What antivirus for SP3?

[macmee]

OS X

Just joking don't kill me

 

[vxm]

hey!
I personally recommend Bit Defender, I've been using free version for year now on Thinkpad Yoga and after I purchased SP3 I decided to upgrade to paid version- I have no issues with it, it really is very discrete and is very light on system resources.

 

[bluegrass]

Not sure why anyone would want to use anything but Defender. It's made by the same company that makes the Surface & the OS. I also scan my computer with Malwarebytes every few weeks or if the system runs suspiciously slow.

 

[stevenrossvanduyn]

Not sure why anyone would want to use anything but Defender. It's made by the same company that makes the Surface & the OS. I also scan my computer with Malwarebytes every few weeks or if the system runs suspiciously slow.

bitdefender is the way to go

 

[bluegrass]

Never heard it called bitdefender before but yes, I think defender is the way to go.

 

[VickiFL]

Never heard it called bitdefender before but yes, I think defender is the way to go.

Windows Defender and Bitdefender are two different anti-virus programs.

 

[vxm]

Defender being very basic protection- even Microsoft says so.

 

[fuzzy2651]

I've never gotten a virus using the free version of AVG in the 8 years I've been using it. I think it also has something to do with me being a safe surfer as well.

I'm currently running the full version of AVG (free home licenses when I purchased the CloudCare licenses for work), and have not experienced any issues. AVG didn't work at all though when I was running Win 10 TP Build 9879. I haven't installed the latest build on my SP3, I went back to 8.1 for various reasons. AVG CloudCare does seem to be working fine on my work machine running Win 10 TP Build 9926. I do believe in layers of security, so I install Malwarebytes on every work machine along with AVG CloudCare because you just never know...

 

[runxtc]

I had the same question as my sp3 was being shipped. Only 2 kept standing out after going through tons of antivirus review sites: Bitdefender and Kaspersky. Like several others here, I ended up choosing Bitdefender (Antivirus Plus 2015) and have never regretted it. I have it set on Autopilot and I don't have to do nuthin.
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Bitdefender is in my opinion the AV joke of the century. I bought it for both PC and SP3.After installing it was like both units were joking on a rag and Bitdefender was no help. I took it off after wasting much time. The best solution I got from Bitdefender is reduced pricing every time my account flags a reminder that I was a customer.