Best antivirus software? (Looking to switch)

[JAC]

After some advice Mark, my antivirus is running out, is there any you recommend or is Bitdefender still top of the tree?

[phenomlab]

@JAC absolutely. Best on the market, and one I use currently.

[JAC]

@phenomlab Thanks Mark, will look to renew

[phenomlab]

@JAC Shop around for the renewal mate…

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144053267615

[crazycells]

@phenomlab our institution switched from Norton to SentinelOne EDR, and they require us to install this to our computers…

they say it is for modern cyberattacks… do you know this brand?

https://www.sentinelone.com/cybersecurity-101/what-is-endpoint-detection-and-response-edr/

[phenomlab]

@crazycells I’ve certainly heard of SentinelOne, but not used the product line myself so it wouldn’t be fair to comment. However, “modern cyber attacks” is something of an ambiguous statement to say the least!

[crazycells]

@phenomlab said in Best antivirus software? (Looking to switch):

“modern cyber attacks”

lol yeap the “buzzword” of this sector I guess…
Since I am using Mac OS for the past 15 years, I never had any problem anyways… But I remember my Windows times with pain

[phenomlab]

@crazycells said in Best antivirus software? (Looking to switch):

But I remember my Windows times with pain

Oh, yes. I’ve switched back to Windows because I need the interoperability on offer with work applications, but miss Linux soooooo much. I tried running Windows in a virtual machine for some time, although the audio here is far too choppy to maintain video calls etc, so Zoom, Teams, etc just don’t work all that well.

Admittedly, there are Linux equivalents, but they seem to lack the virtual backgrounds that as a privacy advocate I’ve come to rely on, whereas Windows has them and they work flawlessly.

[JAC]

@phenomlab what a great find Mark .

[phenomlab]

@JAC ALWAYS shop around. Bitdefender, despite being a great product, have a habit of charging more for a renewal than they do a new subscription!