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2014 and multi-user for windows? anyone had one?
Microsoft security essentials. Doesn't get any better value than free.
free? how you get it? .. this is not an IE version of a "not very tasty" browser.. right?
AVG in my opinion. Never had a virus in over ten years of using it but then I'm fairly sensible in what I open etc.
Windows 8 has Defender built in..
Download for SE [url= http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows/security-essentials-download ]Security Essentials[/url]
I've used Norton for donkeys, £30 and covers 3 PC's - although in reality you can do more.
I'm sure you can get cheaper/free - but then you usually get what you pay for.
As said above MSE (Microsoft Security Essentials) is all you need.
Norton, McAfee, AVG etc etc are all bloated and slow your pooter down needlessly.
It isn't a case of you get what you pay for with regards to actual protection.
MSE combined with occasional use of CCleaner and Malwarebytes or similar is what I have used since Vista.
same as Twonks, however I use Avast, ccleaner and malwarebytes. I'll probs switch to MSE when I get new kit.
cant download MSE 🙁 ..PC says need to update to windows 8.1 ..but cant find it in store or direct download 🙁
The free version of Avast is fine
You should be able to - that must've been the 8.1 link.
I've run MSE on Windows 7 for ages. Unless you have 8 and it's asking you to upgrade to 8.1.
MSE is the best because as well as being free it's really inoccuous and doesn't keep bugging you with ridiculous requests like 'ghgt32.dll wants to connect to 143.2.3.45 port 8837 do you want to allow it?' Umm.. how should I know?
cant download MSE ..PC says need to update to windows 8.1 ..but cant find it in store or direct download
So I'd hazard you've got Windows 8, which means you already have Windows Defender, which is all you need.
Interesting this. Even Microsoft don't recommend that you use windows defender as your long term anti virus solution. Its all I use, but have been considering a commercial one.
The thing is, if you are having to ask for advice then you need to go with a commercial product. Otherwise you'd know what to do/use.
And I also want a product that means I haven't got to be involved with all the household PC's too.
But then what do I know, I've only worked commercially in IT for the best part of 30 years...
[quote=b r ]The thing is, if you are having to ask for advice then you need to go with a commercial product. Otherwise you'd know what to do/use.
And I also want a product that means I haven't got to be involved with all the household PC's too.
But then what do I know, I've only worked commercially in IT for the best part of 30 years...
Only 30? Newcomer!!
MSE installed throughout the household here and never have any problems. The definition of "fit and forget".
looking for something like avast or alike that doesn't prompt me every time it finds something like I know anyway... need something that do the job and doesn't bother me.. \kaspersky,mcaffe,norton..never again too much hassle in my PC.
found the windows defender now and see how it goes
Even Microsoft don't recommend that you use windows defender as your long term anti virus solution.
Bear in mind there are two "Windows Defender" products, and they are very different animals. The Windows 8 one is very good, it's MSE on steroids. The earlier versions, well, aren't.
Haven´t used an anti-virus in over 10 years. A bit of common sense about opening attachments and clicking links works for me. I always found security software to be bloated and draggy.
/me runs off to back up files after admitting to naked pc on the internets.
Happy with AVG.
Paid £20 and got all 5 computers in my house protected.
I think that's pretty cheap.
I think someone on here pointed out that Barclays customers can get Kaspersky free, HSBC customer can get Mcafee free [url= http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/shopping/free-anti-virus-software ]moneysavingexpert[/url]. I downloaded Kaspersky and it does seem a bit bloaty compared to MSE but for free I'm going to give it a go.
Paid £20 and got all 5 computers in my house protected.I think that's pretty cheap
£20 more than I paid.
Norton this year for me. It's like any sort of insurance, though, you don't how good it is until you are in trouble!
Op - which version of windows are you using?
OSX...
It's like any sort of insurance
With Norton I've always felt that it's like the sort of insurance where you're paying someone not to have them smash your windows in.
Use MSE/Windows Defender and keep away from those dodgy torrents.
Kaspersky. The best value because it has the best protection levels, doesn't slow the system down and always seems to get top marks in all the tests.
AVG slows down computers too much. Doesn't matter on new systems with tons of ram and fast processors but you install it on an old laptop and it kills it!
If you're using an anti virus program and it never finds any viruses, how do you know you haven't got a virus? Because your anti virus program tells you? Hmmmm. The brain is the most useful organ in the body, but look which ones telling you that!
I've used Norton for donkeys, £30 and covers 3 PC's - although in reality you can do more.I'm sure you can get cheaper/free - but then you usually get what you pay for.
The thing is, if you are having to ask for advice then you need to go with a commercial product. Otherwise you'd know what to do/use.And I also want a product that means I haven't got to be involved with all the household PC's too.
But then what do I know, I've only worked commercially in IT for the best part of 30 years...
Heh, obvious troll is obvious.
Cougar is bang on. But as a techno-idiot, I also use C-Cleaner and SuperAntiSpyware. I can't seem to download Defender on my Vista machine but have it on the big machine upstairs. MSE suits me fine on the whole.
MSE with occasional spybot on Windows
Defender on 8
Sophos on IOS
Used to use avg and avast, just not necessary now
I find it difficult to believe any IT pro would recommend Norton or Macafee these days. Sold like insurance for your kettle by Currys.
I find it difficult to believe any IT pro would recommend Norton or Macafee these days. Sold like insurance for your kettle by Currys.
MSE works, the rest are a pain, some come out will in tests as they are configured to perform well in tests.
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The thing is, if you are having to ask for advice then you need to go with a commercial product. Otherwise you'd know what to do/use.And I also want a product that means I haven't got to be involved with all the household PC's too.
But then what do I know, I've only worked commercially in IT for the best part of 30 years...
that would be MSE, as far as I know MS are a fairly big commercial organisation...
[i]I find it difficult to believe any IT pro would recommend Norton or Macafee these days. Sold like insurance for your kettle by Currys.[/i]
Why?
If someone who knows nothing about cars asks me for advice on which car to buy, I wouldn't particularly recommend something I'd use - as they know nothing. So I'd recommend a new/nearly-new Honda or the like.
AV is like that too, if someone is asking for advice I'll recommend something that does the job - not something that may do the job, but only when backed-up with knowledge and experience. The OP didn't ask for the most efficient, cheapest, easiest or indeed best AV. They asked for the 'best value PC AV', that was 'multi-user'.
My experience of Norton is that it works and takes minimal effort to manage - I don't worry whether my kids or OH PC's are protected and/or have virus issues. Because they don't get them.
Is it 'bloated', maybe, but since most folk only use a PC for office and surfing it's not really a problem now.
And it works out at less than £10 per user per year. Seems good value, compared to the 5h1t I've sorted out with friends/neighbours PC's in the past who use various 'methods/solutions/non-solutions'.
MSE + MBAM + CCleaner here.
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My experience of Norton is that it works and takes minimal effort to manage - I don't worry whether my kids or OH PC's are protected and/or have virus issues. Because they don't get them.Is it 'bloated', maybe, but since most folk only use a PC for office and surfing it's not really a problem now.
And it works out at less than £10 per user per year. Seems good value
£10 per user per year more than I pay. (It probably is deja vu, it sounds like it.)
Like many other commercial offerings, Norton's big problem is that it's designed to aggressively catch as much as possible at the expense of anything else. So out of the box it'll hammer the arse out of a machine because
some come out will in tests as they are configured to perform well in tests.
Norton / Symantec are fundementally good products, [b]if[/b] you set them up sensibly. Problem is that most of their customer base don't have the faintest scooby how to do that.
HSBC customer can get Mcafee free moneysavingexpert. I downloaded Kaspersky and it does seem a bit bloaty compared to MSE but for free I'm going to give it a go.
If you can get something for free that normally commands a price, is it inherently better than something that's always free?
Of the two there, Kaspersky is a decent product and McAfee, well, isn't. But at the risk of sounding like a skipping record, there's still little compelling reason to jump ship from MSE / WD.
TOTAL INTERNET SECURITY sells boxes, but really, what do you actually need security from these days? Yourself? Arguably, post-Vista if you keep your system patched and don't click on anything stupid, you don't need AV at all. Windows-exploiting viruses are comparatively rare these days, by a long chalk the single biggest points of infection are a) user error, b) compromised versions of Flash, and c) compromised versions of Java. If you get a virus, you don't need better AV, you need to satiate your index finger.
I can't really comment on post XP as I haven't used a Windows machine at home for some time. When I did I used (free) Avast! for several years with no problems.
CCleaner here
I'll never cease to be amazed at how often ccleaner crops up in AV discussions. It's akin to responding to "recommend me a new family hatchback" with "our fridge is a Hotpoint."
Found that
Just got new laptop and it's wanting me to activate preinstalled Norton.
Another box opened asking me to switch on antivirus offering defender or Norton but it won.t let me click on defender.
Not sure what to do.
Reckon avg and Norton slowed previous computers
google how to uninstall norton.
Used AVG in the past, but Microsoft Essentials has been brilliant since we switched