Re: [NF] Anti-Virus Programs

-- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm On Mon, 20 Feb 2017, at 09:32 PM, John Weller wrote: > I have been asked to give a talk to a local pensioner's organisation on > internet security. One of the points I will make is that you need a good > anti-virus. I have used M$ Security Essentials and now Windows Defender > on > Win 10 for some years without any problems, largely as a result of > recommendations here. In a recent magazine article in UK they were > saying > that Defender is not very good only picking up 75% of viruses in a test. > They were advocating Kaspersky; the fact that they were offering it at a > discount but were undoubtedly getting a cut may have influenced their > decision. What anti-virus are you using? Do you still recommend > Defender? > Any thoughts or comments? I will be recommending one to the pensioners > so > will be going for one of the free ones. > > Thanks > > John > > John Weller > 01380 723235 > 07976 393631 > > > [excessive quoting removed by server]