Windows devices (such as laptops with cellular dongles/MiFis/tethering) accounts for 80% of malware

[Curls]

[QUOTE=Levelog;48712813]Unless of course you're a competent user and just want an out of the way real time scanner for basic functionality.[/QUOTE]

that too there's always that

[SleepyAl]

Honestly with how smart malware makers are nowadays its surprising that more people with Common Sense 2015 don't have malware on their PCs.

Malvertising, drive-by downloads, public WiFi, infected friends using your network, unless you've got good browser based protection like NoScript/uMatrix and an ad blocker like uBlock/AdBlock Plus (or just sandbox your browser) along with either a real time or occasional scanner, eventually some zero day exploit is going to get you fucked, some website is going to get compromised, or some program is going to have a malicious update. Most people part of a botnet don't realize it until it's coding fucks something critical up or a tech savvy friend tries to find out why your PC is so slow, because the malware does a great job of hiding itself.

MBAM or Avira I'd recommend over any paid/free antivirus. Avast and Panda are really annoying to use with their pop ups, paid for software isn't really worth it and shit like Norton and McAfee slow the shit out of a computer. BitDefender Free is great for grandma or your non-tech friends because its unobtrusive, has good detection rates, and has little performance impact, but BitDefender is a terrible company and the free version is a little lacking for power users. All this identity protection shit the full suites offer can be found in free browser based addons like LastPass and WoT.

[Curls]

[QUOTE=Wormy;48713077]I used to have the free version of Avast, then I got tired of it and gave the trial version of MBAM a try. I eventually decided to buy MBAM since it's fairly cheap and works great, and I have never looked back.[/QUOTE]

have have free MBAM and avast both

avast for active scanning, malware bytes for extra stuff

[1legmidget]

[QUOTE=RenegadeCop;48713959]When I built this computer, I promised myself I'd never use it for porn. I hoped that would ward off most things :v:[/QUOTE]

Wasn't there a study that showed porn sites are comparatively safe? It's stuff like church websites that seem to be riddled with viruses, probably because most of the people that made them only sort of knew what they were doing and probably do not maintain them properly.

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[QUOTE=Demache;48709016]...that's really oddly specific. Although its pretty common for those tablets to have cellular radios onboard.

Still its sort of treading into "not news" territory. People suck at making sure their devices are secure. But I suppose awareness that "yes you need antivirus and Windows updates if you don't have a traditional internet connection" is good.[/QUOTE]

Every one of our traveling sales reps where I work has one of them, so they can work without WiFi or on a more reliable network than hotel internet.