Best virus, spyware protection.

coolmom42 wrote:
I use the built-in Windows protection suite ... Malwarebytes Free.

I also use the free Windows Defender as it's now rated near the top for malware protection by leading independent security organizations. A vast improvement when it's previous incarnations (Microsoft Security Essentials) was apparently rated at or near the bottom.

I also prefer using Malwarebytes Free for on-demand personal secondary scanning, though it ended up being banned at my organization which runs on a U.S. Gov network. As far as I know, due to unprofessional behavior by a Malwarebytes sales rep trying to force my central organization to purchase an enterprise wide license, when it apparently detected Malwarebytes Free being used on a some computers accessing our network? Not a wise move to have threatened our central support staff, as our chief desktop director promptly banned Malwarebytes use on all our organization computers worldwide, which if detected on our network is blocked and uninstalled by our SOC.

What a bummer as my unit purchased Malwarebytes business licenses for use on our own IT computers, and was our preferred supplemental security scanning tool. We can no longer use any Malwarebytes tools as units cannot bypass central IT policy.