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#1 TTGSteve

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Posted 19 September 2012 - 03:02 PM

I'm in need of a new antivirus. I just dropped AVG as my paid solution and am looking to go with something else. Any suggestions? Do you think I should go with a free one or a paid one? If so, which?

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Posted 19 September 2012 - 04:18 PM

Microsoft Security Essentials is a great free AV program. Avast Free is my second favorite. For on demand scans (particularly on machines I suspect are infected), Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is good. You should only have one AV program installed though. (Malwarebytes is the exception)

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Posted 19 September 2012 - 07:56 PM

I tried to install MSE, but it's not passing genuine validation :/

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Posted 20 September 2012 - 12:32 AM

Go here ... http://answers.micro...e8-aa7cf2bf86f7 .

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Posted 26 September 2012 - 10:32 PM

That seems to be for an older version of Windows. I'm on 7.

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Posted 26 September 2012 - 11:32 PM

I think I have it installed and ready to rock now. Should I run Windows Defender in conjunction with it?

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Posted 27 September 2012 - 12:29 AM

TTGSteve, on 26 September 2012 - 11:32 PM, said:

I think I have it installed and ready to rock now. Should I run Windows Defender in conjunction with it?

If MSE is running, then Defender is disabled. See this ... http://answers.micro...cb-e922b2c75225 .

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Posted 27 September 2012 - 12:32 AM

TTGSteve, on 26 September 2012 - 10:32 PM, said:

That seems to be for an older version of Windows. I'm on 7.

I didn't know which OS you were using, since it wasn't in the OP, so made my best guess.

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Posted 01 October 2012 - 09:41 AM

Sorry about that, man. Thanks for your help, either way.

Much appreciated. I have it up and running

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Posted 27 October 2012 - 08:11 AM

I've never even heard of that. Sounds fishy...

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Posted 28 October 2012 - 07:23 PM

VRS is a pulmonary virus and certainly not an antivirus application.

More than fishy.

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Posted 08 November 2012 - 02:21 AM

you should definitely go with a free one, there's really no need to pay for one!
I've been using Unthreat Antivirus and I'm very happy with it. it doesn't slow my computer down or anything.

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Posted 21 March 2013 - 03:32 AM

Of course, I want to go with free antivirus. There are a lot of free antivirus are available that you can choose and they provides good security and protection to your computer.