I know, I know…it’s a Mac forum. But some of us have loved ones with Windows. And somebody I know just got tricked into thinking they had to give AVG $80 today for some premium services that the software insisted they needed.
While we’re sorting out the refund, I’m wondering if there’s a better option for antivirus on Windows. I have nothing against companies having both a free and a premium version - but frequent popups that attempt to scare the user into upgrading aren’t great.
Another +1 for the built in Windows Defender. It works well, automatically updates, does not slow down the machine, requires little/no configuration and is free.
Use it alongside Malwarebytes if you can. I use Malwarebytes (the free version) to manually scan my computer every once and a while, but I let Windows Defender do everything else because it works just fine and is essentially integrated into the operating system. It’s extremely light on resources, even with real-time protection (and the like) enabled.
