What Security Programs Are You Running on Your SP4?

[pwscott]

I'm wondering what people are running on their Surface Pro 4 devices for CyberSecurity. I work for a large security company that makes firewalls and breach detection, but I'm a sales guy. Here's what I am running in my Surface Pro 4 i7, 16GB, 512GB:

Norton Security
(Note that Norton can be bought for less $$ when you buy a 5 pack or 10 pack for all your devices....also less expensive on Amazon or NewEgg and you can still download it immediately)

MalwareBytes Anti-Malware

MalwareBytes Anti-Exploit Premium

Spybot Search & Destroy - Free Version (Immunize from time to time, run scans)

Care to share what your choices are??

 

[Pete]

There's three basic truths about threads like this.

1) Everyone who responds will have a different answer
2) Most people who think they know about software ignore the fact that level of protection should equate to the level of risk
3) When using safe browsing/email habits, the standard Windows protection is quite sufficient

 

[becosemsaida]

Pete is right, protection is something that has more possibilities than you think. Still having your device(s) protected is an important issue.
Since it is impossible to be 100% protected from ataques in the cyberspace there is no right answer, nor a wrong one.

I have been using AVG for a couple of years now since Norton was getting too heavy (not saying it is not working well).
Yes i have tried to use only the Windows protection untill i got jacked....... To clean everything up and keep the registry as it should be i have used CCleaner since it was available. This is on 3 laptops and 2 Windows tablets.

Hope it will help someone,

Beco

 

[pwscott]

All good points. I'm just interested to know what others are using and having good/bad experiences with. I've had three different pieces of malware find their way into my desktop Win 10 machine while I was running Norton 360 (now Norton Security). My experience with MalwareBytes in that removal was really good. Now I run it along with Norton....the CPU / RAM / i/o burden doesn't seem too heavy on well-spec'd machines so far.

Also trying to spur some discussion on what seems to a very slow moving forum compared to some others.

 

[kristalsoldier]

I don't use anything special. Just Defender and common sense.

 

[ttsoldier]

Nothing. Common sense.

 

[Grodelj]

Nothing. Common sense.

+1

 

[decider]

I use the protection built in with Windows 10 plus Malwarebytes - real time version. These two working together are great. My Malwarebytes is a life time license and the windows 10 protection built-in is not costing me anything.