Antivirus relevancy is rapidly decreasing...
Considering that Windows 10 includes, Windows Defender now enhanced with Security Essentials (Anti Spyware / Anti Virus) (Free and built in to the O.S.)
Not including that the real "Protection" to the file system "Internals" is the windows MRT.exe another built in tool that Microsoft upgrades monthly and quietly runs invisible in the background each time you boot the box.
These are largely all anyone really needs, to "Protect" Windows. as far as Windows "Protection" is concerned.
The real tool-kit required to have is knowledge of the Microsoft SFC (System File Check) as the SFC is how you can find out which files are corrupted by malware and need to be replaced. That is the secret sauce ingredient to any good system clean-up recipe.
SFC:
https://support.microsoft.com/...
Also In the largest number of cases the users typically are led to unwittingly "Chose" to install malware on their system.
Either due to technical ineptitude or a total lack of awareness of their own online behaviours.
This even when A.V's tell them not to install something.
The other real trouble with A.V.'s is that the largest hole in the security equations is Web browsers server side scripts bidirectional interactions. Meaning sites average around 10 to 25 scripts, pulling everything from profiling data, and advertising or marketing propaganda, to direct control of user system functionality and even drive video game within the web browser. Some Exotic new malware (and spyware) now exploit these extensively.
This is significant since most modern exploit are web browser centric. This is the real weak point where user behaviours are socially engineered into functional obfuscated exploits. Typically via embedded scripts, mingled with Adverts and privacy busting data gathering by businesses.
The safe route for joe average is Linux, with Firefox configured with NoScript, not add blockers but an actual "Extensive" script management system that provides full visibility and granular control to the user this will then elevate their awareness to the point where visibility grants administrative access over ones own privacy and security.
The only remaining issue is what can be cleanly embedded within PHP and kept obfuscated to the users while permitting access to remote processing on visiting machines...
As for the real security issues facing us, I don’t think I ever wrote a better explanation as the one here:
https://hermes-computers.ca/ar...