Thank You!

Hi!
I currently use Norton 360 for virus control. To renew, Norton is asking 100+ bucks, I can not nor will pay that amount. Is Defender enough to control malware on my laptop? Norton does ok, but I do not want to pay 100 bucks to renew

Thank You!

Hi and welcome to the blog. I would suggest that using defender and Malwarebytes are a good combination to keep you safe, There is a free version of Malwarebytes.

Link: Malwarebytes | Free Anti-Malware & Malware Removal

HTH
Jeff

Great Idea!

Great Idea!

You're so welcome. I use that combination and it works just fine for me.

Jeff

Hi:

I apologize for the intrusion, as I see that this thread is marked "Solved".

A wee clarification:
MBAM Free is only a manual, on-demand scanner. It can only detect/REMOVE malware that got past one's other defenses onto the system. It does not provide real-time protection.
For real-time, real-time, complementary protection to help PREVENT infection, alongside your AV (WD or other), you need the paid, Premium version. It targets certain types of non-viral malware (especially zero-hour and zero-day threats) that are often missed by the AVs. It will run just fine alongside WD.

For another layer of protection, you might wish to consider anti-exploit applications, such as Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit (Free & paid Premium versions both shield in real time), or HitmanPro Alert.

Thanks,
MM

I use Windows Defender and yesterday I was AFK making lunch when I returned I saw Defender was scanning and stopped scanning as soon as I moved my cursor, I did not know Defender did this but I think its cool it does

ye thumbs up for defender here too, 2 years now and nothing else. 0 viruses/malware

ye thumbs up for defender here too, 2 years now and nothing else. 0 viruses/malware

Cool , I think Defender is under rated by many Its a great AV

Yes it scans when it detects system is idle. Defender has gone a long way since the MSE days. It's now quite good no matter what some people may say.

One nice feature if it's true is the claimed ability to run beside other anti virus/malware packages without problems..