Antivirus Protection for Computer- Recommendations

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I have used Norton for a long time and always just buy it when the price drops on Amazon and then install when my subscription is running out. Just realized today when a message popped up that mine is expiring in a few days so I got on Amazon to check prices. The prices right now are more than I usually pay but the thing I noticed most is that every one of the new versions has auto-renewal, which I don’t want. I know that you can go in and turn it off(at least you could in the past), but I don’t want to give them my credit card information and have never had to in the past. So, I am considering switching to something else, Norton seems to use a lot of system resources anyway.

I did some searching and it looks like PC Magazine rated Mcafee, Kaspersky, and Bitdefender very high. Mcafee always seems highly recommended, but I noticed some reviews that said the newer versions use a lot of resources and are very invasive. I was considering Bitdefender but have no personal experience with it.

Anyone able to help me figure out what I should go with?

2

Kaspersky has some dubious ties to the Russian Federal Security Service so, for security reasons, I wouldn’t recommend using it.

I just loaded the free Norton subscription Xfinity offers onto my new laptop tonight.

3

Bitdefender is good but sometimes too many pop ups.

Eset has been very good and have used it for many years.

For free as a second scan use Malwarebytes

Sometime Superspyware will find things when others can’t.

4

I’ve used Bitdefender for a few years and have liked it. I don’t get any pop ups. Last year, the Geek Squad installed WebRoot, in addition, and I’ve had some problems. I think it shut off my BItdefender firewall. If you go with Bitdefender, make sure the firewall is working.

5

Web root is horrible. Throw it out. Uses too many resources…

6

Amazon has bitdefender total security 5 devices 2 year subscription, $49.99 minus $20 coupon equals $29.99. Is this a good option, or just get one of the basic antivirus packages?

7

Great price even if you don’t use all of them. But if you can even a better deal. It’s a solid product.