it myself for Symantec which included a registry hack that changed how executables were handled by Windows. You can Google that too! Anything that I ever post on any of these kind of stupid ass threads. I guarantee that I am not pulling it out of my rear side.
Hey Chris!! You're touching a difficult subject here.. Best Antivirus doesn't exist.. Everything is upon user needs, capabilities, knowledge etc etc.. Also if you're a small company or big company etc etc.. Best solution for average Windows user is Defender and to use Windows with deep knowledge in what to install or what to open... Remember..user rules..not Antivirus..😂😂😊
kaspersky has false flagged mastodon social, they're great if you want a system that's super locked down, but not when you're actually using the PC day to day.
I will say though, that if you have a grandma or someone that doesn't know computers well, knowing they have an antivirus, and the antivirus telling them that they did an oopsie shouldn't be understated. I would install kaspersky on a grandma's PC, mostly because it's better safe than sorry with those kinda people.
we're on ESET at work, have been for many years... but I hate their management system... and have had a few major issues with it, biggest one being it stopping VM's in the cloud from booting, took me days to figure out that it was ESET causing the issue and $$$ for extra VM's, restoring from backups etc etc! was not a fun week as it was our DevOps/Jenkins VM considering moving to webroot as their management system looks intuitive and they are cheaper than ESET! better the devil you know than the devil you don't??
The annoyance of them flagging your site aside. Hands down Kaspersky is the best antivirus IF you're infected with something nasty. They can do binary edits that other don't do. The reality is as you say the USER is the issue the vast majority of the time. Having good, solid backups of your data to include a base image of the main OS and your data split to another drive or partition you can always restore your data. Just keep the external backup drive disconnected when the backup is done. That way no infection can get to your backups.
Switching to Windows 11, due to my short stay on the ten, I found defender to be preferable to my way of using the computer! And this is where the huge problems started! People just click on links... And in one ugly moment it turned out that I need to know every single customer to know what to do... UGLY BUT FACT...... And I definitely agree that there is NO good anti virus program if the user is not internet literate!
Kaspersky Anti-Virus in Russia started slowing down RU-vid traffic to 480p. This is a widespread phenomenon. I had to delete it, despite the purchased subscription. I am disappointed in Kaspersky, although technical support claims that they are not to blame. As a user, I don’t care who is to blame. I only know that without Kaspersky I can watch RU-vid normally.
You don't need a AV, just be smart about what you download or open on the web. Windows Defender works well enough if you tell it to run when you are in bed, never have to worry about it.
Then that's your tell. You not to worry about trying to use it just for that fact alone It's russian owned anyway think about it it's not rocket science
@repairman2be250 (facepalms) You can't sit there and sincerely honestly and innocently. Ask me what does that even mean Being that Kaspersky Is russian owned.. Given you have had access to the same information. The rest of us have for now decades Dude stop playing dumb
@deaingnoth omfg....1. I'm not your bro. 2...Google why it males no sense to download a Russian owned ans operated piece of software.... not rocket science . I'm tired of this conversation...
ClamAV is one for Linux. Comodo used to offer a Linux AV, but it is out of date for certain Linux dependencies, unless they FINALLY fixed it. Sophos offered one as well; I couldn't seem to find the link at the moment.
I like an AV that is supported on Linux as well. I still use CLAM AV. The options are limited - ESET. Most other are Enterprise level like MacAfee or Avast.
"The user is the problem". What was that ear-splitter roar of approval I just heard from the IT community?? And Chris, remember...just because you are paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you.
What a lot of people don't think about with detection rate is risk, like for me I haven't run into any kind of malware or virus since windows XP days, like at all. So an anti-virus that stays out of the way but protects me well from older threats which is the most likely attack vector for is good enough. That said windows defender is silent and in gaming benchmarks doesn't cause any issues, not anymore at least. It seems to have the same features for gaming that the other pay utilities have. I honestly don't see any reason for me to swap out of it anymore. Bit Defender was my go-to beforehand, but its gotten so convoluted and bloated in features which is good for some but It makes it a pain in the butt for users like me that dont need half of what they offer. But obv if you're in a high risk environment, or you're on the bleeding edge of piracy a strong AV is absolutely necessary.
@@Ultrajamz It was never good. Back in the 90s it was already scummy as hell, you might as well infect yourself. Nowadays, with the amount of AMAZING free options you have INCLUDING one that's BUNDLED with your Windows install, installing Norton is literally worse than infecting your machine with actual viruses. It's also harder to get out, possibly.
@@motoryzen what facts are you talking about!? Are you also one of those who instead of having strong arguments just likes to throw words they see on the internet!?
@@fynarael you're the one that started with incoherent and asinine insults...kid That alone just spelled it our fpr you. If you're too dumb tp understand that then perhaps you should stick to your pokemon cartoons and leave the adult chat to thr adults It's not rocket science go back and read your Original comment
@@fynarael The fact that viruses still to an insane majority today are designed for windows computers, not lennox, and not mac. That's just one example of what I was talking about It's not like any of that is ... Nor has ever been a secret You sound like one of those loud mouth. Kids that come into classroom spouting bragatos. Nonsense without even listening to what is being taught in class Go back to sleep kid
