What's the Best Anti-virus?

A Guy said:

Never even had the programs find anything, much less anything slip by. Only time I hear from these programs is if I go to a page off a Google search, and they don't like it. A Guy

That's what I thought - or would have guessed anyway! And yeah, you don't want to go against their wishes, or they might just start turning a blind eye now and again!

I do get an occasional notice, but it could be due to settings (how to handle minor threats is probably set to something like "notify me" on my setup and just "take care of it" on yours...or else (and likely) you have better browsing & D/L habits than I do! Either way I've found the combo pretty solid in my case too - for what that worth.

Did i really say that? LOL!

I meant that SAS is a great product!

man I love ya John!
one thinker amidst the rabble

- the very term "AV" is laughable. i haven't seen a virus on a system in years and people call me to remove malware. an antique term, but it still works as 'bait' on those TV pitches aimed at certain demographics [and it works]
- I know of nothing on the market that will prevent even average-sophistication malware. dumb-dumb leftovers pushed by the lowest ranks of the black hats - maybe, but unlikely.

The really "good stuff" gen'd up by the best blackhats is spread through casual contact with perfectly legitimate websites, even corporate ones behind the wall in some cases. Only by blocking access to links buried in webpages is there at least some level of threat defense. The reason I refuse to use Microsoft Edge [and have given MS a lot of static about it -... not that anyone is listening] is precisely because they provide no adblocking measures whatsoever unless something has changed in the last few days. IE11 at least I can take some small measures. There are plugins and addons for chrome and FF that do a pretty good job - various ones have strengths and weaknesses. the more you block, the better.

This being the case, I was one of the ones standing and cheering when Apple announced support for Ad Blocking APPS. Now, I have always been a Dolphin user so on either android or IOS I've had a little bit of frontline help. But Apple is huge and for them to make such a seachange says a lot about the state of the industry on more subjects than just Cybercrime.

Whitelisting is the way to be safe but it is hard work and few wish to go there unless they just want at least ONE safe browser to use for something like banking or Trading. Use of a good DNS provider like OpenDNS is a little help also. Ad-block everything you can.
Get a Twitter account and subscribe to the best of the White Hats [though they do change sides often] out there because bad news travel fast and Twitter is fast. All the top ones are very active in that space.

The best developers of the white hat kind are earning their living in other-than-microsoft/PC-firms.
The best measures for PC's will come "trickle down" from the Corporate/Government IT cybersecurity patch & IOS/OSX/Android camps if and when they get around to PC ports

some reading
Sophisticated webinjects 'tailored' to beat bank security
Cisco Takes Down £40m Ransomware Gang
Cybercrime-fighters reveal business weaknesses, suggest defenses | North Bay Business Journal

John 2015 said:

So, there`s no best solution in AV question? All of them can be complete dissapointment if bad guys want to use your PC?
I`m not quite sure about this. The billions of money invested by companies from this list Best Antivirus Software Review 2015 - BestAdvisor for developingthier protection measures. There`s no advertisments on how properly use your PC to not get bugged.

Panda Free Antivirus 2016, light and one of most effective antivirus.

Common sense. If it's not available, MS Essentials or ESET Smart security.