Free Anti Virus Protection Download

Hi to you Charlie...and all the other guys. I went in on the OneCare, just
now, and also chked the Security Status of the computer. OneCare said that
they had updated the antivirus...as it was outdated..../out of date. by the
way...my sister in law said that the Mcafee is free with MSN to download. I
am leary of them now...i have heard alot about them...oh well...the OneCare
is good till the 90 day trial is up ..so...thanks for your help...and i wll
keep coming in for a visit once in awhile.
take care,
clairebea
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clairebea


"Charlie Tame" wrote:

> clairebea wrote:
> > I was told, by a self-proclaimed, knowledgeable relative, that MSN has free
> > anti-virus protection that you can download...and she has used it for years!?
> > I had Norton already on my computer when I purchased it, and then it was
> > going to run out..so went with MSN protection, using Mcafee..then i was
> > informed that the subscription was going to run out July 4th, of this year(I
> > bought the computer, at Staples, in April of this year).
> > I then proceeded to download the WindowsLive OneCare virus protection...but
> > with the 90 day trial. Now my computer says that this is out of date. I
> > need help here..with finding a free or low cost Virus Protection for my
> > computer.
> > Any help would be nice...my computer says the virus protection for security
> > is at risk. I have Firewall and Windows Defender.
> > thank you for any help i can get.
>
>
> If you are still around...
>
> You probably should think about removing both Norton and McAfee since
> parts of them could still be active in an effort to advertise the option
> to renew the subscription. You may need to stop any activity and reboot
> before uninstalling them so visit their websites and look for uninstall
> instructions.
>

"clairebea" <clairebea@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:734E316E-CC4E-4A6B-A2C9-5983346E6C1D@microsoft.com...
> hi Spirit. i am going to look up these companies...never heard of
> them....but then again, why would I if I am just starting out. Why the
> change from AVG to AVAST? thanks for your reply. I can use all the 'tech
> support" I can get. lol


In my experience Avast! worked better with WinMail than AVG.

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