What antivirus software should i use?

No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world – 62 points – 11 months ago

It's been a long while since i used a desktop and honestly can't remember what antivirus software i used, and even then, probably the landscape has changed over the years.

Atm i've been winging it with just Windows Defender (no custom configuration) and scanning any thing that looks suspicious on VirusTotal, but probably that would be not enough.

I'm thinking on get a couple of pirated files, so i'd like to be as secure as possible.

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Just stick with Windows' built-in security. Only download from trusted pirate sites.

FMHY has a pretty good Wiki for that kind of thing

Thanks a lot for the tip! i found the site and looks extremely useful

Late response, but here's the biggest piracy community on Lemmy: !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

You instance has blocked the community tho, so you'll need to use another instance.

Here's viewed from the original instance: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/c/piracy

Thanks! Default settings or there is something i need to configure?

After setting up the PC, search “defender” in the toolbar and poke around a little bit. The security settings are very intuitive, so I’m sure you can modify things to your liking.

And use VirusTotal when in doubt.

Exactly the same as what I did (I think it was called Microsoft Security Essentials); things are a lot more locked-down these days, never had a virus or issue in many many years (then moved back to Apple).