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I use ESET, its the only AV I know that picks up arp poisoning. It also has really really good detection rates and is often the AV spotting things that the others miss. Like one time we had one of the websites we visited infected with some kinda trojan. ESET was the only AV that gave us a warning the site was infected.
Smiggles
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Mac has a build in av. No need for anything else.
Apple doesn't detect all threats. There is no need on your computer.
Going by your earlier advice which equates Cloud with scratch disk or local asset storage, I'll pass on your wisdom.
Smiggles
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Third party ones as well.
But when you have Apple's and a third party one, you get more coverage.
Herr der Verboten
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AV users probably walks around with gaint condom over their heads...
MWB FTW, nowadays Trusted Advisor also helps disable Windows settings for tracking and targeted advertising etc.
Only for JAV and bokeh.
Smiggles
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It’ll also slow down your system more.
RIP #WHACKD
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Don't think necessary on a tablet?
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There are ways and means to upgrade to Windows 11. I did a Windows 11 install on a 6th gen laptop last night.
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Want to buy a windows tablet for crypto trading after I was hacked. Security is never a priority untill you loose money so worth investing now. R 500 a year is really cheap considering what all other subscriptions cost per year.
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AV Comparatives disagrees with at least some of the advice being offered here.
From prior readings, Avira Antivir and Avast have managed to hold steady in the top 3 for a while now.
AVG/MS Defender bounce drastically based on version. Both are good-ish products but lacking in additional features.
ESET and Bitdefender generally remain within top 5. ESET has a decent feature set and is suprisingly light on resources.
Personally wouldn't punish anyone with Kaspersky or Malwarebytes. These are not good tools.
As some have mentioned, AV is only a part of the security posture landscape and heuristics can only take you so far.
Defense in depth is a must have. Regardless of how careful you are, drive-by infections are real and the attackers are highly creative when it comes to finding a foothold. Just because your AV hasn't reported it doesn't mean it's not there.
Always behave as if your machine is compromised.
From prior readings, Avira Antivir and Avast have managed to hold steady in the top 3 for a while now.
AVG/MS Defender bounce drastically based on version. Both are good-ish products but lacking in additional features.
ESET and Bitdefender generally remain within top 5. ESET has a decent feature set and is suprisingly light on resources.
Personally wouldn't punish anyone with Kaspersky or Malwarebytes. These are not good tools.
As some have mentioned, AV is only a part of the security posture landscape and heuristics can only take you so far.
Defense in depth is a must have. Regardless of how careful you are, drive-by infections are real and the attackers are highly creative when it comes to finding a foothold. Just because your AV hasn't reported it doesn't mean it's not there.
Always behave as if your machine is compromised.
Sapphiron
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VPN's dont have sight of the otherwise encrypted content being transferred across it (SSL and HTTPS traffic), so network based AV is less and less effective. DNS based malware filtering like 1.1.1.2 and 1.0.0.2 are probably going to be nearly as effective with no overheads. some VPNs will advertise malware protection, when its just the same DNS based filtering.
Something like Ublock origin in your browser will be far more effective, since it understands the content of the browsing session and has access to the unencrypted data.
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