Fellow pirates, does anyone have any good antivirus recommendations? Looking to get one but I'm not too sure which one is legit and not just a bunch of bloatware. Thanks in advance
Windows defender for active threats malwarebytes for scanning downloads/files. Alternatifely: sandbox a Linux distro.
You literally don't need anything more these days.
On Windows, just use the built-in Windows Defender. On Linux, I recommend ClamAV + ClamTK. On Android, Hypatia.
If you think you have malware, this is a pretty good guide to remove it.
I'd also strongly recommend using and configuring a content blocker like uBlock Origin in your browser, as well as using a DNS level blocker like NextDNS.
If you have a multilayered setup like this, then I think you're pretty good and it'll be not impossible, but much harder to get malware or be infected. Just use common sense as always.
If for Windows which I think it is then I highly recommend you to check The PC Security Channel, I have always recommended everyone to use a 3rd party AV but now with my ESET internet security subscription about to end in a month I'm planning to give a windows defender a go
None.
Have a good backup strategy and nuke the OS/restore data from backup when needed.
I wouldn't trust any antivirus to clean everything properly after my machine has been infected.
