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Best antivirus for sp1 new install
Have always been in the habit of installing antivirus before doing windows updates on a clean install but having difficulty doing this with a windows 7 starter netbook. Bought on eBay and reset to factory settings via recovery partition (so not exactly a clean install). In this case as it’s an unknown netbook bought elsewhere wanted to make sure it was clean. Easy enough to install malwarebytes free via usb and that was all clear but had two attempts at downloading and installing two antivirus programs and difficulty installing (even with malwarebytes removed). Norton wouldn’t install. So tried Bitdefender trial which did install but won’t update. (I set browser opening page to about download site before connecting to internet). It only has ie9 so thought that may be the problem. So installed Firefox installer from usb. Still no joy. Bitdefender just says browser is out of date and install another one - which I have and it still won’t update (Firefox is set as default browser). I am wondering if it has a virus - possibly in the recovery partition. Suspect a virus because had one on another laptop (which av removed) but it’s one that spreads via the network. Can’t clean install starter and don’t have a home premium licence.
So think it’s too risky to leave it connected to the internet doing updates without av. Even though mwb is clear. Any other av that’s easy to install on sp1 I can try?