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Which anti-virus for my new laptop?

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  • debitcardmayhem
    debitcardmayhem Posts: 13,640 Forumite
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    Amy77 wrote: »
    AVG free. :)
    :)..:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::)
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  • flossy_splodge
    flossy_splodge Posts: 2,544 Forumite
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    debitcardmayhem wrote: »
    :)..:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::)

    Absolutely agree!:T
  • free4440273
    free4440273 Posts: 38,438 Forumite
    Avast for me :cool:
    BLOODBATH IN THE EVENING THEN? :shocked: OR PERHAPS THE AFTERNOON? OR THE MORNING? OH, FORGET THIS MALARKEY!

    THE KILLERS :cool:

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  • chateauneufdupape
    chateauneufdupape Posts: 520 Forumite
    Kaspersky is free if you bank with Barclays.
  • baby_frogmella
    baby_frogmella Posts: 1,556 Forumite
    Norton 2011 rocks! (this coming from someone who used to hate it with passion :rotfl:)
  • Tia_Maria06
    Tia_Maria06 Posts: 777 Forumite
    chateauneufdupape wrote: »
    Kaspersky is free if you bank with Barclays.

    Just found it if anyone is interested :j

    http://www.barclays.co.uk/Helpsupport/FreeInternetsecuritysoftware/P1242557966961
    He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.


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  • Anne_Marie_2
    Anne_Marie_2 Posts: 2,123 Forumite
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    miele wrote: »
    Thanks for the info! I decided to download NIS and found a voucher code making it £14.99 (1 year for 3 computers).

    Cheers guys :T

    Can you please give a link to the code, as my current version is nearing its end?
  • sealady
    sealady Posts: 490 Forumite
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    What I don't understand is why pay for anti virus when there are so many very acceptable free ones around. Microsoft Essentials is brillant.
  • Anne_Marie_2
    Anne_Marie_2 Posts: 2,123 Forumite
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    sealady wrote: »
    What I don't understand is why pay for anti virus when there are so many very acceptable free ones around. Microsoft Essentials is brillant.

    Horses for courses. Not getting into the free vs paying argument. It's been done to death, and will continue ad infinitum.
  • timestar
    timestar Posts: 210 Forumite
    Your question is hard to answer as you can ask 20 people and probably get 20 different answers! Also newer versions of anti-virus can drastically improve (or sometimes get worse). I used to use Norton but it was very resource intensive - but newer version is supposed to be much better. I now use ESET Smart Security - which was very good when it first appeared but now scores quite badly in group tests.
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