What's a good free virus scanner?

>>357154

Avira

>>357154
Avast

>>357154
AVG

Windows Security Essentials

>>357157
heavy on processes

>>357158
>>357159
same company good antiviruses heavy on advertising and wanting more stuff installed

>>357163
lol

also panda and bitdefernder for older comps

Are you an idiot?

>no
MSE or Defender

>yes
Avast

Any free scanner that isn't Defender is pretty much nagware. Just run Defender and a MBAM scan every now and then.

kaspersky has a free version now

malwarebytes

Windows Defender is enough. Also update your shit.
Ideally set up a normal user account and use it instead of the administrator account. Use the admin account only when safe and necessary and of course set a password for it.

>>357176

Kaspersky's paid for version is pretty damned cheap on ebay.

I bought a 10 device licence for £15. Protected my whole family, phones included

>>357157
>Avira
This P.O.S. rendered my laptop unbootable when it quarantined an innocuous prefetch file. Also slow as hell.

>>357173
>same company [AVG and Avast]

Well that explains why AVG went to shit. GUI un-navigable anymore. I keep using it on my workstation because it's better at real-time threats than MSE.

>>357173
>lol [Microsoft Security Essentials]

Go back to /g/. I use it on two of my three PCs, and have never had an issue. It's not gonna save you from your own stupidity. If you keep your machine up-to-date, don't torrent, don't visit the dark web, and most importantly don't open random email attachments, it's fine.

>>357176
>>357299
>Kaspersky

bloomberg (.) com ... cybersecurity-kaspersky-has-close-ties-to-russian-spies

Malwarebytes + Windows defender + common sense

>>357158
>Avast

Fuck avast.

>September-October 2014

>In a nutshell – What Happened:
>1. Avast force-updated all AV users to version 9.0.2021 in direct contravention of its own implied pledge to respect users’ wishes not to update, with no notification to users.
>2. Avast forum regulars berated and belittled users, calling their reasons stupid, and told them to “just update”.
>3. Avast forum regulars and newer users butted heads, insulting each other in equal measure.
>4. Avast forum staff deleted the newer users’ posts and banned at least one newer user.

>In a nutshell – What Should Have Happened:
>1. Avast notifies all AV users that after _ days, only versions _____ and _____ will continue to be supported. Users are given the choice to update to a supported version or uninstall AV.
>2. Forum regulars welcome new members, acknowledge their concerns, and offer help if possible.
>3. Forum staff act objectively and without bias, treating all users equally.
>4. Having failed to do step 1, Avast publically acknowledges its wrongdoing and apologises to users.

>>357509
>cybersecurity-kaspersky-has-close-ties-to-russian-spies

Their whole claim appears to be "Founder and Chief Executive Officer Eugene Kaspersky was educated at a KGB-sponsored cryptography institute, then worked for Russian military intelligence". So does this mean that anyone who worked in cybersecurity for the American Government is obviously some kind of spy/shill?