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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1492 wrote:Here's some other user experiences with BitDefender -
BitDefender Free is pretty much install and forget it. Also, top rated for AV protection. Has very few options or settings, so ideal for the minimalist. As opposed to Microsoft Defender (aka MS Security Essentials), which has consistently rated at the bottom for protection for years now according to the top four independent security testing labs.
BitDefender was also one of the few major AV packages that didn't have vulnerabilities in its code base, that some of the top "paid" AV packages were found to possess, potentially making it more of a risk to have them installed than nothing at all.
http://windowssecrets.com/forums/showthread.php/178247-I-m-finished-with-BitDefender?highlight=BitDefender
http://windowssecrets.com/forums/showthread.php/175876-Bitdefender-2016-PITA-Install!?highlight=BitDefender
