Personally, I still believe if you get Avast from a respectable link, it'll serve you well.MSE/Windows Defender is not secure as they used to be as Microsoft once told, "its just a basic security program".
I'd never recommend Avast as they messed up with updates and the patch is not yet available. View more details here. They are also occasionally similar to AVG issue, which is described below.
Please don't trust Kaspersky and Symantec[Norton] as they spread Govt. Malware.
More details here.
AVG is not trustworthy as even if you uninstall it or use any cleaners/uninstaller programs, you'll end up with more hidden traces which will create trouble to system files and also you won't be able to use any other AV. You only have to reinstall OS to fix it.
My final suggestion is currently Bitdefender/Trend Micro as they both has no issues like other AV listed above. They don't support Govt. Malware. Their detection rate is excellent. There are various promo key offers running now for Bitdefender. You can get the list here.
Optional: For much more protection, use Malwarebytes in parallel with Bitdefender/Trend Micro.
That was not the issue. It is the Avast s/w coding that created the problem not because of the download source. Even if you download from Avast website, you'll end up with this issue one day.Personally, I still believe if you get Avast from a respectable link, it'll serve you well.
You might choose to read this too https://www.techspot.com/community/topics/thanks-for-having-clean-downloads.208153/
To the best of my knowledge, "MSE/Windows Defender" are two different programs.MSE/Windows Defender is not secure as they used to be as Microsoft once told, "its just a basic security program".
I'd never recommend Avast as they messed up with updates and the patch is not yet available. View more details here. They are also occasionally similar to AVG issue, which is described below.
Please don't trust Kaspersky and Symantec[Norton] as they spread Govt. Malware.
More details here.
AVG is not trustworthy as even if you uninstall it or use any cleaners/uninstaller programs, you'll end up with more hidden traces which will create trouble to system files and also you won't be able to use any other AV. You only have to reinstall OS to fix it.
My final suggestion is currently Bitdefender/Trend Micro as they both has no issues like other AV listed above. They don't support Govt. Malware. Their detection rate is excellent. There are various promo key offers running now for Bitdefender. You can get the list here.
Optional: For much more protection, use Malwarebytes in parallel with Bitdefender/Trend Micro.
It is my understanding that MSE became Windows Defender in Windows 8 and also now Windows 10.To the best of my knowledge, "MSE/Windows Defender" are two different programs.
I didn't know that, thanks.It is my understanding that MSE became Windows Defender in Windows 8 and also now Windows 10.