Who is running without virus software?

[guymalloc]

Just using Windows Defender since day 1 on my SP1, Have the free version of Malwarebyes installed, and run a scan with it each week before doing a system image backup, never had a problem. Use Avast on my other PC's, and it doesn't slow them down that I've noticed.....

 

[Secutor]

I noticed Windows Defender constantly hovering around 0.1%-0.5% of CPU usage in Task Manager, even in idle mode.

So I installed Kaspersky Anti-virus 2015 and the CPU utilisation for it is mostly 0% when idle.

But I do use Windows Defender in my other Windows machines.

 

[Cothek]

I've always said that the best AV is your mouse finger.

 

[mark8900]

i was running with WIN Defender but got a virus through email, now using AVG

 

[Tim Finnigan]

I tried to unzip a file and - after 20 yrs of using WinZip- I was told I needed a yearly $8 subscription. I really needed the file and tried to buy Winzip thru the Store but it would NOT download. Found out I already had same crap malware running me thru a proxy server. I was off the Mac for 3 weeks and back into virus hell so I am not impressed with Defender. ! The Microsoft store at the Mall said to get Hit Man Pro- it does not run in background. But it apparently cleans out crap that defender lets slip by. I still do not know how I got it- the only downloads I have came from the store and from my Toshiba- other addons that are scanned and proven ok. REgards

 

[Lobo]

I'm currently testing Kaspersky, since it supports Connected Standby and it doesn't seem to slow things down at all.

Since I swap lots of flash drives on the job, I need to run an AV solution, but as has been mentioned before: Common sense is still the best AV in most cases.

 

[Chuck_IV]

I'm currently testing Kaspersky, since it supports Connected Standby and it doesn't seem to slow things down at all.

Since I swap lots of flash drives on the job, I need to run an AV solution, but as has been mentioned before: Common sense is still the best AV in most cases.

Running Kaspersky here too. I don't see any negative effects running it. Made sense to install it since I had a 5 device license.

Only issue I had with it(not really an issue tho) was when I tried to enable Hyper V. Hyper V wouldn't enable with Kaspersky installed. So I had to uninstalled Kaspersky, enabled Hyper V and then reinstall Kaspersky.

 

[King]

I stand corrected. Upon further searching, I found out that Windows Defender that previously came with XP/Vista/7 only had the Anti-Spyware component. After Windows 8, the Security Essentials includes Anti-Virus.

 

[dniezby]

Windows Defender only. Got rid of the rest long ago.

 

[note3]

I talked to man who works for a computer repair company.
He told me, that they take Windows Defender as the first virus program to check an infected computer.

 

[sean_scouser]

I use avg free used it on all pcs I've had , seems good on surface too

 

[leeshor]

You may want to check the latest AV tests. From PC World.