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? asked in Computers & InternetSecurity · 8 years ago

I need to get an anti virus/security protection,?

Would like some advice, which I should get, I'm thinking of getting Avast, some tell me to get Norton, I had Avast for free for a little time, now am asked to purchase, would really like a good anti virus protection program, I'm in Canada.

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago
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    Avast free is forever.....have had the free version for 4 years and wouldn't use anything else.

    http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download

  • 5 years ago

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  • ?
    Lv 5
    8 years ago

    Get the avast free antivirus . Its free always and doesnt ask for purchase .It asks for activation renewal every 6 months or so. Just do it , its free . Its quite good for home use and never caused me problems over past 6 years .

    Norton is the worst - for a paid product , it rarely detects viruses , detects false positives and slows down your system to a crawl .

    if its a home system then any free antivirus like AVG , avast etc is fine dont waste your money on paid ones the free ones offer enough protection

  • 8 years ago

    Norton 360 gold edition is good, McAfee is good also. The longest time you can get it free is for 30 days, then you will have to purchase it.

    On Norton, you can scan your computer for viruses and then it removes them, and the ones that are unremovable are guarded away from your computer. It also protects malware, identity theft and other viruses from internet and downloads.

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  • 8 years ago

    Get AVAST, ITS SO MUCH BETTER THEN BOTH OF THOSE. PLUS ITS FREE

    I also suggest Zone-alarm for your firewall.

    i would also suggest using a proxy or VPN for anonymous web browsing

    free proxy

    http://anonymouse.org/

    free VPn

    http://proxpn.com/

  • 8 years ago

    I would recommend Kaspersky Antivrrus. I personally use it

    Check this out:

  • 8 years ago

    microsoft security essentials http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/securit...

    its produced by microsoft, who better to protect your pc than those who actually made the os for it ? its free, theres no paid for version, its a totally free security software, its light on the system, effective.

    highly recommend it

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