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--- computerclub:helpcenter:malware [2023/02/26 11:37] – phillip
+++ computerclub:helpcenter:malware [2023/04/17 00:33] (current) – [Malware attitude, today] phillip
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 ===== Malware attitude, today =====
+Today is April 16, 2023.   When I asked Bard about Windows anti-virus it referenced [[https://www.av-comparatives.org/|av-comparatives.org]].   Hmmmm...   [[https://www.av-comparatives.org/|av-comparatives]] appears to be good "stuff".    [[https://www.av-test.org/en/|av-test.org]] is another organization that does anti-virus test.   I think I like both of them.    Both sites imply that free antivirus tools are often "good enough".    If you read the sites and come to a different conclusion, please add a comment to this page.
 The past couple of years, Windows Defender has been adequate as an anti-virus tool in the home environment. In the Help Center we do see client computers with other flavors of Anti-Virus and firewalls. Most of the time we encourage the removal not-free anti-virus or firewall tools. Why? We prefer free. Windows Defender is free and it works.
 The Help Center does use free versions of Malwarebytes, CCleaner and Superantispyware to "disinfect" a computer. These tools can be helpful on an infrequent basis. If they are enabled to run at system boot time, it is likely they will impact system boot performance.
 ===== Opinion? =====