I’ve had Malwarebytes for years on my personal windows pc and it’s up for renewal. Is Defender sufficient or something else cheaper but better? My default is to cancel.
Use ClamAV
And also windows defender. Both are free (as in beer) and effective enough if you aren’t just running any random crap you get from the internet.
denender will suffice but the best protection is common sense. If for whatever reason you find yourself needing to interact with sus files there are ways to do so safely in a contained environment
Defender is free and if you get something it can’t mitigate then you’re better off wiping anyways.
interestingly, this is likely the most truthful and practical statement I have read today.
Malwarebytes double-charged my elderly grandmother and then refused to provide the service that she overpaid for because of a non-functional email verification system. Don’t use Malwarebytes. Unless you’re downloading tons of executables from some questionable source a virus won’t randomally appear on your PC and even if it does, Microsoft spywareDefender will do the exact same thing any other anti-virus would.
