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Gavin
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My question is: Is AVG still any use or can anyone recommend a free package or a decent company that charges but doesn't take the piss at renewal?

I used AVG Free in the past but last time we got a new PC we got a free Bullguard subscription. Since then I have just renewed every couple of years, after going through the rigmarole of refusing their massive price hike and then they can magically offer discount to me as a valued customer.

To be honest, the fact that I have to push every year makes me want to tell them to bugger off.
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If you have Windows 10 and possess a modicum of intelligence required to not click every flashy pron popup, just use the built-in AV. In tests it consistently comes high up the list.
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^^ that. Unless you want a serious endpoint protection solution then come to me for a Sophos subs, but otherwise just use Defender and don't be a mong. :)
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What Tim and Jon said.
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Do they have the Coronavirus update?
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This won't affect your favourite beer Mik.
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On top of Win10's built in, I do occasionally run a quick Malwarebytes check on top of that (free version) to check those nooks and crannies that Win10 might not look at.

As always, use a browser with an ad-blocker plugin too.
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Matty wrote: Mon Feb 24, 2020 4:00 pm As always, use a browser with an ad-blocker plugin too.
A thousand times this.
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Simon wrote: Mon Feb 24, 2020 2:57 pm This won't affect your favourite beer Mik.
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Fan of Kaspersky. 5 licenses for not a lot and no issues so far.
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Shlergen wrote: Tue Feb 25, 2020 9:02 pm Fan of Kaspersky. 5 licenses for not a lot and no issues so far.
All your passwords are belong to Russia.
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Cheers, I delved into the menu system but under AV it just said I was running Bullguard.

Forgive the noob question but will the proprietary AV just run as when my subs are up in a couple of weeks I will uninstall BG so it doesn't bombard me with e-mails and pop-ups.
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Check in settings that Defender is still running as you may have disabled it at some point in the past.
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It'll nag you the fuck to death if you don't have an active AV, so I'd just uninstall it and not worry
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Yes, most 3rd party AV's will flag Defender to remain inactive. Just uninstall and re-check it after.
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Cheers! Will do.
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