what security for my win 8.1 laptop

[charlysmom_dad]

Recently, I asked for help on this forum about replacing my xp laptop.
Thanks for all the help. I bought a toshiba with win 8.1, so far so good.

It came with 30 days of norton.
I had microsoft essentials on my old laptop, but that isn't available for 8.1. Appaerently, microsoft defender is the security for 8.1

Anyone use that?

I first became aware of microsoft essentials on this forum, so I thought
I'd ask what you all are using.

Thanks for any help.

[RoyB]

HappyKayakers - I didn't know what to call it haha... Mozilla Firefox, a free Web browser maybe is a better choice... Sorry bout that...

All I know is it runs alot smoother than MS IE and doesn't have any lock ups here...

Roy ken

[1492]

Bitdefender Antivirus Antivirus Free Edition. Top rated, higher than most paid AV. Very light on computer resources. Free updates. Windows Defender is not even close for protection.

[HappyKayakers]

RoyB wrote:
... I also use FIREFOX Internet Explorer.

:h

[charlysmom_dad]

Thanks for the quick replies.
I, too, thought about converting my xp to win 7 (again due to the suggestions on this forum). I found that it cost $$, and since I'm not tech saavy, decided to buy an inexpensive laptop instead, to avoid any hassles.

[RoyB]

I have AVG2014 (free version) and ADVANCED SYSTEMCARE (Free Version) and sometimes run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (Free version)... So far so good...

Been running these programs for past many years. I also use FIREFOX Internet Explorer.

I haven't converted my XP DELL M90 laptops yet... Looking to change over to WIN7 PRO instead of replacing computers.

Roy Ken

[wildtoad]

I use the build in Windows Defender and it works just fine.

[OpenRangePullen]

Kaspersky is a good one but I pay for mine, it does everything, I get it at bestbuy, never seen it at walmart.

[pugslyyy]

I use kaspersky (free version) on my laptop.