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What is the Best Anti-Virus??????

jgamer06

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Jan 10, 2014
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Basically I'm getting 'mcafee bt netprotect plus' with my new by package, how does this compare to other antivirus ssoftware such as Norton? Will it be good enough to protect my high end gaming rig?
 
Yes both if those brands are good, I currently use Norton. Also it is hard for a virus to get into your pc if you don't download anything from a dodgy website!
 
I wouldn't touch McAfee or Norton with a 10 foot pole. I currently use BitDefender and hate it, it's totally disabled most of the key features on Chrome and IE because of "site certificate errors". AVG is really good, and I've had some success with a couple other ones but really avoid these.
 
(Finally, we escape the "all AV's will crash your system, use Defender/MSSE" canned response so common in this sort of question...; much like a good root-kit, I fear it will return soon!!)