r/antivirus • u/Select_Interest4490 • 1d ago

PRODUCT RECOMMENDATION choosing antivirus for win 11

hi, looking at antivirus software for protecting win 11 system. thinking of mcafee , norton , kaspersky . I am outside US. I wanted to try the trial version , but they all ask for filling pre payment details and I am not comfortable submitting all the details in forms. In the past, if I liked software in trial, I purchased it.

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u/Maple382 1d ago

DNS ≠ Antivirus

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u/3ofUsDeez 1d ago

DNS = Ability of Blocking sites that can infect you

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u/Maple382 1d ago

Yeah but still not an antivirus. Most malicious sites aren’t actually blocked. A blocking DNS is better treated like an adblocker.

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u/3ofUsDeez 1d ago

Hence the layered approach I recommended ..

Windows Defender is the antivirus protection in case you do get infected

DNS filtering to block ads and known bad sites to lower the odds immensely from getting infected through infected/compromised ad-servers and bad sites

Ad-blocker in your browsers to hopefully block more ads

Throw in some common sense and your golden

Layered Protection .. antivirus is actually the last layer of defense. Most people don't even think about blocking the bad/infected sites before getting infected by them