DaaNMaaN Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 Best Anti Virus for FM24 need help ? Downloaded norton 360 and its effect Football manager to much the mouse cursor very jittery so ive deleted it. would me thankful is someone to give me advice in what they think the best anti virus to use that wont effect performance. Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post phnompenhandy Posted November 15, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 15, 2023 Is your OS Windows 10 or 11? Windows Defender does the job. You don't need an external one. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaaNMaaN Posted November 15, 2023 Author Share Posted November 15, 2023 Windows 11 mate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaaNMaaN Posted November 15, 2023 Author Share Posted November 15, 2023 Other than windows defender what else is a good choice people ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mush1983 Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 tbh windows defender i do use mcafee but have fm and steam disabled has most anti virus software interfere with fm and games in general in my own experience Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
metal_guitarist Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 Windows Defender and add the UBlock Origin extension to your web browser. You don't really need more than that these days as it'll catch the most common nasty things between them. If for whatever reason something does get through, the free version of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is great for removing things. McAfee, Norton, Symantec etc are dinosaur products that are barely fit for purpose these days and you're wasting your money buying them. The security industry is slowly moving away from the traditional anti-virus style products. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jyny Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 As others have said Windows Defender is enough these days. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevjim Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 3 hours ago, phnompenhandy said: Is your OS Windows 10 or 11? Windows Defender does the job. You don't need an external one. Agreed. Not used an antivirus for 8 years or so and have no issues. I used malware bytes to run a scan once a month but that's it. Anti virus software is bloated and outdated now 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
starbugg Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 Good luck to all of you who choose to use basic or no protection and I hope you are never hit with ransomware or other nasties, it must be like playing Russian roulette. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 2 minutes ago, starbugg said: Good luck to all of you who choose to use basic or no protection and I hope you are never hit with ransomware or other nasties, it must be like playing Russian roulette. Yeah, we trust the people we sleep with. That's the best protection. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
starbugg Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 Many a pregnant woman has said that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazza Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 Windows Defenders does me and never had any issues with any nasties getting through, Not uses Norton for many years now 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
metal_guitarist Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 1 hour ago, starbugg said: Good luck to all of you who choose to use basic or no protection and I hope you are never hit with ransomware or other nasties, it must be like playing Russian roulette. Or maybe some of us have years of experience in IT and InfoSec and know where the main source of threats are, what's appropriate to protect against them and how the industry is currently working 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf_pd Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 14 hours ago, DaaNMaaN said: Best Anti Virus for FM24 need help ? Downloaded norton 360 and its effect Football manager to much the mouse cursor very jittery so ive deleted it. Weird. I have Norton 360 running and there is no issue for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
starbugg Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 (edited) 33 minutes ago, metal_guitarist said: Or maybe some of us have years of experience in IT and InfoSec and know where the main source of threats are, what's appropriate to protect against them and how the industry is currently working All that does is confuse me. In all my years in IT, if I suggested leaving just Windows Defender running on our machines, not only would I have been laughed at, but probably sacked. W Defender is good basic protection but still falls short in some departments, like phishing and DNS filtering, if you are not using other MS products. Edited November 15, 2023 by starbugg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etebaer Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 (edited) I use Avast Free Antivirus - i have not enountered any trouble in games since i use it. Norton is known of being very troublesome - get rid of it if you game! I dont know of if McAfee is still a thing, that is also a very troublesome piece of problems - do not use it if you game! Also no Kaspersky! Edited November 15, 2023 by Etebaer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
metal_guitarist Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 1 hour ago, starbugg said: All that does is confuse me. In all my years in IT, if I suggested leaving just Windows Defender running on our machines, not only would I have been laughed at, but probably sacked. W Defender is good basic protection but still falls short in some departments, like phishing and DNS filtering, if you are not using other MS products. Corporate environment is very different though, you wouldn't be running the consumer version of Defender in there because you need greater defence in depth, a higher efficacy rate and something that can be deployed and managed remotely at scale. Go back a few years and I agree, Defender was a joke but it's got a lot better. It's far from perfect but it does decent enough job these days. The average person for home use doesn't need anything too complex, the three main problems are phishing, downloading infected files and drive-by downloads from ads. The consumer version of Defender, an ad-blocker and the built-in capabilities in Edge/Chrome/Outlook protect you from a significant portion of those things. The main focus of threat actors against home users is for data and account access because they're less likely to get a decent payoff from ransomware compared to targeting a business. It doesn't hurt to add more layers to your defences of course but for a lot of people it's overkill. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kickballz Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, starbugg said: All that does is confuse me. In all my years in IT, if I suggested leaving just Windows Defender running on our machines, not only would I have been laughed at, but probably sacked. W Defender is good basic protection but still falls short in some departments, like phishing and DNS filtering, if you are not using other MS products. For corporate networks sure. If OP is talking about a home PC, then all you need is window defender and some common sense. Also, Firefox and ublock origin is a must for me as well. Edited November 16, 2023 by Kickballz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
starbugg Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 33 minutes ago, metal_guitarist said: Corporate environment is very different though, you wouldn't be running the consumer version of Defender in there because you need greater defence in depth, a higher efficacy rate and something that can be deployed and managed remotely at scale. Go back a few years and I agree, Defender was a joke but it's got a lot better. It's far from perfect but it does decent enough job these days. The average person for home use doesn't need anything too complex, the three main problems are phishing, downloading infected files and drive-by downloads from ads. The consumer version of Defender, an ad-blocker and the built-in capabilities in Edge/Chrome/Outlook protect you from a significant portion of those things. The main focus of threat actors against home users is for data and account access because they're less likely to get a decent payoff from ransomware compared to targeting a business. It doesn't hurt to add more layers to your defences of course but for a lot of people it's overkill. 33 minutes ago, Kickballz said: For corporate networks sure. If OP is talking about a home PC, then all you need is window defender and some common sense. Also, Firefox and ublock origin is a must for me as well. I respect your opinions, I guess I am a better safe than sorry kind of a guy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arijit Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 Unless you visit dodgy websites like porn, torrent etc. there's no way you can get infected with malware, trojan horse, virus etc. from regular popular websites. Keep it safe kid. Use privacy extensions with Firefox, Windows Defender and common sense, and all will be okay. If you want to watch porn have a secondary machine, don't use your primary one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
starbugg Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 22 minutes ago, Arijit said: Unless you visit dodgy websites like porn, torrent etc. there's no way you can get infected with malware, trojan horse, virus etc. from regular popular websites. Keep it safe kid. Use privacy extensions with Firefox, Windows Defender and common sense, and all will be okay. If you want to watch porn have a secondary machine, don't use your primary one. With respect Arijit, that is not true, and I am not a kid, I could probably be your Grandfather 3 times over and have forgotten more about web security than you currently know ... probably I voiced an opinion that's all. DaanMaan my advice to you is try other free AV's and see what happens, if you feel comfortable with the advice given by others re defender then so be it, it's your choice. love and peace everyone Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
janrzm Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 (edited) 17 hours ago, DaaNMaaN said: Other than windows defender what else is a good choice people ? I was on a Mac for a long time and then moved back to Windows a few years ago. I was still pretty paranoid so I bought Bitdefender. I have a pretty powerful machine and I've never noticed it cause me any issue with anything I do on this computer. I can sit here with FM24 (all leagues playable), A youtube video playing 4K on a second monitor and Photoshop open all at the same time. With Bitdefender doing what ever it does in the background. All that being said I was also of the opinion that Windows built in security is much better than it ever was, but hey, it's still Windows...... So I just thought it can't hurt to be safe.... Edited November 16, 2023 by janrzm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phd_angel Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 No need for anti-virus anymore. Windows Defender suffices... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
metal_guitarist Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 8 hours ago, starbugg said: I respect your opinions, I guess I am a better safe than sorry kind of a guy. It's all good, we've all got different risk thresholds Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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