Protection on public wifi ?

A question about : Protection on public wifi ?

Hello

Is there any additional step to take to be protected on a public wifi i.e. coffee shop? Are Avast and Malwarebytes enough?

Thanks

Best answers:

• Protect what ???
  Enough depends upon what you do with public WiFi .
  Banking or downloading is not worth the risk over public WiFi .
• But what are you using is the first question .
  Windows MAC IPhone Android or another OS .
  Yes risk is their on unsecured public WiFi .
• Banking or downloading is not worth the risk over public WiFi .
• Surely if you browse a secure site then it's encrypted - obviously if you browse via plain text then not so there is a possibility of interception.
• so I got this yesterday for Firefox
  https://getcocoon.com/
  do you reckon it might actually add more security? or not really? Thoughts?
  Avast also has an extra Wifi protection option which costs Ј49, I might get it for extra security in the long run. For reasons which are a bit long to explain, I am always on the move and have a small online business so being able to use the Wifi while I'm out would be great
• I see, thanks for the feedback guys
  what's your opinion of this, worth of shot buying it?
  https://www.avast.com/en-gb/secureline-vpn