Ship of Fools: Security - antivirus programmes

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Posted by blackbeard (# 10848) on :

Computer I am currently using has McAfee - 18 months of it came packaged with the computer.

My ISP (Virgin) also provides its own antivirus (which is currently on an occasionally used laptop).

No problems, and (AFAIK) no viruses, so far.

McAfee is coming up for renewal, which of course costs. Is this worth doing? is there a better alternative? will the Virgin package (at no extra cost) do an equally good job?

All opinions welcome!

Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on :

I went off McAfee when it overfilled the very small drive on my EeePC, and they kept me on the phone for ages before telling me it simply couldn't be installed on any other drive. I now have AVG on that machine, and it seems OK. As does McAfee on my other machines - but I'll be using AVG on those when it comes to renewal. I didn't like the way I got slid on to automatic renewal. Picky I am. But both my nephew, in computing, and John Lewis staff recommended AVG. Which you can try out free.

Posted by lilBuddha (# 14333) on :

I loathe McAfee and Norton.
I currently use Avast. It is a tad more bloated than it used to be,* but appears to work.

ETA: I also use NoScript as an add-on to Firefox. Righteous PITA, but more secure.

*Though much less so than either McAfee or Norton.

[ 07. August 2013, 19:29: Message edited by: lilBuddha ]

Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :

I do think this is fodder for the computer thread. Posts copied thither.

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