Anti-Virus software for Windows 7 - recommendations?

[the_mandarin 15]

I have noticed some sellers on eBay seling a one year subscription to McAfee for less than a tenner.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/272509313165

 

Any thoughts or good/bad experiences with any of these?

 

 

Has anyone tried this? There are positive reviews from past buyers.

[blackydog 40]

Can anyone recommend Anti-Virus software for Windows 7? I have used McAfee for a long time and was happy with it. But they are now quoting a very high price for renewal and I want to switch to something else.

 

I am not insisting on a free version of the anti-virus, but have no issues if the best one is free to use. But I am happy to pay a small subscription fee if the software is worth it.

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Are you not running MSE?

[the_mandarin 15]

Are you not running MSE?

 

No - as I have a paid subscription for McAfee

[eHallam 10]

Hello,

 

You may like to try Avira antivirus. I've been using it for the last 8 years and never had any trouble using just free version of it. It even offers some features for free, which other antiviruses asks you to pay for.

 

Thanks

[Goooooogle 10]

Chopped and changed over the years , moved from AVG after their popups became annoying , then Avast (until same) and currently using Avira.

 

Always free versions , meber paid for AV although I do pay for the premium malwarebytes software.

 

Then I read this article today...

 

http://robert.ocallahan.org/2017/01/disable-your-antivirus-software-except.html?showComment=1485420593006#c8796034982993148051

 

Now very confused...

[davyboy 19]

Chopped and changed over the years , moved from AVG after their popups became annoying , then Avast (until same) and currently using Avira.

 

Always free versions , meber paid for AV although I do pay for the premium malwarebytes software.

 

Then I read this article today...

 

http://robert.ocallahan.org/2017/01/disable-your-antivirus-software-except.html?showComment=1485420593006#c8796034982993148051

 

Now very confused...

A question from that link:

Oscar Goldman26 January 2017 at 22:34

Does Microsoft make anti-virus software for the Mac?

 

What planet has he been on?

[swarfendor437 14]

A question not often asked is "Will AV "X" work with accessibility software?" (Screenreader for those who have no sight) and that opens a whole new question! If you have accessibility software then the easiest solution is to install the free Microsoft Security Essentials. If you don't need accessibility software then I would go for Comodo Internet Security Suite - which is free but you do need to be careful how you install it - you won't need Geek Buddy or Chromodium Browser. I even use Comodo AV on my Android phone.

[RabM 16]

Some people have no problem with Macafee and it runs fine for them. Others find it can cripple your PC. It used to regularly make my work laptop useless. Kaspersky I haven't tried but I hear good things and their name certainly crops up a lot in virus/malware news on tech sites ("Kaspersky researchers have found....." etc).

And yes Avast seems to be going through a slightly naggy phase as well. AVG was quite good but then their updates started nagging and slipping in search bar tools in installs - no, thank you.

[Snooker147 11]

I have used AVG for the last 8 years but now thinking about un installing it

[ivan edake 13]

I have used Microsoft Security Essentials for years ,and it's free.

[the_mandarin 15]

Some people have no problem with Macafee and it runs fine for them. Others find it can cripple your PC. It used to regularly make my work laptop useless. Kaspersky I haven't tried but I hear good things and their name certainly crops up a lot in virus/malware news on tech sites ("Kaspersky researchers have found....." etc).

And yes Avast seems to be going through a slightly naggy phase as well. AVG was quite good but then their updates started nagging and slipping in search bar tools in installs - no, thank you.

 

I have used McAfee for years, and it's been fine for me. It is also quite good at detecting risky sites (advertisements from online newspapers). But I do have 8GB of RAM on my desktop, which is why it might not have visibly slowed my machine down.

[RabM 16]

I had 8 on my work laptop and it would slow it but I was working the thing hard.

 

I avoid a lot of these dodgy ad sites using a hosts file from the link below.

 

http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm