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Old July 9th 19, 11:20 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Ken Blake[_5_]
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On Tue, 09 Jul 2019 22:03:42 +0100, Stephen Wolstenholme
wrote:

On Tue, 09 Jul 2019 09:06:56 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote:

On Tue, 09 Jul 2019 09:21:46 -0600, KenW wrote:

On Tue, 09 Jul 2019 16:05:30 +0100, Stephen Wolstenholme
wrote:

On Tue, 09 Jul 2019 09:35:13 -0500, Char Jackson
wrote:

On Tue, 09 Jul 2019 14:44:17 +0100, Stephen Wolstenholme
wrote:

On Tue, 09 Jul 2019 08:47:09 -0400, Pat
wrote:

I've using Norton for many years and have been happy with it. I pay a
reasonable price once per year and they provide reasonable protection.
The processing power load doesn't seem excessive for what it does.

A while back, they bought the identity theft protection package
LifeLock and been pestering me to upgrade. I regular click "not
interested" in the pop-up, but in a few weeks, they start again.

What do you guys recommend for anti-virus these days? McAfee?
Kaspersky? Just use what's built into Windows 10?

Pat

I have used Malware Bytes for nearly 14 years. I pay $39.99 a year for
premium. It as never allowed any malware of any type onto my computer.

The consensus seems to be that MalwareBytes is not, and has never been,
a replacement for antivirus software. It looks for other kinds of
malware, though.

What consensus? In my experience MalwareBytes handles viruses along
with a bunch of other types of malware. Sometimes it can be a bit over
the top blocking web sites.

Steve
It has been posted numerous time what files they check .xxx. IT IS NOT
A REPLACEMENT FOR AN ANTI_VIRUS. Anyone that is a regular monitor of
their forum knows this.



Stephen Wolstenholme probably has Windows Defender running, and
doesn't realize it.


No, Defender is not installed on any of my PCs.




Yes it is. Defender is part of Windows 10. It's installed by default,
and Windows has no option to uninstall it. There are ways to disable
it, but you can't uninstall it.
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