Least 'chatty' AV

Discussion in 'other anti-virus software' started by ABaird3, Aug 26, 2017.

  1. ABaird3

    ABaird3 Registered Member

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    What's the least chatty AV for a non-tech savvy person? I've tried Bitdefender free, but it won't install as MBAM is installed on my friends pc. Avast I've read requests attention too much. I don't know about the others?
     
  2. Infected

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    Probably Eset, at least for me..
     
  3. plat1098

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    For me, Windows Defender but then again, I ain't doing nothing. :)

    Most chatty for me in the past was Bitdefender 2016, followed by Emsisoft Internet Security until I sat down and figured out how to make some things go away, like unticking the "keep me up to date on latest news" and other notifications.
     
  4. m0unds

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    I'm not a big fan of chatty security products and I've found that Eset is probably the quietest (firewall on auto, or just AV), then Webroot (default settings) followed by Kaspersky.
     
  5. bigwrench9

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    I've got to agree with you,Infected, on this one. Have tried them all, and have ESET on my home office desktop. I find myself checking the task manager from time to time to see if it's still running. I have Norton, Panda Global, KIS, EIS installed on others here, and am always seeing something pop up from them. Maybe not as much with Panda, though. Panda's pretty quiet also.:thumb:
     
  6. The Seeker

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    Windows Defender.
     
  7. roger_m

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    Panda Free Antivirus. You can disable Panda news to stop any popups trying to get you to upgrade to a paid version, and then it will only alert you when it detects a threat.
     
  8. Osaban

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    Avira Pro is very quiet, there is only a prompt when you plug in a USB flash drive asking whether to allow the device to access your computer, even any action on detection can be completely automated. I don't know about Avira free though...
     
  9. entropism

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    Windows Defender or Webroot.
     
  10. imuade

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    No AV is the least chatty for me ;)
     
  11. Minimalist

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    Definitely. And it also causes no other problems :)
     
  12. TairikuOkami

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    Avast is death silent after you properly set it up (enable cybercapture/aggressive mode and select how to deal with detected malware), then just enable game mode (no popups whatsoever).

    Ditto, but even detecting the threat can be disabled (Disable show warning) and let it deal with it, thus no alerts.
     
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    Kind of weird requirement...:D
     
  15. Minimalist

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    Yes, BB alerts and protection alerts can be auto-resolved while other notifications can be disabled entirely :thumb:
     
  16. fax

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    Especially when you get infected :D:argh:
     
  17. FleischmannTV

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    That is an unsatisfactory solution because it will either end with an infected system or, which is more likely, with auto-quarantines due to false positives, depending on how you set it up in the program. For example, EAM always alerts after an Nvidia driver update, because some unsigned .dll is trying to modify an autorun entry. This is something which should never happen with such widely distributed software, even though no small part of the blame goes to Nvidia for not signing the .dll. Furthermore, I've have seen behavior blocker alerts in EAM for benign software regularly, whereas ESET oder Kaspersky always have been quiet in that regard, probably because of their superior cloud reputation database.

    In my opinion the auto-resolve feature is to very little benefit for the user as it does not help in differentiating malware from false positives, but rather to remove the yellow bar (= user dependent) in those AV-C test results.
     
  18. plat1098

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    :) Yep! Don't use the auto-resolve, I want to see what it is. Turning off the other notifications, as I mentioned earlier, is a fine compromise for me.
     
  19. guest

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    All is about the user's choice (at least he has the choice), does he wants convenience hence accepting a marge for errors? Or precision at the cost of more alerts/prompts?
    EAM allow those choices, and the user can play with the settings to fit its needs.
     
  20. ance

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    Windows Defender or Panda.
     
  21. sm1

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    Forticlient. It scored very well in AV-C anti phishing test. Another choice is GDATA antivirus but I don't know how it will interact with malwarebytes.

    As for EAM its BB always give me an alert if I run a custom chromium build and if auto resolve is enabled it will be a false positive. Is this changed now?
     
  22. gery

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    ZoneAlarm and McAfee .......especially ZA
     
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    +1 :D :argh:
     
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