Need anti-virus for 2 pc's (Windows 7 and 10)

[NancyM]

Just had a terrible experience with BitDefender 2017. It wouldn't work on my Windows 7 box and their customer support was super slow to respond and had me installing drivers, rebooting, turning off things, rebooting... gah! So fed up after 2 weeks of this. I've never had issues before.

Anyway, I'm looking for a replacement product. I've used Webroot and found it annoying at times, so I'd rather not go back to that. My objection with Kapersky is it is Russian and I'm not sure I trust a Russian product right now.

Does anyone have a product that they'd recommend that they've actually used on a Windows 7 machine that isn't intrusively annoy like Webroot (I hated that it marked up my google searches so annoyingly and you can't turn it off in Chrome). BTW: I've read glowing reviews in PC mags for products I absolutely hated so I tend to distrust AV reviews I read online, unless they're from real people. Even Amazon reviews seem pretty suspicious nowadays. In fact, I wrote a bad Amazon review of this product (politely, but honestly) and it was rejected.

I'd rather not be clobbered with ads and such, so I am willing to pay.

 

[Saga Lout]

When you bought Windows you got a free anti-virus and a full-time resident monitor - Microsoft Security Essentials and Windows Defender.

I believe that most threats are to Microsoft's software so they're more likely to patch the holes in their security before they let Norton, McAfee, the Czecks and the Russians in on the secret.

You can use MSE in Windows 7 but it was integrated into Defender in Windows 10. Download MSE from the MS website and you can find Defender in Control Panel. Update both and scan regularly. Both are free and advert free. Defender might have been turned off by your other AV so check that after you uninstall the other programme.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

I've been using F-Secure and I love it.
https/www.f-secure.com/en_US/web/home_us/internet-security?icid=1696