I use superantispyware to compliment my malwarebyte scans, but having the program on your computer doesn’t mean anything if it isn’t in use.
Since I use the free version it doesn’t run in real time, and I manually update it and do the scans, just as I do with malwarebytes.
Same here!
AVG Free runs in real time, and is set to automatically scan my machines while I sleep. Personally,
1. I never go on porn sites
2. I never download music, and recommend others never use Limewire
3. I never go to or download games
4. I never go to shopping sites, only eBay, Amazon, or sites of excellent repute
5. I never allow downloaded programs to con me into downloading anything else with it.
6. I never download or allow the sooooo appealing PC optimizer/cleaner/you-pay-or-else programs to take control of my machines.
7. If my emailing friends can't be trained to exercise netiquette and blind-copy their distribution lists, I strike them off my access list. Same for FB or twitter or anything like that.
8. I delete my Temporary Internet Files & cookies very regularly.
9. I never have trouble with antiviruses, nor with unavoidable PUPs.
10. I have not bought an antivirus program for about 15 years, nor do I recommend anyone to buy the popular ones, unless they are flush with money.
Even Norton and McAfee create more problems than they solve, if the owner/operator is willing use freely available tools and invest the time necessary for house-cleaning on his/her machine that one would do in one's home or kitchen. Otherwise he/she is going to pay upwards of $100 per year up to the cost of a new replacement, to keep his/her machine running smoothly and as designed, no matter how much it cost--Mac included. You can count on it.
I have repaired PCs as a computer technician for over 20 years, and owned and maintained them for 10+ years prior to that. I do not buy new machines for my own use. I get plenty of chances to work on the brand-new machines of other folks.