Hi. I am looking for a few some security tools for my windows laptop. I already got a third party firewall software but now i require an antivirus. Besides Microsoft Security Essentials, are there other good antivirus products to recommend. Thanks:)
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Jump to Postnot sure MSE makes in high up in many of the best free lists[ i use but i only go to help forum 90% of the tie ] Avast[ used it a few yrs ago ] usually make the top of the free list .
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Jump to PostI agree with caperjack. MSE rarely ranks "up there". Avast is excellent. Avira Free is quite good, however, due to Avira's recent partnering with Ask.com to add the Avira SearchFree tool bar and Trialpay to help cover the cost of providing the …
Jump to PostI thought that MSE was good because studies have shown more windows users use them. Have no idea what "studies" you are reading but never have seen that anywhere. Just because some program has a lot of users doesn't make it a good program to use...P2P programs for instance, lots …
Jump to PostTry the Windows version of the open source AV program ClamAV, called ClamWin. ClamAV is used as the core for a number of commercial business-use AV appliances. You can get clamwin here: http://www.clamwin.com
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Thanks for the links
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Nice review
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