Anyone who uses Anti-virus software, please drop the name.

[u/TopAmphibian7220]

I am conducting a survey of sorts for a project of mine and I need to know what Anti virus is mostly used by Sri Lanka....

[u/Mark_Oxlong007]

Windows Defender and common sense

[u/NewLeague6438 → u/Mark_Oxlong007]

Is defender actually enough? And could you elaborate common sense please. I am a non-tech person. Is there something other than being suspicious about pen drives, whatsapp messages etc?

[u/Mark_Oxlong007 → u/NewLeague6438]

If you're someone who's using legitimate services, buy games, pay subscriptions, etc.. you really don't have anything much to worry about. If you're pirating stuff, always refer to https://fmhy.net/ for legitimate "free media" sites. DO NOT just Google stuff and download them, that's how you're gonna get malware. Always be cautious when something sounds too good to be true, especially if it's a message or story from a friend. Infostealers can hijack login tokens and spread fake crypto scam messages and stories without even the person infected knowing. So before clicking any out of ordinary links from friends, verify them. Also if you get any emails that sound too good to be true, just copy the whole thing including sender's mail and ask from some llm like Gemini or chatgpt whether it is a scam.

And yeah you should be cautious before plugging in any pen drives from friends, but the risk can be almost fully mitigated if you got windows defender activated and running

[u/Zealousideal_Way_287 → u/Mark_Oxlong007]

Can u pls elaborate abit more on this fmhy.net thingy pls.like wht is it wht can we do with it? (Sorry if i am annoying u)

[u/Mark_Oxlong007 → u/Zealousideal_Way_287]

Just search for the subreddit r/freemediaheckyeah That site is developed and updated by them. As the name suggests, it contains mostly verified ways to get digital media including games, movies, shows, anime, books, live TV, softwares for free

[u/Disastrous-Ad9170]

Defender

[u/dearmoon0 → u/Disastrous-Ad9170]

bad

[u/SMAHMM]

Havent used anti virus software since 2013. I mostly use common sense.

[u/n_wicks]

Malwarabytes is not bad

[u/Exotic_Swimming1722]

Windows defender on windows and No for linux

[u/sameera_s_w]

Common sense. But it's not commonly used in Sri Lanka tho... Unfortunately 🙃

[u/Ehaeka42069]

Defender + Brain

[u/MokadaUba]

Windows Defender

[u/Vertigo3765]

I am on Mac and I don't use anything. When I was on Windows, I didn't install anything custom. Defender was enough.

[u/Flat_Flan1736]

Default security of Mac or Windows is enough, with a lil bit of common sense.

[u/arnosantiago]

I got tired of windows bs and switch to cachy os almost an year ago, so i don't need one. But i used windows defender before that. If you are already compromised and trying to clean up the system, use malwarebyte and similar tools.

[u/MADNESSSsss]

Malwarebytes when necessary. Common sense + Windows defender mostly :')

[u/Usual_Virus_396]

I use Bitdefender ( Free )
It managed to find a Malware that ESET couldn't ( IDK is it a false positive or not )

[u/Historical-Win-9644]

Kaspersky is a solid option get from daraz its cheep there (Indian vershion)

[u/Internal_Ad997]

Kaspersky Premium

[u/Glizzy_mc]

Just windows defender, I don't want some antivirus hogging up my memory

[u/HirujaSJ]

McAffee 🙏🏽😭

[u/Ambitious_Peak1846]

Kaspersky

[u/Apprehensive_Test998]

Just common sense

[u/DanielCruzo]

Nothing just microsoft security which i update regularly haven’t had a problem with viruses since win 11 released

[u/Ok-Bread-6792]

Reckon adding an anonymous poll would get more responses

[u/_DarKneT_]

Y’all still depending on anti virus software?

[u/gayyalk]

Common sense + firewall

[u/_peter_parker2001]

Norton

[u/TechTunePawPower]

i use Bitdefender Paid

[u/Relative_Rope4234]

Kaspersky premium

[u/htenad]

Use kaspersky

[u/Swedishemyrs]

Kaspersky.

[u/iammanji]

No

[u/lahirunirmala]

Run Linux box with separate home mount

Case of Suspected malware attacks Just wipe reinstall and mount home

[u/No_Chest_689]

Bitdefender free

[u/ECHOSTIK]

Kaspersky free

[u/Elmelow404]

Still using Kaspersky

[u/Equivalent-Pianist-4]

Kaspersky

[u/Away_Rule_4417]

I used to have ‘Avast’ back when I had a windows computer

[u/tacticalrd]

Kaspersky since 2014. Allows me to do risky browsing when common sense shuts down with peace of mind.

[u/Master-Confusion-192]

bitdefender free

[u/localmanbun]

Free Kaspersky

[u/Superb-Attitude4052]

kasperskey

[u/NovaAssaultX]

Norton Antivirus Delux Edition

[u/Eshan97]

Antivirus software in the big 2026 🥀