Can anyone suggest a good open source antivirus?

Hey

Can anyone suggest a good open source antivirus?

I always used Avast but recently read about Avast collecting and selling data to 3rd parties.
Also it NEVER picks up anything even with thorough in depth scans and I know I've acquired the odd virus / malware etc.

I tried Moon Secure antivirus (because it has realtime shield) It uses clam engine but it crashes after updating it.
However even when scanning before updating it, it picked up a trojan that none of my antivirus / malware packages did.

I've changed to Tor Browser and using Startpage search engine.
Trying to go off "mainstream" software to avoid privacy issues.


Thanking in advance!

You can use Clamwin and herdProtect - Anti-Malware Multiscanning Platform in the Cloud

Loki

Microsoft Security Essentials 4.10.209.0 is what I use in my Windows 7 Pro SP1 64-bit computers because it's light-weight and very user-friendly.

Microsoft will no longer update this antivirus app, so it'll remain at version 4.10.209.0, but Microsoft will continue to provide definition updates for it for at least another year.

Ok thanks guys!

I will give it some thought..

Loki said:

You can use Clamwin and herdProtect - Anti-Malware Multiscanning Platform in the Cloud

Loki

Herdprotect hasn't been allowing anyone to download their program for a long time now, but you can use the portable version. https://www.softpedia.com/get/PORTAB...dProtect.shtml

glenhall said:

Hey

Can anyone suggest a good open source antivirus?

I always used Avast but recently read about Avast collecting and selling data to 3rd parties.
Also it NEVER picks up anything even with thorough in depth scans and I know I've acquired the odd virus / malware etc.

I tried Moon Secure antivirus (because it has realtime shield) It uses clam engine but it crashes after updating it.
However even when scanning before updating it, it picked up a trojan that none of my antivirus / malware packages did.

I've changed to Tor Browser and using Startpage search engine.
Trying to go off "mainstream" software to avoid privacy issues.


Thanking in advance!

Tor is not want you want to use for privacy. Anyone can create an exit node and read you traffic and I know damn well the NSA and the FBI have their mitts in it. You want a good non five eyes jurisdiction VPN like Protonvpn or VPN.AC.

Just be aware that a VPN can be blocked by certain services like PayPal, etc.

I don't run any anti-virus software at all. I just use the now free Sandboxie for my browser and scan ALL downloads at Virus Total. Definition based anti-virus software isn't going to help you with polymorphic malware and then these programs are so bloated with other useless crap that can and will mess with your computer or making gaming a pain in the butt.

Panda Antivirus is one i have heard about

F22 Simpilot said:

Tor is not want you want to use for privacy. Anyone can create an exit node and read you traffic and I know damn well the NSA and the FBI have their mitts in it. You want a good non five eyes jurisdiction VPN like Protonvpn or VPN.AC.

Just be aware that a VPN can be blocked by certain services like PayPal, etc.

I don't run any anti-virus software at all. I just use the now free Sandboxie for my browser and scan ALL downloads at Virus Total. Definition based anti-virus software isn't going to help you with polymorphic malware and then these programs are so bloated with other useless crap that can and will mess with your computer or making gaming a pain in the butt.

Thanks very much for the info!