It’s been a long while since i used a desktop and honestly can’t remember what antivirus software i used, and even then, probably the landscape has changed over the years.
Atm i’ve been winging it with just Windows Defender (no custom configuration) and scanning any thing that looks suspicious on VirusTotal, but probably that would be not enough.
I’m thinking on get a couple of pirated files, so i’d like to be as secure as possible.
Kaspersky is pretty good. I’m using Linux anyway, totally forgot about viruses & malware.
Kaspersky is owned by a Russian company which subject to interference of the Russian government. This allows the government to inject code, knowingly or unknowingly to the Company, into the project.