I have Windows 7 home 64bit ( NO desire to upgrade to win10 at this time)
IE 11
Free Malwarebytes and Ccleaner
Sysinternals Process Explorer & Process Monitor
GWX control panel
I need an antivirus we download music games on social sites so basically everywhere that is going to give me junk.
Based on these things what would might be a good fit for me?
Both Avast and Avira, just to name a few of many, offer free versions, just make sure you do the advanced/custom install, so you install only the modules you want and need.
I use MSE - Microsoft Security Essentials and that works pretty well. Have not had any problems yet - knock on wood.
I have some trust issues with Microsoft in that they may try and install other stuff without me knowing about it
That danger is always there. But I think Microsoft is a responsible company and the chances to get screwed up are really minimal.
Hi,
Panda free is good
FREE and lightweight antivirus - Panda Security
You could upgrade to mbam premium for the most good.
I have been using AVG for a few years, the computer keeps getting slower and s l o w e r each time it upgrades itself. (<- noticeably slower). On my "new" tosh laptop, I am trying '360 Total Security", seems more unobtrusive than AVG, Avast, etc. Anybody else have experience with it?
https://www.360totalsecurity.com/en/
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Good call implementing GWX Control Panel! For anti-virus I would pick between Avira, Kaspersky, or Bitdefender. Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for added protection preferably the Pro (paid) version. Throw in Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit, the free version. Use an adblocker and practice safe surfing.
That's the only thing that makes sense. All the other stuff is pretty useless.practice safe surfing
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