Solved Antivirus Recommendation Please

cereberus said:

Protection is all about layers of protection. AV protection is just one layer, There is malware protection, conmon sense (good surfing habits), email phishing etc.

Defender does well in AV and malware protection BUT no tool protects against lack of common sense i.e. clicking links in web pages, falling for email phishing.

Truth is latter two points are more serious issues and tool is any use without common sense applied.

You can get stats on AV e.g. package A stops 99.5 % of AVs, B 99.2% etc. and be lured into a false sense of security but AV attacks are much rarer nowadays.

For hackers, it is easier to send a phishing email pretending to be say from your bank or major retailer etc. to harvest passwords.

So paranoia to a degree is helpful provided it is focussed on key security issues.

AV protection is probably the least important if you have ANY of the major tools.

Of course, there are complete idiots who think they do not need any AV protection, but these guys are more intellectually challenged than politicions.

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