Can you also suggest a good opensource/affordable encryption software for hard drives?

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    As far as anti-viruses/virus removals/etc go:

    • For Windows & macOS, I would just enable and use the built-in anti-virus protection (Defender on Windows, XProtect on macOS).
    • On macOS, I would also enable and use the built-in firewall (Nearly every other OS already comes with a firewall enabled out of the box, no idea why macOS doesn’t enable theirs by default…), as well as Lockdown Mode if you’re able to.
    • On Linux, I would use ClamAV & ClamTK.
    • On Android, I would use Hypatia & Auditor.

    I would also strongly recommend making use of DNS level protection through a service like NextDNS, ensuring you have a good content blocker like uBlock Origin in your browser, and using Safe Browsing in your browser (As long as you use a good browser like Brave or Firefox, then Safe Browsing won’t endanger your privacy, it just improves your security and protection, so I’d recommend using it).

    As far as encryption goes, I would recommend just using whatever is built-in to your OS, such as BitLocker on Windows, FileVault on macOS, & LUKS on Linux. You can also use VeraCrypt if you wish to as well, may be preferable in some cases, though I personally don’t bother.

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      I’ve taken much pleasure in shitting on Microsoft and their products for decades, but I’m also the first one to admit the products that are actually good:

      • Built-in antivirus (for the past 10 years, at least)
      • Notepad. (Sometimes you don’t want any features)
      • Outlook Express (Newer equivalent is decent, but too buggy and bloated)
      • Windows 7 (The pinnacle of an MS OS since MSDOS 6.22)

      There are probably more, but those are the ones I remember off the top of my head.

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    Assuming you’re on Windows and want something other than Defender, you can try Malwarebytes. For encryption, you can use Veracrypt.

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    I only know an answer to this:

    Can you also suggest a good opensource/affordable encryption software for hard drives?

    Veracrypt is the most used

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    For personal use? Just rely on Windows Defender and common sense to avoid getting viruses. If you already have (or suspect) a virus, there’s many guides out there for virus removal and most parts will apply to external hard drives.