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Old 05-24-2011, 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by 2BNTV View Post
I have been running McAfee anti-virus scan on my PC.

MY ISP has made available their Anti-Virus program from Computer Associates.

One difference is that I pay for McAfee and the CA software is free!!!!

I was informed that Computer Essentials anti-virus software is free from Microsoft.

Does anyone have a preferrence to what anti-virus package they use?

Does any of these software packages detect a virus better than others?

I was informed to download the free malwarebytes.org and perform a scan every week. It's free because you have to run the scan. You pay if if you select to automatically run for you?

Your input is greatly appreciated.
I had problems with the Microsoft Essentials. Does protect, but not good enough. T tried almost all of the anti virus scanners and for me the best is Norton 360. Find stuff others didn't. Runs and update itself and offers a great protection. It is not free, but as always you get what you pay for. I have too many good software on my computer to take any risk of losing them.