What is everyone using for digital security these days?

[Baitball Blogger]

I'm talking about internet security, malware, anti-virus and VPN.

Those seem to be big ones.

[rampartd]

1. agree about avg

they have adware on my desktop that will not go away

[AllaN01Bear]

6. i left avg after i reinstalled the basic pagage and they blocked me and wanted money , pronto.

[wolfie001]

2. Norton

I pay annually every October and I'm dreading it. Seems reliable. I like the VPN and Anti-Track. They tell me how many trackers they've denied when I leave a site. Even from DU.

[eShirl]

3. I have ABP (AdBlock Plus) and uBlock Origin. as well as NordVPN

NordVPN I use mainly for watching BBC iplayer, ITV, and Channel 4. Occasionally CBC Gem.

[True Dough]

4. I use AdBlock and the Brave browser

That's it. I've never had a problem.

My wife is a believer in Bitdefender. She's never had a problem either. I think she pays $70 or $80 a year for that. She gets a free subscription or two for other computers but I don't bother. I find anti-virus programs are intrusive and cumbersome. Popping up with this and that and sometimes slowing down my system. Oh, and then there's the updates.

So I carry on without one.

[CanonRay]

5. Malwarebytes

Works great, no problems

[AllaN01Bear]

7. i am using ad block and ad block plus. however many sites are denying me because of that and

the sites are learning how to punch through ad block by using anti ad block detectors . in california , we have the right to opt out of ads .

[Sogo]

8. I have a Geek Squad subscription from Best Buy, and they have WebRoot installed on my computer.

I couldn't live without Geek Squad....

But I must say that now that I have a new computer, there is much less need to use Geek Squad. My HP seemed to always have issues....