antivirus programs
Is there a good FREE antivirus program you'd recommend?
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road-runner wrote:
The best windows anti-virus protection IMO is never running in administrator mode unless absolutely necessary, which is for some curious reason not the default configuration.
Yes, in fact, not too long ago, a report of WIN users indicated that over 90% of malware infections could have been prevented by not using an admin account when connected to the web.
However, AV software is just one layer of protection. Your first line of defense being your browser/email client for most users. Which is the reason to keep these updated, along with browser plugins and extensions.
Malwarebytes Free is one of my favorite utilities. However, its an after the fact resource. Meaning that if it discovers malware, you've already been breached. Better to prevent malware from establishing itself in your system in the first place, then having to deal with it after you're already infected?
