Third-party antivirus VS 365 Defender

[NorthernCross]

Do you guys use third-party antivirus? I am trying to decide if I should keep my antivirus subscription or just use Microsoft Defender - antivirus, which comes in the Office 365 subscription. There is a lot of confusing info when googling because of the old Windows Defender that was free. Any insights from people who know more than I do would be much appreciated.

 

[GarGoil]

Do you guys use third-party antivirus? I am trying to decide if I should keep my antivirus subscription or just use Microsoft Defender - antivirus, which comes in the Office 365 subscription. There is a lot of confusing info when googling because of the old Windows Defender that was free. Any insights from people who know more than I do would be much appreciated.

I would go with the Windows Defender application that comes with your Office 365 subscription purchase.

If you are considering making a third-part anti-virus / anti-malware application subscription purchase, I would consider buying something that provides an identity theft monitoring service. Here is a random website, intended to sell someone some shit, that lists anti-virus / anti-malware companies that offer an identity protection monitoring service. You provide the company with email addresses and other data, then they notify you when they see the data on the darkweb for sale.

 

[NorthernCross]

Yeah, I think i will do that. I didn't even know 365 had an antivirus until I went to renew it earlier. No point paying for MacAfee if Defender will do most of what McAfee does. The dark web thing is interesting for MacAfee but google passwords also searches for passwords now.

 

[dwdays]

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[NorthernCross]

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[Flatus Tube]

I stick with Windows Defender on my music studio PC and laptop. I’ve never had a problem with it in years.

3rd party antivirus has never seemed to suit my Cubase set-ups and made the music software run slow and glitch.

 

[D.O.A.]

Defender and a firewall

A firewall filters network traffic to ensure that no unwanted network communication takes place.

TinyWall - A free, lightweight and non-intrusive firewall

TinyWall is a free, feature-rich, and lightweight firewall for Windows, known for its unique no-popup approach.

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[Jenny]

I would go with the Windows Defender application that comes with your Office 365 subscription purchase.

If you are considering making a third-part anti-virus / anti-malware application subscription purchase, I would consider buying something that provides an identity theft monitoring service. Here is a random website, intended to sell someone some shit, that lists anti-virus / anti-malware companies that offer an identity protection monitoring service. You provide the company with email addresses and other data, then they notify you when they see the data on the darkweb for sale.

Those services also usually have not just monitoring like you said but, insurance if you do get compromised I.E. Norton 360 w/ Lifelock. They'll cover an individual w/x-amount of email addresses, phone #s, card #s, & devices for a premium and expend upto 1 million USD in services (to recover) & reimbursement if you get hacked & someone starts billing you for lots of shit you didn't buy if you're found liable. They also provide you w/VPN services & other tools or so their infomercial says.

 

[NorthernCross]

@H82Go8675309 Those insurance things are generally US only, Mcafee offers it to my country but you have to get the 200 per year plan and I am certainly not going to do that. Defender just says places outside of US might not be covered, which means they are not. Their VPNs are good tho

 

[Vitamin[X]]

Defender and a firewall

A firewall filters network traffic to ensure that no unwanted network communication takes place.

TinyWall - A free, lightweight and non-intrusive firewall

TinyWall is a free, feature-rich, and lightweight firewall for Windows, known for its unique no-popup approach.

tinywall.pados.hu

the windows firewall sucks ass, disabling it wont change anything, except you will be able to ping the machine and if a hacker already got to the point that your firewall is the problem, then everything is already to late, some MITM magic and he got your shit anyway

But the windows defender got pretty good in the last years, but not using windows is the best choice, linux didnt even has any antivirus scan thingys, just some to scan windows stuff

 

[Dark_Voyeur]

I say Nortons because it also has a free VPN that works anywhere.