FYI - AVG Anti-Virus 2013 is only free for the first 30 days.
MS Security Essentials will work fine for ordinary real-time protection but for greater security along with malware removal, Malwarebytes is the free AV software used and recommended by many system techies. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray27" wrote: > > > Hey, what about Microsoft Security Essentials! Free, and hasn't let me > down in several years. > > I did AVG as well, and had no problems. But it always seemed like they > put extra steps in the way of getting the free version after a while, > and steered you to the fee based program. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: > > > > > > What's the best programme you use ? The new pc wants > > > to install Norton and fill the pocket of that gun- > > > touting fellow, but surely there must be some free > > > and good stuff out there ? > > > > > > PS: must work with the WIN8, the worst blingbling > > > shoppingmall pretending to be an operating-system > > > on the planet ! > > > > > > Any suggestions you might have are very welcome ! > > > > Nabby, I'm pretty sure you'll interpret this as > > me being paid by the CIA or the Dalai Lama or both > > to mislead you :-), but it's real free advice, and > > worth every penny. > > > > Since becoming tired of the intrusiveness and non- > > user-friendliness of Norton and the ineffectiveness > > of Symantec and other Big Name anti-virus programs, > > I tried the free version of AVG. I have been using > > it now for over a decade, and it has never failed > > to detect and shoot dead in its tracks any virus > > or spamware infestation that came my way. > > > > Factor into this that I am what Bhairitu calls an > > "eyepatch" kinda guy, and that I tend to hang out > > in cafes and thus often use non-secure Wifi sources, > > and that is high praise indeed. I *love* AVG. I > > suspect that its cost-money versions are even better > > than their free version, but I have never needed them. > > > > Don't know if they have a Win8 version, but I suspect > > they do. > > >
