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McAfee security

atticgirl2003
atticgirl2003 Posts: 464 Forumite
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Hi anyone tried the Natwest free 1 year McAfee virus scan plus and is it really free.

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  • Browntoa
    Browntoa Posts: 49,612 Forumite
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    sure is....and it works fine
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  • atticgirl2003
    atticgirl2003 Posts: 464 Forumite
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    Browntoa wrote: »
    sure is....and it works fine

    Thanks for that.
    Is that all the security that is required or do I need to add anything else to protect my pc.
  • superscaper
    superscaper Posts: 13,369 Forumite
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    atticgirl2003 wrote: »
    Thanks for that.
    Is that all the security that is required or do I need to add anything else to protect my pc.

    You'll probably need some antispyware, like spybot s&d and ad aware and/or AVG AS and/or windows bitdefender. See Martin's article on free software. Personally I found McAfee awkward (sometimes didn't load or update automatically) and didn't detect a genuine virus that AVG did. I swapped away from McAfee even though I had it free for years (and still could get it free, legally).
    "She is quite the oddball. Did you notice how she didn't even get excited when she saw this original ZX-81?"
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  • espresso
    espresso Posts: 16,448 Forumite
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    Read this article and fill yer boots for free!
    :doh: Blue text on this forum usually signifies hyperlinks, so click on them!..:wall:
  • superscaper
    superscaper Posts: 13,369 Forumite
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    espresso wrote: »
    Read this article and fill yer boots for free!

    That's the one I mean, I just couldn't be bothered copying/pasting the link. :o
    "She is quite the oddball. Did you notice how she didn't even get excited when she saw this original ZX-81?"
    Moss
  • atticgirl2003
    atticgirl2003 Posts: 464 Forumite
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    Hi Guys, So all I need to do is download either AVG or Avast.
    Is this correct?
    I want to be protected but do not want to slow down my pc with all this start up stuff.
    My Norton internet security is about to end and I will be happy to be rid of it.
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