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I am using the free edition of AVG2015. My computer told me it is interfering with some things but I haven't done anything about it yet.
 

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I use AVG and I also have malware anti malware free program.
 

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I use AVG and I also have malware anti malware free program.
I, too, have a spyware program. It is called Super AntiSpyware and is free.
 

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I use Avast. It seems to be doing the job properly.
 

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I, too, have a spyware program. It is called Super AntiSpyware and is free.
Glad it works for you. I quit buying virus protection once I saw the free stuff was as good
 

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Glad it works for you. I quit buying virus protection once I saw the free stuff was as good
I sure know what you mean. I once paid 90.00 for a program that was crap!
 

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Wow, thats a lot
 

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A lot more than I ever spent:wave:
 

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Sophos for Mac. It is free and does what I need it to do.
 

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Avast antivirus does the job for me. it's free and warns quickly of any potential threats. Good at blocking malware, does a decent job scanning. There's a paid version, but I don't see a difference in what it would do.
 

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I use MS Security Essentials ... and Malwarebytes ... they do a good job.
 

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I use malware
 

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iam using norton pro. it really helps me to stay safe online. because i use the net everyday. i always beleived having a paid version is safer rather than a free version.
 

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I use Avast. It seems to be doing the job properly.

As do I. I have the "pay for" version (with all the bells) that I run on all 3 of my computers, but there is a free version that works pretty well. I have mixed feelings about Avast, it does seem to have constant bugs - but then most of these programs do.
 

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I am using the free edition of AVG2015. My computer told me it is interfering with some things but I haven't done anything about it yet.

I use the full version of AVG Internet Security.

The previous version took an age to run on my desktop but my laptop is a beast of a machine so the full system scan sometimes takes as little as 3 minutes. That said, I configured it so that it doesn't scan my 500GB of photo files, which saves a lot of time.
 

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"Microsoft security essentials" seems to work quite well and uses very little memory and cpu resources. I am sure that other antivirus software does this and that better and that in the event of a serious and determined attack something other than MSSE would work a little bit better but for a home PC it seems more than adequate and it is free. I also use Malwarebytes as an additional scanner for the PC and it has a high reputation from what I have read and seen. The two together are, in my mumble opinion, fairly good protection.
 

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ESET, an IT friend recommended it to me ever since autorun infected my flash drive.
 

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ESET, an IT friend recommended it to me ever since autorun infected my flash drive.

Before I left my last church (due to leaving the area, not falling out!) I helped get them set up and my supplier recommended ESET. As far as I know they've been happy with it.
 
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