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Konstantinos Tsoukalas

Konstantinos is the founder and administrator of Wintips.org. Since 1995 he works and provides IT support as a computer and network expert to individuals and large companies. He is specialized in solving problems related to Windows or other Microsoft products (Windows Server, Office, Microsoft 365, etc.).

21 Comments

  1. computers education
    August 27, 2020 @ 12:17 pm

    In my opinion, Windows 10 Antivirus is the best and lightest

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  2. JJ
    July 19, 2020 @ 12:38 am

    Hey what AV would you recommend today? What do you think about 360 total security?

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    • lakonst
      July 27, 2020 @ 9:48 am

      With Windows 10 the Windows Defender.

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  3. Roger David
    September 2, 2019 @ 11:23 am

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  4. Amelia Gomes
    April 19, 2019 @ 1:12 pm

    Thanks for sharing such useful ideas.

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  5. James Parker
    August 14, 2018 @ 7:57 pm

    thanks for sharing this information with us, most of the people use free antivirus and they didn't know sometimes they are doing some wrong thing.

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  6. Bruce
    October 20, 2016 @ 1:15 am

    What is the feeling about Panda Av? I have run the free version without apparent problems

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    • lakonst
      October 20, 2016 @ 8:54 am

      @Bruce: Panda AV is good but heavy.

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  7. viswanathan.sa
    September 9, 2016 @ 9:55 am

    Very good and reliable article for computer beginners and students. Thank you very much for seeing this.
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  8. kiki443
    August 2, 2016 @ 1:38 pm

    one more thing avast indeed used too much disk speed while I had HDD what I did is to upgrade to a SSD and there was no more problems with disk usage btw I am using win10 thats why I had to upgrade when I had those problems with avast I simply reinstall it.

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  9. kiki443
    August 2, 2016 @ 1:31 pm

    that is true about avast avastsvc.exe sometimes using too much CPU however I had
    ESET Smart security and once eset nod4 and I had each one for one week I had tested few av tools including eset after 2 days after installation when I log on to windows the eset appeared on screen as normall however computer have frozen and after 10 mins the blue screen of death appeared in both versions I had no choice but to reinstall windows.
    since than I don't trust eset.

    I had norton internet security but it was too expensive fo one year of full version.
    I also had avira free antivirus but when I try update it needed 3.4 GB of data to download what is even more expensive and also it was annoying by telling me that I have viruses in my coputer what is even worse it took into quarantine the windows system files (.sys) that are part of windows after what I had to restore entire system in earlier point in time and that was happening too often.
    I tried with AVG but same as avira and norton too expensive for maintance.
    microsoft security essentials – not safe enough IMO
    bit defender – not good enough and scan took long time also avast was tested by trojan hourse and only avast found it.
    kaspersky internet security – as soon as I install I had to restart and than BSOD repeatlly appeared and I had to boot in safe mode to uninstall.
    I have tested a lot of antiviruses and IMO only avast proven worthy.

    reasons why avast:
    – easy to maintance
    – free to use (only thing you need to do is register it every year to obtain new licence and it is free)
    – small update data package (approximately 10-50 MB)
    – small disk space usage
    – when detecting a virus first avast is trying to repair the file and then if not succed it removes it into quarantine in difference for other antiviruses who removes it immidiatlly no matter if it is a vital file or not.

    TAKE NO OFFENCE but I think this is more than enough reasons to keep Avast over other antiviruses.

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    • websurfer
      September 23, 2016 @ 7:06 pm

      Avast seemed good until I got a virus while running it, and yes I kept it updated. As for all those othere issues with BSOD and every virus program you tried…. Ummm…… take no offence but the only common denominator seems to be you.

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      • kiki443
        November 6, 2016 @ 12:09 pm

        I didn't say that avast is the best of course there is no 100% secure tool to help you against every existing threat on the net or anywhere else. There is no perfect antivirus!
        that means you can get infected by using any antivirus mentioned here including avast.

        I just mentioned my favorite antivirus and why I use it.
        I also mentioned why I don't use other tools.
        Of course you may never experience those issues but I don't want to risk my data trying all of them again to see if any of them are better than others.

        You can use your own antivirus I didn't demand you to use a specific one!
        If you don't like avast that's ok but don't criticise those who like it.

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  10. kiki443
    August 1, 2016 @ 9:11 pm

    what about avast free antivirus?

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    • lakonst
      August 2, 2016 @ 10:19 am

      @kiki443: Avast is a pretty good antivirus too, but in some cases slows the system (or causes high disk usage).

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  11. ashok sharma
    June 28, 2016 @ 12:16 pm

    Haven't you heard about ESET, it should be in the top of the list

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    • lakonst
      June 28, 2016 @ 12:55 pm

      @ashok sharma: ESET is an excellent antivirus but doesn't offer a FREE version (Only 30-days Trial).

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  12. Bill Skinner
    April 19, 2016 @ 7:21 pm

    I had Prey installed on a laptop and a desktop when I was in college. Back at home I dont need Prey but have not found a way except going deeper in my pc than I am comfortable with.
    Without changing a bunch of stuff inside , do you know of anything that will remove prey?

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  13. Jim Homan
    February 17, 2016 @ 1:57 am

    Great website! Thank you very much. One question: how do you get rid of AdChoice ads? I've tried everything that I can think of and the only way I've found is to buy Adguard but I'd like to not have to use software to block the ads.

    Thanks again.

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