Dollymarie Posted December 15, 2020 Report Share Posted December 15, 2020 Got a new laptop in the January sales (Christ that seems like a lifetime ago now!) and it came with a years free McAfee. They now want over £130 for another years cover, which I’m buggered if I’m gonna pay. What’s the best decent free antivirus I can get please and thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcusX Posted December 15, 2020 Report Share Posted December 15, 2020 7 minutes ago, Dollymarie said: Got a new laptop in the January sales (Christ that seems like a lifetime ago now!) and it came with a years free McAfee. They now want over £130 for another years cover, which I’m buggered if I’m gonna pay. What’s the best decent free antivirus I can get please and thank you. The standard Windows firewall and virus protection is actually pretty good these days. It's fairly easy to avoid viruses these days, don't download anything from any site you don't recognise, dont click links from emails that you arent expecting etc. Windows also has access control that means even if you are the administrator itll prompt you before doing any administrative actions like installing malware/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted December 16, 2020 Admin Report Share Posted December 16, 2020 I've used avg free on my laptop and mobile phone for years with no problems I have got many friends to install too onto phones and laptops and likewise never had any problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
54-46 Posted December 16, 2020 Report Share Posted December 16, 2020 Used to use Avast but not sure if it’s still a thing / free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted December 16, 2020 Report Share Posted December 16, 2020 I tend to agree with @MarcusX, you can`t go wrong with the Windows stuff IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Sinclair Posted December 16, 2020 Report Share Posted December 16, 2020 On 15/12/2020 at 18:19, Dollymarie said: Got a new laptop in the January sales (Christ that seems like a lifetime ago now!) and it came with a years free McAfee. They now want over £130 for another years cover, which I’m buggered if I’m gonna pay. What’s the best decent free antivirus I can get please and thank you. If it is anything like Norton, they try and charge you the high price on the auto renewal if it is left activated (they nearly caught me out but I remembered just in time). £130 for one year is a mickey-take. The ones already suggested are good for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazred Posted December 16, 2020 Report Share Posted December 16, 2020 Yep forget paying for anything. Those days should be long gone really, Windows Defender will do the job just fine as long as you keep it updated, that typically happens automatically via Windows Updates which you'll probably be familiar with seeing prompts for when they are ready to install. That and a bit of sensible surfing and you shouldn't really have any problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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