Anti-virus software

ali baba · Post by **ali baba** » Fri Jan 08, 2021 5:57 pm

What's the best free anti virus software nowadays? I have AVG but it isn't good enough. Every time I turn on my laptop the battery is at zero. I'm guessing someone's mining crypto on it.

ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ · Post by **ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ** » Fri Jan 08, 2021 6:11 pm

ali baba wrote: ↑
Fri Jan 08, 2021 5:57 pm
What's the best free anti virus software nowadays? I have AVG but it isn't good enough. Every time I turn on my laptop the battery is at zero. I'm guessing someone's mining crypto on it.

Mining crypto when its turned off?
That would be quite a trick.

Post by **Alexandra** » Fri Jan 08, 2021 7:00 pm

Malwarebytes is good.

YaTingPom · Post by **YaTingPom** » Fri Jan 08, 2021 7:49 pm

I’ve got CoronaProtect V9.9 (beta).

GMJS-440 · Post by **GMJS-440** » Fri Jan 08, 2021 10:33 pm

How bad is the Antivirus that’s included in windows already?

Is a free antivirus really worth it when you have a free one in windows already?

v12 · Post by **v12** » Fri Jan 08, 2021 10:57 pm

GMJS-440 wrote: ↑
Fri Jan 08, 2021 10:33 pm
How bad is the Antivirus that’s included in windows already?

Is a free antivirus really worth it when you have a free one in windows already?

Actually, the windows native one seems to be about the best.

Empty battery: Maybe the battery is just baddddd, the battery charging does not work, or the windows shutdown does not work properly and the system keeps on running in some kind of zombie state.

You may want to force a real power down. From an admin command window do:

shutdown /s /f /t 0

Lucky Lucan · Post by **Lucky Lucan** » Fri Jan 08, 2021 11:45 pm

GMJS-440 wrote: ↑
Fri Jan 08, 2021 10:33 pm
How bad is the Antivirus that’s included in windows already?

Is a free antivirus really worth it when you have a free one in windows already?

It's okay as far as I know but many people are running cracked versions of Windows so I'm not sure if it works so well then.

Mains indicator on · Post by **Mains indicator on** » Sat Jan 09, 2021 4:45 am

Is the mains power plug fully in.

Difficult to tell from the appearance of how far in it is.

ali baba · Post by **ali baba** » Sat Jan 09, 2021 2:07 pm

Alexandra wrote: ↑
Fri Jan 08, 2021 7:00 pm
Malwarebytes is good.

Tried to install it and don't have enough free space despite officially having over 600GB free. Might have to reboot the whole system to fix this.

techietraveller84 · Post by **techietraveller84** » Sun Jan 10, 2021 6:32 am

"Defender also falls behind other types of AV software when it comes to preventing malware zero-day attacks. These happen on the day that the vulnerability is spotted by developers, and they’re a growing problem. Defender has been shown to be only 97.0% effective, and this is 2.5% below the industry average."

https://www.techzone360.com/topics/tech ... ows-10.htm

techietraveller84 · Post by **techietraveller84** » Thu Jan 14, 2021 7:52 am

Lucky Lucan wrote: ↑
Fri Jan 08, 2021 11:45 pm

GMJS-440 wrote: ↑
Fri Jan 08, 2021 10:33 pm
How bad is the Antivirus that’s included in windows already?

Is a free antivirus really worth it when you have a free one in windows already?
It's okay as far as I know but many people are running cracked versions of Windows so I'm not sure if it works so well then.

Microsoft Defender's reputation may take a little hit from this recent headline, "Critical Microsoft Defender Bug Actively Exploited; Patch Tuesday Offers 83 Fixes." Just be sure your system is frequently updating and you should be "relatively" safe, even if its your only protection.

https://threatpost.com/critical-microso ... ed/162992/