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<blockquote data-quote="Ink" data-source="post: 1021132" data-attributes="member: 3">As mentioned before Paid AV does not guarantee better protection.For Windows, stock Microsoft Defender is certainly a solid foundation to begin with and you can layer the following advice:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Safe browsing practices</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Modern browser with Ad and Content blocking</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Perform regular backups</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Do not ignore OS and App updates</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Standard User Accounts (encouraged, though optional)</li>
</ul>Microsoft engineered their Defender Antivirus for the general population; powerful protection with an easy UI and no confusing pop-ups, all work (local or cloud) is done behind the scenes.End of the day mistakes can happen, be prepared.[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://malwaretips.com/threads/how-i-got-infected-last-time-thread.57614/[/URL]How many devices are you looking to protect? And which platforms Android, Linux, Mac, iOS and Windows?From a personal viewpoint I would avoid all subsiduaries under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gen_Digital" target="_blank">Gen Digital</a>, these include: Norton/LifeLock, Avast, Avira, AVG, CCleaner.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ink, post: 1021132, member: 3"] As mentioned before Paid AV does not guarantee better protection. For Windows, stock Microsoft Defender is certainly a solid foundation to begin with and you can layer the following advice: [LIST] [*]Safe browsing practices [*]Modern browser with Ad and Content blocking [*]Perform regular backups [*]Do not ignore OS and App updates [*]Standard User Accounts ([I]encouraged, though optional[/I]) [/LIST] Microsoft engineered their Defender Antivirus for the general population; powerful protection with an easy UI and no confusing pop-ups, all work (local or cloud) is done behind the scenes. End of the day mistakes can happen, be prepared. [URL unfurl="true"]https://malwaretips.com/threads/how-i-got-infected-last-time-thread.57614/[/URL] How many devices are you looking to protect? And which platforms Android, Linux, Mac, iOS and Windows? From a personal viewpoint I would [B][U]avoid[/U][/B] all subsiduaries under [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gen_Digital']Gen Digital[/URL], these include: Norton/LifeLock, Avast, Avira, AVG, CCleaner. [/QUOTE]

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