Malware bytes+what antivirus?
February 9th, 2020
For years I’ve been using Kaspersky Internet Security, cracked of course, but now I’m kinda tired of constantly finding licenses, sometimes they work sometimes they get blocked and so I’m thinking of switching to some free antivirus.
I’ve been hearing awesome stuff about Malware bytes but I have to combo it with some free antivirus software. I’ve been thinking to combo it with Microsoft security essentials, whataya guys think/suggest?
Any replies are greatly appreciates
I use pandacloud free but mse is also good.
Avira is good (I think), though it now comes with some stupid system tray tool that’s quite annoying (though it can easily be disabled using msconfig).
Hitman Pro is good for a quick scan, though it’s not an actual AV.
"No I don't want the Ask toolbar! No I don't want Bing as my default search! No I don't want to make Chrome my default browser!"
"Good grief, man! WHAT are you trying to install on that poor computer?"
"Antivirus."
Seems like everything I install comes with this now
I use to run MS Essentials with MWbytes and SuperAntiSpyware, but have moved off from MSE and use the other two with cracked version of AVG. Works fine for me.
Nod32 (Auto update license everytime you boot up your pc) + Malwarebytes + Spybot S&S
Thats all I basically use. Setup Nod32 program to find keys every bootup and exclude it from scan. Apply and forget.
+ Panda or MSE
MSE and spyhunter4,mbam ain’t so good anymore especially with adware.
+ avast anti virus.
+ MSE does me…..Otherwise I would use NOD32..
I do a scan with SpyHunter4 sometimes too…and run tdsskiller if rootkits suspected or detected.
I use free Avira, I also got malware bytes installed. From time to time I have to add a game folder to exceptions in AVIRA because it thinks the crack is a virus so I cannot run the game unless I disable real time scanning or add the exception. But otherwise I stick to the free avira because the paid version seems to be bloated with features I don’t need. If you have got windows 7 updated to date, its firewall is enough along with something simple like Avira. Make sure to disable Windows Defender (eats resources and you don’t need it)\
Avira is good (I think), though it now comes with some stupid system tray tool that's quite annoying (though it can easily be disabled using msconfig).
Hitman Pro is good for a quick scan, though it's not an actual AV.
"No I don't want the Ask toolbar! No I don't want Bing as my default search! No I don't want to make Chrome my default browser!"
"Good grief, man! WHAT are you trying to install on that poor computer?"
"Antivirus."
Seems like everything I install comes with this now
You are so right. Whenever windows starts I end task that system tray tool quickly. IT’s so dumb, if you go to the system tray and click on avira it opens that stupid simplified thingie you can’t even access the damn settings, so ending that is good. I’ll try to disable it from loading like you have done.
it depends on what your needs are. if you are looking for strongest protection , currently avira and panda are at the top as free ones. , according to independent labs tests. if you r dealing with cracked stuff and you dont wanna deal with constant false positives avast is your choice which has lower overall protection rating than panda and avira. avg is also good but its false positives increased through last months. for on demand scan and malware removal , malwarebytes anti malware is best for the years according to both reviews and independent lab results. but my personal experience says , it cant even remove a simple adware bundle , it just removes the instances of source not the source. so i wouldnt trust anything for cleaning , your best bet is prevention of it. there is also qihoo 360 as free antivirus with more features than others , it also have high ratings for protection , but since it is new , i dont know anything about it
edit : ah i forgot the bitdefender , not many knows about it but there is also a free version of bitdefender , it doesnt participate any tests , so it is unknown about protection score , but since it uses the same engine with paid bitdefender , i think it would have a good protection score , many mention about eset here , it is the lightest of all , but has too many false positives , since this is forum , i bet you download cracked games , if you dont wanna worry about every game you download if it is false positive or real malware , dont use it . besides it has no free version
here is thought. you should run an isolated linux system for all your software piracy research and non software related research. once done, transition back to your windows operating system.
Linux are like a mac, hard to come by viruses, although depending on the branch you install, learning how to properly use it can be more bothersome then anti virus, but its worth it.