What's your preferred free antivirus solution on Windows?
2026-05-04 22:37 UTC
I’ve just been using Windows Defender, but the number of false positives and the lack of autonomy in dealing with them is making me wanna look elsewhere.
Replies (11)
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@Pyrixas@piefed.social 2026-05-05 23:20
Common sense.
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@RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works 2026-05-04 23:17
Linux
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@Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 2026-05-04 23:53
Defender is all you need I've used everything under sun starting with Norton in DOS
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@Comet79@lemmy.world 2026-05-05 12:32
Defender with Malwarebytes as already mentioned should be enough. What false positives do you get exactly? Personally I have a Linux distro on my PC and don't need AV software at the moment.
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@AlphaOmega@lemmy.world 2026-05-04 23:29
Defender with malwarebytes run every few weeks.
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@cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-05-05 00:34
Not using Windows
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@sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today 2026-05-05 02:16
[ClamAV](https://www.clamav.net/)
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@urheber@discuss.tchncs.de 2026-05-05 06:53
Linux TROLOLOLLOLLLLL
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@hexagonwin@lemmy.today 2026-05-05 11:35
i like not having one at all. just use virustotal for scanning possibly malicious stuff.
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@farbidden_lands@quokk.au 2026-05-05 05:45
Microslop windows is the virus
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@unitedwithme@lemmy.today 2026-05-05 03:56
Bitdefender has a good free version, and so does Sophos (or at least they used to)