Free Antivirus of the Year 2018 - Nominate
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What settings do you change?
- Oct 17, 2015
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Agree as well. I use them together.
- Oct 2, 2011
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I reckon KFA will easily win as the best free AV of 2018 awared.
- Dec 27, 2014
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Sorry, forgot adding the spoiler with them for some reason, edited the nomination, thanks for the heads up
Here we go:
Tencent PC Manager Global (with custom settings):
Realtime protection mode: Expert mode (Prompt upon detecting suspect actions)
File system protection level: High (monitor all file operations)
Action on threat detection: Choose action manually
Download Protection: Security prompt on dangerous files only
As I said, on first reboot, some of them were set back to the default ones, once applied again, they stay even after automatic or manual upgrades (you don't need to uninstall TCPM Global, it can upgrade while it's running).
Thanks.Sorry, forgot adding the spoiler with them for some reason, edited the nomination, thanks for the heads up
- Aug 17, 2014
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Kaspersky Free will be the winner...
I want to nominate others:
1. Windows Defender
2. Tencent PC Manager Global
I want to nominate others:
1. Windows Defender
2. Tencent PC Manager Global
- Aug 20, 2018
- 107
Sorry, forgot adding the spoiler with them for some reason, edited the nomination, thanks for the heads up
Here we go:
Tencent PC Manager Global (with custom settings):
Realtime protection mode: Expert mode (Prompt upon detecting suspect actions)
File system protection level: High (monitor all file operations)
Action on threat detection: Choose action manually
Download Protection: Security prompt on dangerous files only
As I said, on first reboot, some of them were set back to the default ones, once applied again, they stay even after automatic or manual upgrades (you don't need to uninstall TCPM Global, it can upgrade while it's running).
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. In fact, I'm installing it to see how it works on my system.
I'm thinking of running it with VoodooShield or NVT Exe Radar Pro. Maybe OSArmor ... please, any recommendations?
Thanks again
- Dec 27, 2014
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Looking forward to your feedback!Thank you for sharing your knowledge. In fact, I'm installing it to see how it works on my system.
I'm thinking of running it with VoodooShield or NVT Exe Radar Pro. Maybe OSArmor ... please, any recommendations?
Thanks again
Have only tried it in combination with SysHardener yet (v1.5), however haven’t tried it since I upgraded to Win10 1809.
Had no conflicts on the previous Windows Build 1803).
Currently using it in combination with Sphinx Software Windows 10 Firewall Control (Free Version) only.
Make sure to whitelist all TCPM Global processes when using it, you will get quite some notifications, but not more on upgrades (let alone for the installer).
One limitation of W10FWC: It has all Windows processes whitelisted, editing is only possible with the paid version.
All other processes: Default-Deny with notification.
- Aug 20, 2018
- 107
oh sorry didnt notice Free saw it antivirus of the year
for free i would have to go with Kaspersky
- Aug 17, 2013
- 1,860
Is Tencent safe software?Sorry, forgot adding the spoiler with them for some reason, edited the nomination, thanks for the heads up
Here we go:
Tencent PC Manager Global (with custom settings):
Realtime protection mode: Expert mode (Prompt upon detecting suspect actions)
File system protection level: High (monitor all file operations)
Action on threat detection: Choose action manually
Download Protection: Security prompt on dangerous files only
As I said, on first reboot, some of them were set back to the default ones, once applied again, they stay even after automatic or manual upgrades (you don't need to uninstall TCPM Global, it can upgrade while it's running).
- May 13, 2017
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Perfectly, it is being regularly tested on AV Comparatives, unlike its brothers, who got banned for cheating. Though it performs slightly worse than Bitdefender (delayed signatures?), I would probably pick Adaware over it, that is, if you do not like Chinese software or Chinese in general.
- Aug 17, 2013
- 1,860
Perfectly, it is being regularly tested on AV Comparatives, unlike its brothers, who got banned for cheating. Though it performs slightly worse than Bitdefender (delayed signatures?), I would probably pick Adaware over it, that is, if you do not like Chinese software or Chinese in general.
Thank you. I use KFA+CF I just wondered how safe Tencent was. Thanks again.
- Jan 1, 2018
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which ones cheated?
- May 13, 2017
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OK, it seems, that I was wrong, I thought it was Qihoo and Baidu, but it was Qihoo and Tencent. Well it was in 2015, but Tencent's offence was minor in comparison, so it is being tested in AV tests now. I have not seen Baidu being tested in a long time, I guess that confused me, sorry. :emoji_flushed:
Tencent, Qihoo antimalware firms are accused of cheating, stripped of rankings in antivirus tests
- Dec 27, 2014
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Though Zemana flags it as PUP, I would consider it safe to use, it's being certified by multiple labs (腾讯电脑管家_权威认证, if you trust them), just like as @TairikuOkami stated. However, you can never know what data it will transfer (but this is common for most vendors, to transfer data in the background). At least the Auto-SUD option is off by default (Auto report upon blocking suspected virus and trojans - Cloud Protection Project).
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