What would you do if you are me

[Lucius]

It will be nice if you could list the AV you find to be worthwhile through your research because security should be the number one priority of every cryptocurrency investor or holder.

I don't want to single anyone out in a negative context, and I think everyone should try out how some software behaves in his environment - and they all have a trial period of 15 or 30 days, which is enough for everyone to decide if something is good for them or not. Here I am primarily thinking of testing premium software, not those that are free.

My recommendation would be Norton 360 + Premium Malwarebytes, both complement each other great and you don't feel their impact on a computer that has 8 GB of RAM.

[GeorgeJohn]

Is Antivirus still a good way to avoid some malware on my PC? I want to start working on my PC online but I don't have any Antivirus or security on the system since it's been year's since I work on PC last, also I have two to three crypto wallets on my PC.

What you are doing right away is idea soliciting, i will induce the ideas of antivirus, because it's what we have been using for long time for security purposes. But i know vividly that their other kind of varieties or version's for security purposes you can research on for more safety and purpose.. because it seems that majority is lamenting similarities things via antivirus kind as a preferable.

[jerry0]

Meant if you go stream porn, tv, movies from those sites online that are free.  Or if you download porn movies and porn pictures from random porn forums?  does av protect you from that or not?

[suzanne5223]

It will be nice if you could list the AV you find to be worthwhile through your research because security should be the number one priority of every cryptocurrency investor or holder.

I don't want to single anyone out in a negative context, and I think everyone should try out how some software behaves in his environment - and they all have a trial period of 15 or 30 days, which is enough for everyone to decide if something is good for them or not. Here I am primarily thinking of testing premium software, not those that are free.

My recommendation would be Norton 360 + Premium Malwarebytes, both complement each other great and you don't feel their impact on a computer that has 8 GB of RAM.

I understand what you're trying to point out but I ask the question because not everybody that has the knowledge or time to understand the best AV to use.
I have once used Norton on my old laptop computer and I can tell it is a good AV but sometimes it is hard for my old computer to withstand the capacity of the AV. However, I have never tried out the AV again ever since then and what I use now is Kaspersky.
I have never used Malwarebytes but someone once told me that using it alone with updated window defender is enough if don't visit an untrust site.

[Stalker22]

It will be nice if you could list the AV you find to be worthwhile through your research because security should be the number one priority of every cryptocurrency investor or holder.

I don't want to single anyone out in a negative context, and I think everyone should try out how some software behaves in his environment - and they all have a trial period of 15 or 30 days, which is enough for everyone to decide if something is good for them or not. Here I am primarily thinking of testing premium software, not those that are free.

My recommendation would be Norton 360 + Premium Malwarebytes, both complement each other great and you don't feel their impact on a computer that has 8 GB of RAM.

I understand what you're trying to point out but I ask the question because not everybody that has the knowledge or time to understand the best AV to use.
I have once used Norton on my old laptop computer and I can tell it is a good AV but sometimes it is hard for my old computer to withstand the capacity of the AV. However, I have never tried out the AV again ever since then and what I use now is Kaspersky.
I have never used Malwarebytes but someone once told me that using it alone with updated window defender is enough if don't visit an untrust site.

My recommendation for a commercial anti-virus is Nod32. I have used it on my business computers for years and have never had any problems. Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is also commercial software, and in my experience it's able to detect threats that standard antivirus programs miss.

[Pmalek]

If you are using Windows 10, you already have basic protection with Windows Defender and a firewall. I doubt neither can be considered world-class though. They are probably average at best. But that doesn't matter. You are supposed to be your computer's antivirus and firewall protection. Just like Bitcoin teaches you how to handle your finances, you are supposed to learn about online security as well. Each click of a mouse can have serious consequences, so think before you act.

Keep your work and financials away from the machine you use at home especially if you are into pirated software, torrenting, and girl-on-girl action after midnight.

[Lucius]

Norton 360? AV which used to mining ETH by default until the community got angry[1] and took 15% of mined ETH[2]? Malwarebytes is good recommendation though since it's not too invasive with good history.

I personally have never seen this option in the program, but it is not something that is automatically enabled but comes as an option. This means that anyone who has not manually enabled this option will not automatically mine anything.

By default, Norton Crypto is turned off. You need to manually turn it on. Follow the below instructions to turn on Norton Crypto and start mining.

[jerry0]

Yes im using windows 10.  But i am using kaspersky total as i paid for it since i heard its better than the free windows defender.  Yes im aware you yourself are your computer's av protection.  But what if you accidentally click on a link or visit a site that maybe is dangerous by accident?  Or if you open an attachment or preview an attachment or download an attachment by accident?  does kaspersky total or other paid av protect you more than the free windows defender?



Well my main laptop pc which uses windows 10, its my main laptop where i use it for financials, crypto wallets and exchange login etc.  i use a separate laptop... a chromebook where i do everything else such as stream porn but also download porn videos and pictures and this isn't from the main big name free porn streaming sites but more like forums where posters upload porn videos and picture galleries so those could easily contain malware/keylogger and virus correct?  But doing this on a chromebook is safe correct?  Heard some people say you can't get malware on a chromebook but if you do, you could reset it, then your chromebook would be fresh?  Anyone who has a chromebook could tell me if that is true or not?  Also would stream tv and sports from those streaming sites on it.  So thoughts on that?  Been doing this for a while on an old chromebook and haven't had any issues on it but of course im not doing any financial things on it.  



Again, i want a separate laptop where i can do all these things and not be concerned of me accidentally clicking something.  But i want to most importantly, download and keep a porn collection of videos and picture galleries on my laptop.  Because a chromebook doesn't have much space, i use an external hard drive that i connect to this chromebook and then send the downloaded videos to it to free up more space on my chromebook.  So i then use my chromebook again to later on download more porn videos and stream porn and tv and sports through those streaming sites.  But i make sure i never connect that external hard drive with all the downloaded porn files to anything but the chromebook since it might contain malware.  is there a way to check this somehow without risking it infecting another machine?  Also thoughts on this?



What about getting another windows laptop but then creating a virtual machine?  Would that also work as well or better stick with a chromebook in my situation?  But you agree my main laptop that i use for the financials and crypto and exchange login, make sure don't do anything else on it... including don't try turning this main windows pc into a virtual machine right?



The thing is im planning to get a new chromebook... but should i instead just get a windows laptop instead but turn it into a VM?  That way i could still do the same things on it like a chromebook... but now i could also log out of that account, and then log into another windows pc account on that same new windows pc and other things completely related to the profile account that i use for downloading porn and streaming porn and from sketchy sites?  is there any way malware/keylogger/trojan that i might have downloaded from downloading those porn videos to my laptop or streaming... it could somehow get to the other profile?  Heard mixed opinions on this such as its possible but hard but can happen?  Also heard the term sandbox mentioned.  do you or others have advice on this?  

[taufik123]

Meant if you go stream porn, tv, movies from those sites online that are free.  Or if you download porn movies and porn pictures from random porn forums?  does av protect you from that or not?

Most AV would scan downloaded files. But if you're looking for protection during visiting porn website, you need to look for AV which has extension for browser you use or has firewall feature.

AV with a file scanner that is downloaded or entered into our PC device and has the protection of visited websites and other full features I found on AV Kaspesky Internet Security.
lots of malicious websites and embedding ads that contain malware that will attack the device if you don't use AV. In my experience, malware that attacks some of them will encrypt all files on a computer device.

Actually using a built-in AV like the AV in windows 10 i.e. Windows Security is enough, but I want to be even more secure by adding another AV for double security.

All AVs provide extra protection for PCs, but that also depends on the user as well, and Premium Licensed AVs are more recommended than Trial-licensed AVs.

[jerry0]

thoughts on bitdefender vs kaspersky total?

[Fernando Gomez]

It would be better if you get a hard wallet. Models on which antivirus are made are very simple and they won’t be able to protect against greater threats. If you can’t afford it, then be careful. Avoid links and chat groups that raise security concerns.