Norton is blocking/removing the wallet application. I don't like Norton, but was auto installed on my new pc. Any tips for a good or the best free antivirus software. Avast?
I use Avast although I 'm not quite happy with it but its free at least and better than Norton;) I have no problems with the wallet application
the free version is really damn ok
but i would recommend to upgrade to PRO, since you get hourly virus patterns and not daily patterns on the free version.
but cylance AV and paolo alto AV > all
even trend micro is nice and cheap, but you have to configure a damn lot stuff, so i would not recommend it
norton and kaspersky are just cash graves and pretty slow on virus patterns.
Anti-viruses are a hoax, you don't really need an AV if you are cautious enough. I've been running my PC 3+ years without and AV and I'm glad because now I've incorporated cautious habits into my daily usage and I got rid of a useless resource hog. AVs are a big propaganda and you don't need them. Even if an AV is updated daily you are still compromised to zero-day vulnerabilities.
This is a difficult subject to security newbies but if you spend some time learning everyday it'll become easy and you will do it normally. I've been gradually learning about privacy and security since 2002 and I wrote an article that summarizes all the basic knowledge you need about securing your PC and claiming your privacy.
Read it here and be sure to tell me what you think. I'll gladly accept criticism if I can modify it to a simpler version. If you need any assistance, ask me any time at the DeepOnion community.
