Ask HN: What's the best antivirus tools for win10?

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Post by baddate » Thu, Nov 22, 2018, 5:59 AM UTC

free or not?

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Post by alltakendamned » Thu, Nov 22, 2018, 7:11 AM UTC

Windows Defender is a very good choice, and has the advantage it's free.

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Post by quantummkv » Thu, Nov 22, 2018, 9:01 AM UTC

Windows Defender with a firewall on whitelist mode.

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Post by m0ck » Thu, Nov 22, 2018, 11:43 AM UTC

Common Sense (tm)

It's free!

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Post by baud147258 » Thu, Nov 22, 2018, 12:57 PM UTC

I've used Windows Defender and I didn't had any issue so far (or I didn't saw it).

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Post by jryan49 » Thu, Nov 22, 2018, 4:48 PM UTC

An ad blocker, and learning not to install things from dubious sources.

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Post by bradknowles » Fri, Nov 23, 2018, 1:40 AM UTC

Linux?

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Post by philonoist » Fri, Nov 23, 2018, 9:31 AM UTC

I tried about 10 different ones.

The final conclusion is that we should be as preventive as possible within the first steps.

This is where uBlock Origin comes in.

If the download bypasses the above extension, then use a combo of MBAM( malware) or RogueKiller( malware)+ZoneAlarm(anti virus and firewall)+ Cleaner( junk can be taken advantage by malware).