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      nadnerB
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      So I'm having some ridiculous issues with Avast Free AV and I'm considering switching to something else.
      Details here: https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=203267.0

      What have you got for AV?

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        DustinB3403
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        Webroot.

        Speaking of I need a renewal key. . . if only @Nic still worked with them.

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          Francesco Provino @nadnerB
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          @nadnerB said in Home Anti-virus:

          So I'm having some ridiculous issues with Avast Free AV and I'm considering switching to something else.
          Details here: https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=203267.0

          What have you got for AV?

          Why use an AV at all? I've never ever had problem with virus. Maybe the only time was an omicron virus for ms-dos in 1996. I was 7, the infection vector was a floppy with prince of Persia.

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            RojoLoco @Francesco Provino
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            @Francesco-Provino said in Home Anti-virus:

            @nadnerB said in Home Anti-virus:

            So I'm having some ridiculous issues with Avast Free AV and I'm considering switching to something else.
            Details here: https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=203267.0

            What have you got for AV?

            Why use an AV at all? I've never ever had problem with virus. Maybe the only time was an omicron virus for ms-dos in 1996. I was 7, the infection vector was a floppy with prince of Persia.

            Because browsing the internet can be dangerous.

            Webroot is the jam.

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              NerdyDad
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              I use Sophos at home. They have 5 licenses for free. Supposedly its the same as their business product. I've not had any infections yet, that I know of.

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                coliver
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                Windows Defender.

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                  Francesco Provino @RojoLoco
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                  @RojoLoco said in Home Anti-virus:

                  Webroot is the jam.

                  I just use a disponsable, self-resetting VM for internet. No problem whatsoever.

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                    RojoLoco @Francesco Provino
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                    @Francesco-Provino said in Home Anti-virus:

                    @RojoLoco said in Home Anti-virus:

                    Webroot is the jam.

                    I just use a disponsable, self-resetting VM for internet. No problem whatsoever.

                    And I use a regular windows machine with webroot, also no problems. Different strokes. Also, the OP asked for antivirus recommendations, not a total home computer infrastructure change.

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                      DustinB3403 @Francesco Provino
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                      @Francesco-Provino said in Home Anti-virus:

                      @RojoLoco said in Home Anti-virus:

                      Webroot is the jam.

                      I just use a disponsable, self-resetting VM for internet. No problem whatsoever.

                      Yeah I just throwaway entire datacenters when I need to have a clean internet browser.

                      https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/6/6f/datacenter_scale.png

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                        IRJ @Francesco Provino
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                        @Francesco-Provino said in Home Anti-virus:

                        @RojoLoco said in Home Anti-virus:

                        Webroot is the jam.

                        I just use a disponsable, self-resetting VM for internet. No problem whatsoever.

                        I do the same thing. It doesn't even feel much different than just using a browser when using VMWare workstation. Copy and paste, drag and drop work flawlessly between OS(es). Want to copy a file from a windows vm to ubuntu vm? Just drag and drop.

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                          Francesco Provino @RojoLoco
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                          @RojoLoco said in Home Anti-virus:

                          @Francesco-Provino said in Home Anti-virus:

                          @RojoLoco said in Home Anti-virus:

                          Webroot is the jam.

                          I just use a disponsable, self-resetting VM for internet. No problem whatsoever.

                          And I use a regular windows machine with webroot, also no problems. Different strokes. Also, the OP asked for antivirus recommendations, not a total home computer infrastructure change.

                          I won't expose a windows host to free internet surfing, regardless of the AV in use.
                          A light browser-VM today is a free, simple, extremely secure and effective way of doing security-by-separation.

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                            coliver @DustinB3403
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                            @DustinB3403 said in Home Anti-virus:

                            @Francesco-Provino said in Home Anti-virus:

                            @RojoLoco said in Home Anti-virus:

                            Webroot is the jam.

                            I just use a disponsable, self-resetting VM for internet. No problem whatsoever.

                            Yeah I just throwaway entire datacenters when I need to have a clean internet browser.

                            https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/6/6f/datacenter_scale.png

                            Pshh who recycles datacenters? We just throw away the planet when it goes bad.

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                              scottalanmiller @coliver
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                              @coliver said in Home Anti-virus:

                              Windows Defender.

                              When I use Windows, this is what I use. It works perfectly well, it's free and fully integrated. For home users, I don't see any value to replacing it.

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                                scottalanmiller
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                                Of course, Linux is the best AV 🙂

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                                  NerdyDad @Francesco Provino
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                                  @Francesco-Provino said in Home Anti-virus:

                                  @RojoLoco said in Home Anti-virus:

                                  @Francesco-Provino said in Home Anti-virus:

                                  @RojoLoco said in Home Anti-virus:

                                  Webroot is the jam.

                                  I just use a disponsable, self-resetting VM for internet. No problem whatsoever.

                                  And I use a regular windows machine with webroot, also no problems. Different strokes. Also, the OP asked for antivirus recommendations, not a total home computer infrastructure change.

                                  I won't expose a windows host to free internet surfing, regardless of the AV in use.
                                  A light browser-VM today is a free, simple, extremely secure and effective way of doing security-by-separation.

                                  Then you might as well go with either Qubes OS or KVM on top of a Linux distro. My I suggest Korora? Its pretty popular around here.

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                                    coliver @scottalanmiller
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                                    @scottalanmiller said in Home Anti-virus:

                                    @coliver said in Home Anti-virus:

                                    Windows Defender.

                                    When I use Windows, this is what I use. It works perfectly well, it's free and fully integrated. For home users, I don't see any value to replacing it.

                                    That's my thinking. Traditional AV is outdated and having a hard time keeping up with threats. Why spend a massive amount of money on something that is only going to work slightly better.

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                                      nadnerB
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                                      @IRJ & @Francesco-Provino That's all fancy, spankeriffic, and all but my hardware is incapable of virtualisation....
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                                        NerdyDad @nadnerB
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                                        @nadnerB said in Home Anti-virus:

                                        @IRJ & @Francesco-Provino That's all fancy, spankeriffic, and all but my hardware is incapable of virtualisation....
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                                        Check your BIOS. It just maybe disabled.

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                                          scottalanmiller @nadnerB
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                                          @nadnerB said in Home Anti-virus:

                                          @IRJ & @Francesco-Provino That's all fancy, spankeriffic, and all but my hardware is incapable of virtualisation....

                                          How is that even possible?

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                                            nadnerB @scottalanmiller
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                                            @scottalanmiller said in Home Anti-virus:

                                            @nadnerB said in Home Anti-virus:

                                            @IRJ & @Francesco-Provino That's all fancy, spankeriffic, and all but my hardware is incapable of virtualisation....

                                            How is that even possible?

                                            My bad. I was thinking type 1. Type 2 does work. I hate it but it works.

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