{"id":1451,"date":"2019-08-04T08:00:43","date_gmt":"2019-08-04T15:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/?p=1451"},"modified":"2019-10-19T10:43:28","modified_gmt":"2019-10-19T17:43:28","slug":"best-antivirus-protection-for-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/2019\/08\/04\/best-antivirus-protection-for-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Best antivirus protection for Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>UPDATE OCTOBER 19, 2019: &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The best antivirus protection of 2019 for Windows 10 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/the-best-antivirus-protection-in-2019-for-windows-10\/#ftag=CAD590a51e\" target=\"_blank\">The best antivirus protection of 2019 for Windows 10<\/a> \u2013 Your PC needs protection against malware, and free antivirus software may be enough. Here&#8217;s the best antivirus protection to get for Windows 10, and what&#8217;s worth paying extra for&#8221; by Clifford Colby (October 19, 2019). CNET&#8217;s &#8220;best&#8221; recommendations stand from last August (below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve previously noted PC World&#8217;s annual recommendations for PC anti-virus protection. Yesterday (August 3, 2019), Cnet posted their recommendations for Windows 10 PCs: &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The best antivirus protection of 2019 for Windows 10  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/the-best-antivirus-protection-of-2019-for-windows-10\/\" target=\"_blank\">The best antivirus protection of 2019 for Windows 10 <\/a>&#8212; Your PC needs protection against malware, and free antivirus software may be enough. Here&#8217;s the best antivirus protection to get for Windows 10, and what&#8217;s worth paying extra for.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quick summary:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Best free antivirus: <strong>Microsoft Defender<\/strong>.<\/li><li> Best subscription antivirus: <strong>Norton 360 Deluxe<\/strong>.<\/li><li> Best on-demand malware removal: <strong>Malwarebytes<\/strong> (free version) &#8211; paid version permits automatic scheduled scans as well as other features.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Cnet article includes other tips for protecting your privacy and keeping your PC secure, as well as a summary of other PC anti-virus products (and discusses the situation regarding Kaspersky Lab&#8217;s product).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE OCTOBER 19, 2019: &#8220;The best antivirus protection of 2019 for Windows 10 \u2013 Your PC needs protection against malware, and free antivirus software may be enough. Here&#8217;s the best antivirus protection to get for Windows 10, and what&#8217;s worth paying extra for&#8221; by Clifford Colby (October 19, 2019). CNET&#8217;s &#8220;best&#8221; recommendations stand from last [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,126,1,127,123,125],"tags":[114,22,48],"class_list":["post-1451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer","category-desktop","category-general","category-notebook","category-phone","category-tablet","tag-anti-virus","tag-malware","tag-windows-10"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1451"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1458,"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1451\/revisions\/1458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}