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Limp Gawd
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Do you guys think it's worth dishing out the cash for NOD32, or is regular windows built in anti-virus do the same thing?
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I have had 8 years of experience using their stuff at work on a small set of 25 machines. I remember inheriting that shop and NOD would constantly crash Win2K machines, but XP,7,8,10 worked fine.Do you guys think it's worth dishing out the cash for NOD32, or is regular windows built in anti-virus do the same thing?
backups are fine as long as they aren't infected.Not worth it at all. Windows defender (built in) has top notch detection scores, is resource light, and doesn't have a high rate of false positives. It's also free.
EDIT: Regardless of anti-virus, you should always have backups and use unique passwords. You also should nuke the windows install with a fresh one if you get an infection. That is basic computer maintenance 101 .
This. Most antivirus software is unnecessary if you’re not browsing like an idiot. Windows Defender is enough.Not worth it at all. Windows defender (built in) has top notch detection scores, is resource light, and doesn't have a high rate of false positives. It's also free.
EDIT: Regardless of anti-virus, you should always have backups and use unique passwords. You also should nuke the windows install with a fresh one if you get an infection. That is basic computer maintenance 101 .
That's... kind of the point of having them.backups are fine as long as they aren't infected.
When I installed malwarebytes (paid version) it seems that windows disables windows defender... Did you have to do anything special to keep em both chooching?I use windows defender and malwarebytes-free version. No need to buy anything.
The paid version has active scanning and I think disables defender vs the free version that is manual. Not sure if there is a way to change it.When I installed malwarebytes (paid version) it seems that windows disables windows defender... Did you have to do anything special to keep em both chooching?
I noticed everytime I would turn on defender for periodic scanning, its like it gets toggled off.. I just hope that malwares scanner does as well of a job with it doing this...The paid version has active scanning and I think disables defender vs the free version that is manual. Not sure if there is a way to change it.
It protects it. until it doesnt.I use it on all of my machines. I also have it installed on all of my clients' machines as well. It's light and protects the machines.
Just go back into Windows Defender and turn it back on and both run together. That's how I've had it for a couple years now on Win 10 Pro.The paid version has active scanning and I think disables defender vs the free version that is manual. Not sure if there is a way to change it.