Looking for a FOSS antivirus for windows

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  • dnscrypt-proxy

    dnscrypt-proxy 2 - A flexible DNS proxy, with support for encrypted DNS protocols.

  • You could also use dnscrypt-proxy (or Simple DNSCrypt for a GUI) with custom blocklists to prevent known malicious sites from loading.

  • clamav

    ClamAV - Documentation is here: https://docs.clamav.net

  • If you really want to install something, try ClamAV (or ClamWin for a GUI).

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

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  • SimpleDnsCrypt

    A simple management tool for dnscrypt-proxy

  • You could also use dnscrypt-proxy (or Simple DNSCrypt for a GUI) with custom blocklists to prevent known malicious sites from loading.

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