WD with memory protection is a bit too restrictive, and the zero trust stuff that is going on with microsoft many drivers are not signed especially if you want to do something else besides using ms word @roger_m you already have two chinese AV vendors, why not step up your game and install chinese OS
Not to mention, two Chinese browsers, various other Chinese software and a Chinese laptop But I'll stick with Windows, since it is by far the best operating system (in my opinion anyway).
Q360 appears to be better than the one you mentioned, in free version it has no fileless protection which you can compensate with WvSX
I have a license for the Pro version. While I ditched it recently, I may install it again at some point. But I'm not too worried about fileless attacks. As always, my main protection against malware, is doing my best to (hopefully) never open infected files.
I installed it recently and I must say I love it , 360 I mean, that AV is like made for me, I believe I tried most free AVs , 360: I especially like the cleaning and service switching feature not to mention registry protection and certificates scans, and "abnormality" detection . One thing though is that it did not register as AV in the windows security panel
It does. There must an issue on your system. I've used on many systems, and it always registered in Windows Security Center.
Yes it's an opinion of course, I'm very skeptical about these type of tools that throw around all kinds of buzzwords, but probably won't protect you in case you're dealing with more advanced malware.
in that regards WD was a letdown, I clicked on a serious malware that was stopped on paper by WD but infection attacked routers nearby (lol)
But the same could happen with any free or paid antivirus. No product provides 100% protection and the best way to protect yourself from malware, is to be very careful about files you open.
I know but people are governed by subjective feelings, and are partially driven by experiences they had, that have little to do with objectives states, WD is dead for me
My point is, that you could have the same experience with any antivirus. There will always be threats that some antiviruses miss. If you switch antiviruses, perhaps you will encounter a threat that that your new antivirus of choice fails to detect, that Microsoft Defender would have detected and protected you against. If an antivirus consistently fails to detect malware, then it's a good idea to switch to something better. However, there's little point ditching an antivirus because of just one missed threat. Whenever my systems have got infected, which is thankfully a very rare occurrence, I've never felt the need to change antiviruses. It's just provided an important reminder that I need to be very careful about what files I open.
it's not like you know the link will be malicious, I know it was suspicious that's all and I clicked it when I was in fully fledged and updated VM, but did not predict it will go after routers
So you got infected just by clicking on the link, without actually downloading and opening anything? What happened to the routers?
Comodo FW(proactive settings, webfilter disabled+my own tweaks) +FortiClient Free. Really light and powerfull setup, especially on older computers. Tweaked some Forticlient settings to scan only when writing to disk to reduce I/O on slow HDD. Works fantastic on my 1,2ghz AMD, 5400rpm, 4GB
The problem is that I've had no detection experience as far back as ten years using Avira Pro most of the time, Kaspersky I.S. for a year, and MS Defender for about a year now. Absolutely nothing, how could I say one is better than the other? I'm not reckless, in the sense that my system is most of the time virtualized, and I image my computer almost daily, but I would expect the odd detection every now and then. Honestly, nothing malicious seems to exist out there, as average users we are no longer a target for hackers, big corporations and government institutions are the ones targeted specifically for big money.
My statement was really about switching antiviruses if you are regularly getting infected. I don't encounter malware either. The only detections from my antiviruses are for harmless PUPs and the occasional false positive. Also, when I was using 360 TS, I got plenty of alerts from its proactive protection, when I was installing software. I was hit by ransomware at the start of the year, but I was emailed a link to download the ransomware, in what appeared to be a legitimate email from IObit. When I'm browsing the web, I don't come across malware.
I opened a rar archive, one router was under attack, 6 different techniques, I have logs on email, dunno if they broke through , nothing was changed on the surface, I just factory reset and change password. The rar was downloaded from a link ofc. But the time in the logs is when I clicked rar thingy, I don't think they got past VM, no more logs of similar fashion observer later I was hacked by real person thats why (the only reason) I am on wilders, private guy , nothing special, no company. Remote programme stuff. Better be safe than sorry, I listened to bleeping computer (I would like to use an offensive word but its prohibited here) advice to use windows firewall at default settings I remember I was using Discord alot and downloading uploading stuff from people, they fixed lots of discord security issues now, discord allowed exe remote execution from discord community servers, and no scan was made on shared files, I sent many emails to them for fixing it
By not feeling any inturruption in using my computer. If there is any undetected malware sneaking around, I would say to it welcome aboard. We can live together as long as you do not disturb me. Do not know your purpose in being such a silent innocent malware but I am already being tracked by every company I visit on the internet with apps, cookies, etc. One more would not hurt.
Advertisers and data brokers tracking your browsing activity is in no way comparable to having malware logging your keystrokes or harvesting your account credentials. Let's not conflate the two, hm?
Almost all my important accounts have 2 ways authentications. There is no notifications of my account credentials being stolen. My bank account is intact, I can log into and use social media and all other stuff. Why do I care about an invisible malware which might be stealing my credentials. I am not a celebrity or in any important position to attract any hacker. Now that kind of targeted attack would be scary. Otherwise let us relax and work and enjoy life. Let us not live in fear and paranoia.
Off topic (sorry) Just a word of advice re Forticlient... If you have a pre FC image make sure you keep it! If you dont and you uninstall, it leaves drivers behind that I found with Hibit Startup Manager, which upon deleting left me with no mouse or keyboard after restarting. I found a solution after much trial and error which was nuking all Fortinet registry and files, then uninstalling mouse and keyboard in device manager before rebooting to let plug and play reinstall them upon reboot.
