MonkeysUncleByMarriage posted:I have consistently ran three programs for years. I have rarely had issues. All are free. I run Avast free version Virus Scan, Malware Bytes Anti Malware and Ccleaner.
I TOTALLY agree regarding these three free programs. In fact I have been so impressed with the performance of Malwarebytes that I actually purchased their full program. It was under $30.00 for the annual subscription but it's found problems on my (Window's 10) computer that other programs missed. The hardest to get rid of was a piece of malware that hijacked my browser and then every time a search was performed would insert someone's id and their chosen search engine so that they would be credited for a search hit thereby earning them some money via the Hijacking malware on my computer but it also slowed it down. Malwarebytes was the only malware program that actually caught, identified, and got rid of this.
I might also say I've had good luck with iObit software but it is a competitor to Malwarebytes and does the same thing but Malwarebytes will identify anything from iObit as potentially unwanted programs and seeks to quarantine it. I've wondered about this and if it's just one malware program trying to get rid of a competitor or if there was some really good reason it flagged it.