1eduard Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 I use CCleaner Professional. I also have Avast Premium Security. Do I need it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators nukecad Posted February 24, 2021 Moderators Share Posted February 24, 2021 CCleaner is a junk file cleaner (with a few other tools); it is not an antivirus application and will not protect your computer from malware. Avast Premium Security is an antivirus application and will help to protect your computer from malware. The two things do different jobs. Other antivirus and malware protection is available, including Windows 10 built in virus and threat detetection (Windows Defender). Windows Defender will take over if you have no other antivirus installed on your computer. *** Out of Beer Error ->->-> Recovering Memory *** Worried about 'Tracking Files'? Worried about why some files come back after cleaning? See this link:https://community.ccleaner.com/topic/52668-tracking-files/?tab=comments#comment-300043 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1eduard Posted February 24, 2021 Author Share Posted February 24, 2021 Thank you for your answer! However, Avast Premium is expensive. What is a good anti-virus less expensive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators nukecad Posted February 24, 2021 Moderators Share Posted February 24, 2021 If you are on Windows 10 then just use the built in Windows Defender. It's a good as many you can buy, and better than a lot of them.https://www.techradar.com/uk/reviews/windows-defender Quote Final verdict Microsoft Defender isn't as accurate as the top antivirus competition, but it still outperforms some big-name commercial products, and is much less likely to cause issues with your other applications. You don't have to install it, it is already part of Windows and will run automatically if you haven't installed a different antivirus. If you uninstall (or disable) Avast Premium Security (or any other AV) then Windows Defender will take over automatically. I personally just use Windows Defender and have since 2015. I also run a weekly scan with Malwarebytes Free, just to double check for if anything did get through Defender - nothing has on my machine. *** Out of Beer Error ->->-> Recovering Memory *** Worried about 'Tracking Files'? Worried about why some files come back after cleaning? See this link:https://community.ccleaner.com/topic/52668-tracking-files/?tab=comments#comment-300043 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted February 25, 2021 Moderators Share Posted February 25, 2021 Something else too is if you actually like Avast they also have a Free version, although it won't have all of the features of a paid version. Although some people refuse to use a free antivirus for various reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Dave CCleaner Posted February 25, 2021 Admin Share Posted February 25, 2021 9 hours ago, Andavari said: Although some people refuse to use a free antivirus for various reasons ... one of the main reasons being that the paid AV industry has been telling everyone that with free AV "you get what you pay for". But one might conclude that they have an ulterior motive for propagating that perception The reality is that free AV brands often outperform paid AVs in independent testing. In recent years Avast won the "top rated" protection from the industry bible AV-Comparatives in 2020, 2019, 2017 and 2015 (https://www.av-comparatives.org/awards/avast/). AVG won in 2019 and 2018 (https://www.av-comparatives.org/awards/avg/). And the free offerings from Kaspersky and Bitdefender tend to stack up pretty well too. A recent review of the free AV landscape can be found here: https://uk.pcmag.com/antivirus/120817/the-best-free-antivirus-protection So how is this possible? The business model for companies whose core offering is a free AV (Avast/AVG/Avira/etc) is the same as the business model that we have here at CCleaner - build a free product that provides value to customers such that everyone will want to use it, and the money comes in from a percentage of customers who see sufficient value to upgrade to premium features. Most people never buy, but a small percentage that do out of hundreds of millions of users starts to add up - and there aren't any channel partners asking for their share of the pie. On the other hand, companies whose core offering is a paid product may see more cash coming in the door, but most of that has to go the retailers and OEM partners that they pay to sell their software for them. Free software companies don't have those costs and can use the savings to pump more investment into making their products better instead. Piriform Homepage - [CCleaner - CCleaner Mac - CCleaner Android - CCleaner Browser - Recuva - Speccy - Kamo] - Product Support Looking for your licence key, expiry date or download link? Check here first: https://www.ccleaner.com/support/license-lookup To find out how we protect your privacy - read CCleaner's Data Factsheet. What's new? Check the latest CCleaner for Windows release notes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1eduard Posted March 21, 2021 Author Share Posted March 21, 2021 Ok, thanks! (Sorry for my late reaction) What about the other products of Avast I use: Avast Version Tracker and Avast Secure Line? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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