The Best AntiVirus

The truth about what is the best antivirus... unfiltered. .

[ericodionneviglione]

I like that: "Security is a journey, not a destination." Remembering that helps me to stay away from "silver bullet" thinking. :)

[michaelcopple]

PEBCAK: Problem exists between chair and keyboard. We used that all the time in tech support.

[Redmage]

The Best Antivirus doesn’t exist. However, a reputable adblocker (that’s enabled in Private Mode too, for those doing a special search) can take care of so many of the easiest vectors to infection, your browser. You can’t click on a malicious download link when it’s blocked and not included when displaying the webpage.

As far as email viruses and the like go, it all comes down to user education. A computer only does what it’s told to do, after all.

Same with torrent users - look closely at file lists, avoid one massive executable file unless you can confirm that’s how the product is meant to be, and don’t believe any torrent link that looks too good to be true.

[phobes]

Best setup for me:
- Stop downloading and installing crap you're not sure about. If you must, do it in a VM first and make sure it's safe.
- Keep an up-to-date image of your Windows installation. If something bad happens, just wipe and restore.
- Don't run AV on your production machine. If you get a 0-day virus AV isn't going to stop it.
- Store important files on server running something like Malwarebytes and Windows Defender.
- Use a cloud backup service. No, seriously, *_USE A CLOUD BACKUP SERVICE_*

The drive containing ALL my client data has sh*t the bed twice, Backblaze saved my ass both times. Worth every single penny.

[theonecrufix]

Chris, you're really showing your age here with that Paris Hilton reference. She hasn't been relevant in about 15 years. 😂

[adamsavard]

The best antivirus is not downloading torrents from suspicious sites.

[surfingsub]

The annoyance of them flagging your site aside. Hands down Kaspersky is the best antivirus IF you're infected with something nasty. They can do binary edits that other don't do. The reality is as you say the USER is the issue the vast majority of the time. Having good, solid backups of your data to include a base image of the main OS and your data split to another drive or partition you can always restore your data. Just keep the external backup drive disconnected when the backup is done. That way no infection can get to your backups.

[kev-zs]

You are 100% right it's the user downloading the latest game or video Windows lite.

[fightingtarnished]

the problem is the user.... youre totally right :)

[kev-zs]

Can you do a new video on firewalls and how to set them up you one a few years back or is this still relevant today.

[crisbalgreece]

Hey Chris!! You're touching a difficult subject here.. Best Antivirus doesn't exist.. Everything is upon user needs, capabilities, knowledge etc etc.. Also if you're a small company or big company etc etc.. Best solution for average Windows user is Defender and to use Windows with deep knowledge in what to install or what to open...
Remember..user rules..not Antivirus..😂😂😊

[JessicaFEREM]

kaspersky has false flagged mastodon social, they're great if you want a system that's super locked down, but not when you're actually using the PC day to day.

[bassjunk]

we're on ESET at work, have been for many years... but I hate their management system... and have had a few major issues with it, biggest one being it stopping VM's in the cloud from booting, took me days to figure out that it was ESET causing the issue and $$$ for extra VM's, restoring from backups etc etc! was not a fun week as it was our DevOps/Jenkins VM

considering moving to webroot as their management system looks intuitive and they are cheaper than ESET!

better the devil you know than the devil you don't??

[ChaddRussell]

Anyone overly paranoid wouldn't choose Kaspersky at all 😂

[RazoBeckett.]

if you know what you are doing, defender if enough on windows.

[Ranblv]

most businesses use edr/xdr over av anyway. most of them have av component anyway.

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Kaspersky Anti-Virus in Russia started slowing down YouTube traffic to 480p. This is a widespread phenomenon. I had to delete it, despite the purchased subscription. I am disappointed in Kaspersky, although technical support claims that they are not to blame. As a user, I don’t care who is to blame. I only know that without Kaspersky I can watch YouTube normally.

[AlienInSider]

Switching to Windows 11, due to my short stay on the ten, I found defender to be preferable to my way of using the computer!
And this is where the huge problems started! People just click on links... And in one ugly moment it turned out that I need to know every single customer to know what to do...
UGLY BUT

And I definitely agree that there is NO good anti virus program if the user is not internet literate!

[williamdickinson]

Damn, someone finally said it out loud "Biggest cybersecurity threat a PEBCAK error"🤣

[MK-ofqw]

Webroot isn't horrible. It's very lightweight and can be centrally managed for your business.