[SOLVED] Antivirus suggestion

[Selynelar]

Hi guys,

Could you recommend me antivirus? I am not really using sensitive sites/links/downloads. But I use to download a lot. (movies/music etc.) Mostly I am gaming so i need something really performance friendly Av. I dont mind to pay to get fully protected to be sure nothing is coming onto my system. I am concerned about Kaspersky AV but I am not sure if it has built in firewall and if it is user/gamer friendly. I have also read about its banned about like spying after users. Is it true?

Thanks for your answers.

 

[Colif]

if you don't want to use Defender or Kaspersky I would suggest Bit defender.
The free is pretty good - https://www.bitdefender.com.au/solutions/free.html
I use Bitdefender Total Security, it stays out of my hair and just does its job. It is often in top 2 AV tested per month.

 

[geofelt]

Windows Defender is free, unobtrusive, and updated by microsoft.
It recently tested about best for known viruses.
If you are paranoid about "in the wild" or not yet discovered attacks, then there are paid for antivirus programs that try to catch such attempts. They are more resource consumptive.

Most viruses and malware enter through social engineering.
If you do not click on links or visit suspect sites like porn, then you are really quite safe.

Above all, have some sort of EXTERNAL backup for anything that you do not want to lose.

 

[Selynelar]

It is not about I dont want to use them. It is mostly that is the defender is enough and does it have antimalware? And is the Kaspersky trustable and user/gamer friendly?