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firstlude · Post by **firstlude** » Tue May 16, 2017 9:43 pm

which is the best value for money or even free anti-virus software to have on a pc for some reason i have norton and MCafee but not sure if they are really offering me the protection i need

YouTube · Post by **Sailor** » Tue May 16, 2017 10:22 pm

I use AVG, backed up with occasional use of SlimCleaner. I haven't had a problem from the outside world for ages.

Post by **Drax** » Tue May 16, 2017 10:55 pm

firstlude wrote:which is the best value for money or even free anti-virus software to have on a pc for some reason i have norton and MCafee but not sure if they are really offering me the protection i need

There's your first problem, never have more than one av installed.

Microsoft security essentials had done me proud since ditching AVG many moons ago when it started to slow everything down

Post by **simonc** » Wed May 17, 2017 3:23 am

When I bought my new laptop a couple of weeks ago, the guy who helps with all things tech, installed AVG. I can't really give a tech opinion, but for my everyday needs, it seems to be working okay, with no slowing down of any other programs.

lxstuart · Post by **lxstuart** » Wed May 17, 2017 9:12 am

I've used Avast for years, never had any problems.

BrokenSpring · Post by **BrokenSpring** » Wed May 17, 2017 9:16 am

firstlude wrote:which is the best value for money or even free anti-virus software to have on a pc for some reason i have norton and MCafee but not sure if they are really offering me the protection i need

Ok so first things first get rid of both of them as they are horrible bits of software. Download ccleaner to get rid of them fully.
If you are going free then Avast Free edition is pretty good. If you were to spend some money then Kaspersky and ESET are brill.

The 3 above ones are great at catching things and protecting you but also dont hog resources on your computer.

Max · Post by **Max** » Wed May 17, 2017 9:44 am

I find AVG really annoying, always popping up trying to sell me an upgrade! Other than that seems to be doing its job. I'm also having the black desktop of death every day and having to reboot, supposedly linked to the graphics driver but nothing I've tried to fix it works, and there are an endless amount of fixes out there for this problem. I wonder if perhaps AVG is causing the issue...

Shiny · Post by **Shiny** » Wed May 17, 2017 7:45 pm

Avast and cc cleaner for me.

YouTube · Post by **Sailor** » Wed May 17, 2017 9:06 pm

Max wrote:I find AVG really annoying, always popping up trying to sell me an upgrade! Other than that seems to be doing its job. I'm also having the black desktop of death every day and having to reboot, supposedly linked to the graphics driver but nothing I've tried to fix it works, and there are an endless amount of fixes out there for this problem. I wonder if perhaps AVG is causing the issue...

I'd be surprised if AVG is causing the black screen.

I don't get the pop-ups you mention, either. I use Firefox with the ads set to off.

firstlude · Post by **firstlude** » Wed May 17, 2017 10:11 pm

thanks all i havent got a problem with buying some software if i no its going to work so maybe i need to get avast and do the cc cleaner