Been true since the first homonid doing monkey work pounding it out on ancient hardware.ofc, nothing is 100%
Feb 2026 conclusion?
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All the programs mentioned work fine, in my case (if xyz is excluded) I would & do use McAfee, either version, I find the cheap & cheerful 'Internet Security' fulfils my needs & others - Just my ten pence worth but I found after using it i found Zone Alarm Extreme to be the worst of all mentioned & felt like an alpha version, probably the worst AV experience I've had in recent times, again my just MHO 
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I was about to recommend "xyz" as well, but your post made me understand that it's out of the question, well done!All the programs mentioned work fine, in my case (if xyz is excluded) I would & do use McAfee, either version, I find the cheap & cheerful 'Internet Security' fulfils my needs & others - Just my ten pence worth but I found after using it i found Zone Alarm Extreme to be the worst of all mentioned & felt like an alpha version, probably the worst AV experience I've had in recent times, again my just MHO
so guys, still didn't take any decision, really
If up to now you did not made your decision,I guess you already have one and you're unaware of it - MS Defender then....heheso guys, still didn't take any decision, really
no, there is still 13 days of McAfee trial. The problem is McAfee wasn't tested by Nostromo from Comss and then I dunno what grade of performance actually McAfee offers.
We keep playing with the security tools then go back at the end to MD.
Like married life. Always go back to spouse after ________
Was joking around.
But yeah what you're doing of having trials is the best way to answer your personal requirements.
Have a feel,test it yourself,look for reviews then decide.
I have been using Kaspersky. I tried almost all of the popular ones listed for 1-2 months, and each time I came back to Kaspersky again. If I ever have to quit Kaspersky, I will probably use Avast.
Cyberlock or appguard,with any Av great for way extra protection
A recent ClickFix command saved as cmd, detected only by Kaspersky on VT
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From other info on here esp from user Trident shows that McAfee now is light & does a really great job, i think so too & IMHO really worth a try, the GUI is not the best but protection is pretty good & nothing the the McAfee we all (I) uninstalled a few years ago, its a pittance to buy & i have never given McAfee any payment details.
Selecting software based on political orientation is not the wisest decision.
I use CoreTemp; it's an Israeli software, but it just do the intended task in the most proper way.
Unless I am a high-caliber target, country of origin does not matter.
This is very irrogant. Easy to be pragmatic when it's theoretical for you. Those of us with actual losses tend to have different threat models - it's not about wisdom, it's about experience. Too much gone and vanished in the last years.
I have still boxes of Kaspersky from 2007, 2009 and 2014 laying somewhere in the archives, also I remember this stuff from AVP 3.0. Screaming pig is childhood trauma.
In today's reality this thing is direct security threat, Evgene is not a simple guy, sad that people blindened with the palestinian noise, but no attention to the russian threat. I don't say engine is bad or so on or engineering team are idiots - no, their product is good, I respect the technology, this guys know their stuff, but I don't want to have this on my PC. If I wanted to install AVP - then I would just buy and install it. Their lab team for reverse engineering is involved in the warfare, everyone knows this, and this is no a business or preference question. I have enough people working in the air defence, and Kaspersky could step aside and print money instead they offloaded their team to do a wrong thing.
It's easy to debate geopolitics from a Cologne gay bar when you still have everything. Some of us are choosing antiviruses from very different contexts - where these aren't philosophical positions but actual risk assessments. You see the guy made panic because of ZA, but I personally have nothing against of it. I respect his position, but we will reach no conclusion here. The question was actually if it improved across the years, since in 2023-2024 it was pretty raw. There are plenty of good products without geopolitical baggage - let's focus on those instead of debating whose threat model is 'wise enough'. I stated this in advance just because you are all boiling in the landscape and may visibility on the whole market, especially, since you claim you are a security researcher and you must give a response in your mind what kind of access antivirus software has in the environment. You have no power there and no power to judge, sorry.
Questions are actually were
If Bitdefender is enought
If Emsisoft is better Bitdefender
If TrendMicro is great option
Or if I choose ESET then what to tweak
MD actually passes all ransomwares in all the tests I saw around and this is a long-year running pattern. It's not enough for me.
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We had lots of losses by Israel, we had lots of losses UK during their occupation period.
Should I have to hate UK citizens and boycott UK products?
Should UK citizens hate German citizens and boycott their products for their losses during WWII?
Yup, I've either used one of these two or one of Andy's tools in conjunction with my AV for over 10 years now starting with Appguard v.4.
Try creating a "poll" instead of a regular post; this will help you get more accurate results about members' preferences.so guys, still didn't take any decision, really
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