Which anti virus do you recommend & why?

[Fearghast]

I use Norton because I've been using for years. But I also use Malwarebytes along with Norton. I do recommend you use a professional version of whichever software you us to get real time protection. Some free versions don't have real time protection and you have to manually run a scan to remove malicious things.

Majority of the free antivirus programs have real time protection as a primary function.
Usually only specialized tools are manual scan only.
+ TBH, wouldn't touch Norton.

 

[kenny loris]

I use malware bytes and trust me on this its does the job real good.

 

[trieste1s]

Windows Defender with ConfigureDefender to harden it:

GitHub - AndyFul/ConfigureDefender: Utility for configuring Windows 10 built-in Defender antivirus settings.

Utility for configuring Windows 10 built-in Defender antivirus settings. - AndyFul/ConfigureDefender

github.com

 

[Jblazsek]

Majority of the free antivirus programs have real time protection as a primary function.
Usually only specialized tools are manual scan only.
+ TBH, wouldn't touch Norton.

I've used Norton for years and we use it at my work. I use Norton 360. I just googled and found this statement "Avira's free version even includes real-time protection, which is pretty rare for a free antivirus!"