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Originally Posted by ownedbycats
For what it matters, I've found that safe browsing habits, common sense, and a good adblocker (uBlock Origin, and look into NoScript while you're at it) are a lot more reliable than any antivirus.
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Originally Posted by ownedbycats
I just use Microsoft Security Essentials and run a secondary scan in MalwareBytes every week or thereabouts. Only once did it pick up anything, and that was because I disabled my adblocker on a supposedly-reputable site and the ad redirected to a dodgy site. Never again.
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more or less.
I now regard NoScript as high-maintenance browser candy, I gave it the flick when I got rid of XP
On XP and earlier, at various times, I ran AVG, Avast, Trend Micro, Comodo, McAfee, Nortons, Kaspersky... paid and free versions. Every one of them had one or more annoying features. And like Noscript, they were all high-maintenance, By that I mean: they require lot of interaction and intervention - bit like a three year old, but without the delight one gets from a child.
I switched to Security Essentials (now known as Defender) when I moved to Win 7. I have had it find trojans and PUPs in software downloads that Virus Total didn't, that was when VT neglected to include Defender in its toolbag.
I run MWB Pro for its dodgy site checking, it seems to be a bit stricter than Moz/Goggle/MS, but not as silly as WoT. In that context I don't mind a few false positives.
MWB very occasionally (like once or twice per annum) finds something Defender let's through. I have nothing whitelisted/excluded in Defender or MWB - they have carte-blanche to scan my entire system. I scarcely get a peep out of either of them, a weekly notify message from Defender telling me how many scans and how many threats, normally zero, is about all I get from it. MWB only pipes up if it wants to download/install a major upgrade.
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