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<blockquote data-quote="ForgottenSeer 103564" data-source="post: 1060942"><p>In a forum full of security enthusiasts you will surely find your fair share of opinions on the matter. Defender is built into your operating system and compatibility wise will be your best choice.</p><p></p><p>Something im not seeing mentioned in this thread though, is not relying on your antivirus to begin with. Learning by researching how to keep yourself safe is the best method. Your antivirus finding something on your system means just that, its already there, doing damage. Social engineering is the most common threat now days, and learning to circumvent this, is to your advantage. Learn what to click and when , and what not to mess with. No prince in Nigeria is going to email you and share money with you. Random links in your messages do not magically appear, and you should probably not click those. Learn to find and download applications from legit sources.Those injected ads in your social media accounts are never a good idea to click. If you need to shop, do not follow ads, go to legit store links. Speaking of links, look at the address in the search bar before proceeding, is it legit. There are tons of sites on the internet that can teach you how to spot issues. You can even learn that here in the forum looking around.</p><p></p><p>My advice though, do not spend all your time concentrating on the AV, learn to protect yourself with better choices.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ForgottenSeer 103564, post: 1060942"] In a forum full of security enthusiasts you will surely find your fair share of opinions on the matter. Defender is built into your operating system and compatibility wise will be your best choice. Something im not seeing mentioned in this thread though, is not relying on your antivirus to begin with. Learning by researching how to keep yourself safe is the best method. Your antivirus finding something on your system means just that, its already there, doing damage. Social engineering is the most common threat now days, and learning to circumvent this, is to your advantage. Learn what to click and when , and what not to mess with. No prince in Nigeria is going to email you and share money with you. Random links in your messages do not magically appear, and you should probably not click those. Learn to find and download applications from legit sources.Those injected ads in your social media accounts are never a good idea to click. If you need to shop, do not follow ads, go to legit store links. Speaking of links, look at the address in the search bar before proceeding, is it legit. There are tons of sites on the internet that can teach you how to spot issues. You can even learn that here in the forum looking around. My advice though, do not spend all your time concentrating on the AV, learn to protect yourself with better choices. [/QUOTE]
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