Good Free Virus Scan For Older User
Is there a free virus scan with not as many or no popup scams like Avast has gone to? My elderly mother,with no computer knowledge, is a minimal PC internet user. I had Avast Free on her PC and told h...
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Ed_Gee wrote:
The trouble with most anti-virus programs for your mother could be the many extra "choices" that pop up along with regular updates. Additional software is often made a part of the update. I'd suggest Microsoft's Windows Defender would be the better choice ... I don't believe it offers all those extra goodies, and the modern versions of it do a good job for anti-virus, firewall, etc.
Still, you need to tell your mother to NEVER enter her charge card data or other financial data into the computer....that should prevent most scams from getting started, like the example you cited.
This last thing is the MOST important thing to tell her.
If she wants to buy something online, set up Amazon or a few other sites, with a saved card so she never has to enter hers. And ask her to check with you, or some other computer savvy person, before ever entering her card info ANYWHERE.
