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Question Which AV are you using and why did you choose this one ??
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How I got infected last time thread
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Serious Discussion What’s in your Junk Mail folder? (Mega Thread)
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Protecting Host Machine from Malware escaping a VM.
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Serious Discussion Security Product Acronyms used on MalwareTips (Helpful for New Members)
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Hot Take Who is safer?
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Security Dictionary
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Serious Discussion Pre-execution vs post-execution protections explained
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Advice Request I am head of research at Emsisoft. Ask me anything! :)
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Advice Request If you could pick only one program for protection.
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Serious Discussion DNS Providers for Home Users – Still Cloudflare/Quad9, or Did NextDNS/Control D Finally Win?
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Solved Question malware found
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Do we actually need so many security programs?
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Advice Request Why are we even messing with anything other than WD these days?
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Default Deny VS traditional AVs
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How Paranoid Are You ?
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Absolutely the most powerful antivirus?
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Advice Request Best Antivirus for my Family
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Serious Discussion “Strongest” security solution.
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Known Problems with Most Common AV's
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Poll What kind of ad/tracker blocking do you use?
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Advice Request What Security Program Do You Keep Going Back To No Matter What?
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Do you use an Admin account or Standard User Account?
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Serious Discussion Are antiviruses unimportant?
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Question If the site contains malware, should frontline page be blocked
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Advice Request Any real-time software that uses non-traditional ways to find malware?
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Testing real-time protection of antiviruses with 10.124 Sample
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Serious Discussion Antivirus vs. Common Sense — What Really Keeps You Safe in 2025?
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