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    Default Windows 10 Compatible Antiviruses?

    So I recently upgraded to 10 after the latest Avast update to 10 broke my Internet. It didn't actually fix itself once it was installed though, so I had to delete it. Are there any free antiviruses I should get, or should I stick to Defender until Avast hopefully gets patched? I'm pretty careful most of the time, and I still have Malwarebytes as a backup.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AOD_Scipio View Post
    So I recently upgraded to 10 after the latest Avast update to 10 broke my Internet. It didn't actually fix itself once it was installed though, so I had to delete it. Are there any free antiviruses I should get, or should I stick to Defender until Avast hopefully gets patched? I'm pretty careful most of the time, and I still have Malwarebytes as a backup.



    Traditionally, Windows Defender from Windows XP, Windows Vista( *Cough*), Windows 7, Windows 8/Windows 8.1 have been all that most people, at least those with common sense and Know what things obviously NOT to click and so forth, it does just fine- BUT for Windows 10, I cant speak on the reliability or effectiveness of its Built-in AV, although if Avast isnt working with Windows 10, I would stick with Windows Defender(Win10 doesnt even have all the basic Hardware drivers for ALOT of devices, and on most of the ones they do, their highly un-optimized or buggy).

    * Updating Avast AV shouldn't "break" your internet, It shouldnt do anything that prevents you from accessing your LAN/WAN unless it see's a threat(while in use, and Active Protection being used); Even then it doesnt just "cut off" your Connection, it will give you a warning and quarantine it, then give you the option to remove it later.

    *Also: I use Avast AV as my "Go-to" anti-virus, On Windows 8.1 Though.

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    OK, I am trying out Windows Defender on a spare computer with Windows 10. We have a paid subscription Norton 360 for TEN computers. I uninstalled the Norton and am letting my kids use in their playroom. The Windows 10 software is working beautiful, it is very nice. I don't like taking risks on the other 6 computers this one is my guinea pig. So far this computer is doing amazing!!!!!!! I can play PlanetSide 2 with 60fps when before on Windows 7 64bit I could barely get 30fps. Startups are half the time...the list goes on and on. VERY HAPPY.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AOD_W3BB View Post
    OK, I am trying out Windows Defender on a spare computer with Windows 10. We have a paid subscription Norton 360 for TEN computers. I uninstalled the Norton and am letting my kids use in their playroom. The Windows 10 software is working beautiful, it is very nice. I don't like taking risks on the other 6 computers this one is my guinea pig. So far this computer is doing amazing!!!!!!! I can play PlanetSide 2 with 60fps when before on Windows 7 64bit I could barely get 30fps. Startups are half the time...the list goes on and on. VERY HAPPY.
    An OS upgrade along will NOT give you that huge of a margin in frames per second, and start-up time halved, Only explanation I can think of for that(if its truly HALF), is that you did a clean install and reformatted. But it does offer 5-10FPS Gains in alot of games, and some other minor improvements, but the bugs and Driver incompatibility/Optimization override all of the positives IMO :(

    I wont be an early-adopter, but 3-5 Months down the line, after a service pack, or plenty of Bug patches And Driver Optimizations + DX12 Games I will definantly be upgrading

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    Avast works fine, but some core files might have been moved and changed during the upgrade. It happened to me too, and so all I did was reinstall and no problems at all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AOD_Grady666 View Post
    An OS upgrade along will NOT give you that huge of a margin in frames per second, and start-up time halved, Only explanation I can think of for that(if its truly HALF), is that you did a clean install and reformatted. But it does offer 5-10FPS Gains in alot of games, and some other minor improvements, but the bugs and Driver incompatibility/Optimization override all of the positives IMO :(

    I wont be an early-adopter, but 3-5 Months down the line, after a service pack, or plenty of Bug patches And Driver Optimizations + DX12 Games I will definantly be upgrading
    I agree. Yeah, I did much more than cleaning of antivirus. Software dates back to 8/19/2010 and its now a kids machine for a few years. I have many toys to play with SO... might as well break some.

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    AVG Internet Security 2015 has been working flawlessly for me. 10/10 would recommend.

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    The latest Avast update did something wrong on my system. After it updated, it wouldn't turn the shields on because every time I try it turns itself off. Then when I try opening a web page it cannot resolve the host. The internet worked fine up to the point when Avast starts up (~2 minutes after boot) and then it gave issues. A system restore to the point before the upgrade didn't work because it kept on autoupdating. I had to uninstall it, and then I installed Windows 10. That worked fine, and I tried reinstalling Avast, but it was worse, because it froze the computer up after it starts up. I had to restart in safe mode to uninstall it.

    I guess I'll just stick to Defender until Avast maybe gets a new update.

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    I've done several machines running AVAST, no problems whatsoever.

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    On my test PC running a fresh windows 10 install, avast is working fine on it.

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    Defender has typically always done well for me. however, I did get a nasty little malware bug a couple weeks ago. I broke down and finally purchased a full license for Malware Bytes to keep active running on my system. I'm on 2 weeks with full version running alongside windows defender and have had zero issues with either interfering with each other or other software.


 

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