I had the exactly same experience :oI finally got rid of it after they forced their sleazy subscription service on me long enough. I paid for a license back before the subscription plan so I was a lifetime member. But everytime they forced an update, I'd have to go find my verification key all over again.
Finally, they said I ran out of devices to use the key on and other such bullshit. So I just let it go. Safe internet practices and Windows Defender are good enough these days. Yes I'm salty, I paid for a lifetime pass, fuck them.
EDIT: And also, while I had it, the later versions LOVED giving you pop ups reminding you to subscribe or update or whatever. There was an option in the settings to disable these notifications and surprise, it didn't work.
I personally feel you don't really need it. Windows Defender is good enough combined with adequate browser extensions like NoScript, NoCoin, AdBlock, etc.
It might still be the best though from my own experience.
DO NOT USE KAPERSKY! EVER! It has a built in back door that can be used to harvest your data and spy on you. This is why the federal government forbids it from being used or installed on any PCs with any sort of sensitive equipment.Is the consensus that Windows Defender is good now?
I've been using Kaspersky for years and my subscription has just run out and wasnt sure if I could get a better Antivirus else where or renew.
DO NOT USE KAPERSKY! EVER! It has a built in back door that can be used to harvest your data and spy on you. This is why the federal government forbids it from being used or installed on any PCs with any sort of sensitive equipment.
Damn that sucks. I've had a lifetime sub and I've never run into this issue. I think I've used it on several PCs and have always been good with upgrading and keeping their premium service. Hell, I just booted and updated a PC I haven't touched in over a year and it updated with no issue.I finally got rid of it after they forced their sleazy subscription service on me long enough. I paid for a license back before the subscription plan so I was a lifetime member. But everytime they forced an update, I'd have to go find my verification key all over again.
Finally, they said I ran out of devices to use the key on and other such bullshit. So I just let it go. Safe internet practices and Windows Defender are good enough these days. Yes I'm salty, I paid for a lifetime pass, fuck them.
EDIT: And also, while I had it, the later versions LOVED giving you pop ups reminding you to subscribe or update or whatever. There was an option in the settings to disable these notifications and surprise, it didn't work.
I finally got rid of it after they forced their sleazy subscription service on me long enough. I paid for a license back before the subscription plan so I was a lifetime member. But everytime they forced an update, I'd have to go find my verification key all over again.
Finally, they said I ran out of devices to use the key on and other such bullshit. So I just let it go. Safe internet practices and Windows Defender are good enough these days. Yes I'm salty, I paid for a lifetime pass, fuck them.
EDIT: And also, while I had it, the later versions LOVED giving you pop ups reminding you to subscribe or update or whatever. There was an option in the settings to disable these notifications and surprise, it didn't work.
It had been reported to have happened with an NSA guy who took some work home with him.Definitely not as good as it used to be. Good to install and check your machine along with another scanner. If you have an infection never just rely on one vendor to clear up.
There is a general consensus that as the software is Russian based it could be interfered/exploited at some point by the Russian government - but I don't think there are any proven cases of this at this point?
Any anti-virus software is also integrating itself deep into your system, ironically enough increasing your overall attack surface and in the case of "features" like Malwarebytes' web protection, essentially creating a man-in-the-middle environment for all your web browsing, further decreasing the effectiveness of any other measures you take to protect yourself. Also, most of these "advanced" heuristic and similar detection methods not only come with a heavy performance hit, but they're also unreliable and prone to false positives.Generally speaking though, pretty much any anti-virus will have full access to your computer (otherwise it can't scan all your fules for viruses), and they all send telemetry back to their servers for analysis.
In this day and age what's a questionable site? UK Era was getting hammered with nasty ads last weekend and apparently it was effecting some major and online news sites too.
The ones you visit without noscript and some form of adblocking on lmao.In this day and age what's a questionable site? UK Era was getting hammered with nasty ads last weekend and apparently it was effecting some major and online news sites too.
Same thing, I said fuck them and got some free shit and some more firefox extensions.
Then I hope Windows Defender is doing its job!I see someone hasn't been paying attention to online developments these past few years.
Malware can strike anywhere at any time, regardless of how "safe" you think a site is. All it takes is an ad injection, hostile site takeover, or anything else that you, as an end user, have no control over.
If you haven't had any malware attacks on your PC (and who knows what's lurking in the background of your system if you're not running anything that can detect it for you?), you're just lucky. What sites you visit has little to do with it.
What would you guys recommend for an enterprise network? Malware Bytes too?
Oh lol we use that now where I work. We was actually thinking of moving to something else and Malwarebytes was a close second. Symantec has too many false positives.I've seen Symantec's hosted endpoint work very well in several businesses
Oh lol we use that now where I work. We was actually thinking of moving to something else and Malwarebytes was a close second. Symantec has too many false positives.
I used to love NOD32, but I stopped using it at some point, because it'd max out my CPU whenever I downloaded a file in an attempt to scan it. Made my computer almost unusable at times. I don't know how much it's changed, but I recall it being a relatively lightweight software package, and it introduced me to the idea of heuristics. Any idea as to how it compares to Malwarebytes (which I currently subscribe to)?I can't believe nobody mentioned ESET NOD32. Real time protection, process scanning, no annoying bullshit. I've tried everything else, Kaspersky, Avast, MalwareBytes, this is the best experience for me and it's not even a contest.
I used to love NOD32, but I stopped using it at some point, because it'd max out my CPU whenever I downloaded a file in an attempt to scan it. Made my computer almost unusable at times. I don't know how much it's changed, but I recall it being a relatively lightweight software package, and it introduced me to the idea of heuristics. Any idea as to how it compares to Malwarebytes (which I currently subscribe to)?
What would you guys recommend for an enterprise network? Malware Bytes too?