It's true that I see its name very low on the various "best antivirus programs of 2019 / 2018", but that's probably because those websites are very biased regarding this stuff (one of which had it in something like 6th position, while the 1st was Bitdefender and the 2nd was none other than the bloated Norton). The websites you posted on the other hand seems to be way more professional and reliable, I also visited the official Avast webpage and allegedly, they offer plenty of different kind of protections; as you already said yourself it's probably the best choice for my machine. I think I will go with both Malwarebytes (Free) and Avast Free (I know I should opt for at least one licensed program too, but at the moment I really have to cut down every cost possible). I'm really grateful for your great work and I hate the fact I can't make any donation whatsoever for the reason I just mentioned, however I will do suggest this forum to all my friends and acquaintances, hopefully at least one of them will do what I couldn't regarding the donation factor.
Thanks again, Corrine. If something else pops up (hopefully not!) I know where to go. I feel like my PC is even more clean than before regarding pretty much everything and I seriously hope it isn't just a presentiment. The final note would be that the user itself is still the best antivirus out there, but sometimes we let our guard down and that's when these programs come in handy. Thanks for your work, your suggestions and most importantly, your lesson.
I knew from the very first moment I saw this website that it was the best thing I could've done for my machine; here in my country you pay a technician for near the cost of the PC itself and you go back after a whole month and they didn't fix anything, rather they made the situation even worse, with plenty of different means. Not even exaggerating, now you get why I'm so grateful for all this, it really seems like something from the future.
