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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Personally I just close the popups.. There are many
Avast
AVG
MalwareBytes (but the free version is not TSR, only runs on demand)
About the only one that is nto worth the effort is Microsoft's.
You also need a good firewall.. Alas the better the firewall the more annoying it is I'm afraid to say... So I can not recommend.
I can tell you I once got a free comptuer becauise it's last owner thought AV and Firewall programs were too annoying :). Took me a matter of minutes to put it back in service after she got infected and less than an hour to clean it out.
Avast
AVG
MalwareBytes (but the free version is not TSR, only runs on demand)
About the only one that is nto worth the effort is Microsoft's.
You also need a good firewall.. Alas the better the firewall the more annoying it is I'm afraid to say... So I can not recommend.
I can tell you I once got a free comptuer becauise it's last owner thought AV and Firewall programs were too annoying :). Took me a matter of minutes to put it back in service after she got infected and less than an hour to clean it out.
