Ask Slashdot: Best Anti-Virus Software In 2015? Free Or Paid?

Posted by Soulskill on Friday January 23, 2015 @11:33AM from the what-would-you-put-on-your-grandma's-computer dept.

CryoKeen writes: I got a new laptop recently after trading in my old laptop for store credit. While I was waiting to check out, the sales guy just handed me some random antivirus software (Trend Micro) that was included with the purchase. I don't think he or I realized at the time that the CD/DVD he gave me would not work because my new laptop does not have a CD/DVD player.

Anyway, it got me wondering whether I should use it or not. Would I be better off downloading something like Avast or Malwarebytes? Is there one piece of antivirus software that's significantly better than the others? Are any of the paid options worthwhile, or should I just stick to the free versions? What security software would you recommend in addition to anti-virus?

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Re: In after somebody says don't run Windows. by Anonymous Coward · 2015-01-23 11:41 · Score: 5, Funny

Wipe the disk and run linux
Re: In after somebody says don't run Windows. by Anonymous Coward · 2015-01-23 14:01 · Score: 4, Funny

Oh good. Didn't realize my virtualized servers are all virus proof.
Re:In after somebody says don't run Windows. by Anonymous Coward · 2015-01-23 14:13 · Score: 2, Funny

his non-existent scanning tools never found anything.