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Is Malwarebytes worth paying for on windows? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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I’ve had Malwarebytes for years on my personal windows pc and it’s up for renewal. Is Defender sufficient or something else cheaper but better? My default is to cancel.

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[–] sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Use ClamAV

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And also windows defender. Both are free (as in beer) and effective enough if you aren't just running any random crap you get from the internet.

[–] sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today 2 points 2 months ago

Agreed

[–] qprimed@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

clamav is an option but, if you get to the point of thinking about clam, I would pull the storage device and scan with clam on a known clean machine (cuz you never know what a nasty may have done to the victim PCs EFI / bootchainI)