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Originally Posted by bhunter
AVG, Avira, Avast and most of the others are fairly good; however, there is no 100% certain way to remove all risk except to not go on the internet. My clients usually pick up their problems by clicking on crap that pops up or by installing infected programs. BTW, I really like McAfee and Norton because I make a lot of money removing their preinstalls from new machines. IMO, they are a greater threat to computing tranquility than a virus. Microsoft Windows has slowly become more secure than it once was, but it still needs work.
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I agree completely about McAfee and Norton! I used AVG for years, now use Avast plus Malwarebytes with leaky old XP Pro and have no problems.
I've been told by IT types that W7 & W8 all by themselves are more secure than XP plus AV software. I don't know whether that's true.
John