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Mc afee subscription up!

mcgarry098 · 2011-03-06 13:49:37

Hi, My mcafee subscription is up,. Does anyone know anything good thats free to replace it! Thanks!

06-03-2011 2:49pm

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mcgarry098

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Hi,

My mcafee subscription is up,. Does anyone know anything good thats free to replace it!

Thanks!

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#2 06-03-2011 3:25pm

T0mmyM

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Avast free, Avira free and Microsoft security essentials are all very good.

Personally I use Avast 6 free and am finding it great. http://download.cnet.com/Avast-Free-Antivirus/3000-2239_4-10019223.html?part=dl-85737&subj=dl&tag=button

You will also need a Firewall. I would suggest Pc tools firewall plus as it's quite user friendly.

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#3 06-03-2011 3:26pm

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Microsoft Security Essentials
or
Avast Antivirus

There are more, but these are the ones recommended most by boardsies that are free. You only need to download one of them. Having two will conflict with each other and slow your computer down

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#4 06-03-2011 3:26pm

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Avast is my personal favourite. AVG is another good one

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#5 06-03-2011 4:24pm

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AVG, get the free version on www.download.com, the AVG website hides the free version very well but the lads in CNET have it on their website. It's currently the most popular Windows download, that should convince you that it's the one to go for, click on 'Most Popular' on the left of the homepage.

Just be warned that when using any free anti-virus you will frequently see screens asking you to 'upgrade', this is how they get people on to the subscription version so you need to be careful what you click on. Better to just set the s/w to upgrade the virus signature files automatically, then you don't have to worry about unintentionally 'upgrading' to the subscription version.

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#6 06-03-2011 4:26pm

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Thanks lads, avast it is!

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#7 06-03-2011 4:31pm

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mcgarry098 wrote: »

Thanks lads, avast it is!

Good choice!

Much better than AVG imo

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#8 06-03-2011 5:10pm

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Just wondering: why is Avast better? Thanks

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#9 06-03-2011 5:28pm

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Kewreeuss wrote: »

Just wondering: why is Avast better? Thanks

I'd be interested to know as well.

Just to give you the stats. from www.download.com ......

Downloads last week:

AVG: 1,433,406
Avast: 1,194,957

Overall Downloads:

AVG: 349,399,092
Avast: 132,648,216

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#10 06-03-2011 6:29pm

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Agree that Avast is much better than AVG.

I've had to clear a virus off 8 laptops over the past 20 months - it was the virus which tells you that you have a virus and prompts you to go to a webpage and pay a subscription. It also disables your wireless networking.

6 out of the 8 laptops were running AVG free, which didn't prevent the virus from installing. The other 2 laptops didn't have any protection. I used Spyware Doctor to remove the virus.

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#11 06-03-2011 7:02pm

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AVG has down dowmhill recently. The addition of things like link scanner and a generally more bloated behaviour has contributed to this. Avast on the other hand has a smaller performance footprint. M$ Security Essentials has also surprised with it's good performance.

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#12 06-03-2011 11:11pm

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I would definitely go with MSE. AVG used to be the free one to go with, but hasn't been nearly as good as it used to be.

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#13 06-03-2011 11:13pm

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Avast or MSE is pretty good, Malwarebytes i always thought was a good shout but have experienced and seen some posts about it being a bit on the dodgy side.

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#14 06-03-2011 11:44pm

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Iron Hide wrote: »

Avast or MSE is pretty good, Malwarebytes i always thought was a good shout but have experienced and seen some posts about it being a bit on the dodgy side.

Malwarebytes free version is only an on demand scanner. The paid version has real time protection but is not very good from what i've seen.

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#15 07-03-2011 12:03am

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I was a big AVG fan, but as was said above, there was a serious issue on the last version with the Link Scanner... put me off using it altogether, particularly when there was the option of the Microsoft free AV...

Been using the MSE (Microsoft Security Essentials) for about the last three months, and I have no complaints.. This is what I would recommend..

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#16 07-03-2011 1:53am

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+1 for MSE

"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."

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#17 07-03-2011 10:38am

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Thank you for the explanation.
So if I want to change from AVG what do I do? A or B below or doesthe sequence matter ?
A: install new antivirus and uninstall old one
B: uninstall old antivirus and install new one.

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#18 07-03-2011 10:41am

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Kewreeuss wrote: »

Thank you for the explanation.
So if I want to change from AVG what do I do? A or B below or doesthe sequence matter ?
A: install new antivirus and uninstall old one
B: uninstall old antivirus and install new one.

Always uninstall old anti-virus before installing a new one.

McAfee also have their own uninstall tool here.

http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?id=TS100507

So just follow those steps (you'll have to reboot your machine after) and then install the new one.

Would be handy to download the new antivirus first to your desktop before uninstalling. That way when you reboot you can just run the file.

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