Best free and lightweight anti-virus for windows?

>>57796655
The default Windows Defender is more than sufficient.

>>57796663
Windows Defender is not lightweight.

>>57796655
If you're on W8.1/10 then Windows Defender, it actually does a better job than most free AV's and is lightweight.
If you're on W7 then MSE.

>>57796655
Common Sense 2016

>>57796655
Your brain.

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>>57796706
>>57796721
Thanks guys!

Avira

Avast is too bloated anymore

>>57796655
I don't know what you consider "lightweight" but ESET is pretty much the only acceptable AV I've ever used.

AVG - 2-3 Processes, used it for years.

I found Avast runs like 10 processes

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I use this

Common Sense Ultra Deluxe Premium Limited 2016 Winter Edition With Free 100% Organic Santa Sticker

Windows Defender/MSE with MBAM if you're paranoid.

>>57796655
>goes on /g/
>asks for best freeware

kek

>>57796809
+1 ESET

>>57796663
>Windows Defender
Microsoft sells your data
>Microsoft gives third-parties access to Windows 10 Telemetry data
http://www.ghacks.net/2016/11/23/microsoft-gives-third-parties-access-to-windows-10-telemetry-data/

>>57796655
avast with just the files module

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>>57796655
>anti-virus

>>57802348
Not using windows 10 and have disabled all "feedback" and telemetry. Got a extra hour+ of battery out of it too plus it runs faster. Its amazing how much useless crap Microsoft packed into almost every part of the OS.

>>57802348
literally every "free" proprietary program/service does this

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>>57802583
It's bloated garbage, even LTSB.

>>57802631
No.

panda antivirus

360 TS
Back in the day
Try it!

>>57796655
How about learning some fucking common sense? Durr, lemmie disable my firewall and open dis .exe that unlocks my CPU cores...

Avira or Total360
I use MalwareBytes Anti-Exploit alongside them.

Honestly though common sense and Windows Defender (Win 8.1/10) or MSE (Win 7) are more than sufficient for most purposes.

>>57796706
>>57796721
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>>57802970

morons, so you dont install AV software for your gramma who cant tell the difference between an email from you and a random hotmail with grandsonphotos.jpg.exe ?

>>57803250
How young are your grandparents that they actually have Internet?

>>57796706
>>57796721
>>57798473
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>>57802970
Idiots. Now tell me how common sense protects you against rootkits, kernel level attacks and rights mitigation attacks. This is plebtier thinking by people who know jackshit about offsec and defsec.

>>57796655
Defender + Microsoft EMET

>>57803310
Steve Gibson (GRC) does not use any antivirus on his PC (Win7). And I think he knows more than you do, vermin.

>>57803343
>Steve Gibson
http://attrition.org/errata/charlatan/steve_gibson/

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>>57803343
>steve gibson
>no major release or any security research in the past 12 years
>has a history of false claims and fake security
Yeah right. Now that's a good example, untermensch.

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>>57797137
I only find 2 processes. Strange. Maybe they're hiding somewhere.

>>57803310
>Now tell me how common sense protects you against rootkits, kernel level attacks and rights mitigation attacks.
I use Common Sense

>>57803310
wtf is a 'rights mitigation attack'? sounds leftist.

Common Sense 2016 + NoScript + AdBlock Edge + MBAE

Works for me

>>57796655

clamav

>>57796663
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>>57803118

not free

>>57796706
>>57796721
>>57799226
>>57802970

if these were free you would've audited them and fixed the idiocy by now

>>57803250
I'd rather deal once in my lifetime with removing a rootkit or reinstalling than let my pc be hogged down by stuff like "updates" and "protection" my pc needs haven't changed in 15 years. Then why should my pc? I don't buy into the moneymaking fud.

>>57805153
All 3 of those options are free.
They have premium options sure, but the free options have everything you actually need. The premium shit is mostly useless stuff that makes normies feel 'safe'

>>57796706
a.k.a. Install gentoo

>>57806154

Only clamav is free.

>>57806344
Again. Avira, Total360, and MalwareBytes Anti-Exploit (not an antivirus. It's browser-level protection.) have free options which do what they're supposed to do.
Paying for them just gets rid of the occassional popup and unlocks a bunch of useless features for normies.

I should have made it clear that I'm this poster: >>57803118

>>57796655
Avira, though Avast runs a bit better on old Pentium III-Pentium IV boxes.

>>57806393
ClamAV is free as in freedom, every other option is free as in free beer.

>>57806597
ClamAV is linux, no?
OP is looking for Winders AVs

>>57806613
ClamWin is a thing.
ClamSentinel gives it real-time scanning too.

>>57806833
Hm. How does it compare to other 'free beer' options?

>>57807065
I have used this setup on my netbook a few weeks ago.
It's a bit clunky and ClamAV/ClamWin is a bit trigger happy, since ClamSentinel decided that all my Touhou games were unsafe while I was copying them, but it's very lightweight and you can easily unblock things.

>>57807321
Hm. I'll have to look into it.