I have several antivirus's popping up on my laptop saying mine has expired and please pay the $79. What is a good antivirus to have, Is there a free one. Cheers Dave

stewart710 - 2021-10-11 08:48:00

Can you be a bit more specific ?
You say:

stewart710 wrote:

I have several antivirus's popping up on my laptop saying mine has expired and please pay the $79.

What do you mean you have 'several antivirus's popping up' ?
What antivirus do you have right now ?

Oh and by the way there IS a free one - in fact there are LOTS. However if your computer is running Windows of at least Win 7 or later you will have 'Windows defender' already installed by Microsoft. And it's free and if you simply remove any existing antivirus programs, (uninstall), then it'll take over.

Edited by nice_lady at 8:52 am, Mon 11 Oct

nice_lady - 2021-10-11 08:50:00

uninstall the expired software. The built in one doesn't work while it detects another product running, even if its expired and providing little protection.
(just reiterating).

Edited by bitsnpieces2020 at 12:07 pm, Mon 11 Oct

bitsnpieces2020 - 2021-10-11 12:06:00

if you have several devices its cheaper to get a multi license - Eset ( nod32 ) 5 license pack $86 from pb tech or for a single license its $52 - and this way it has no ties to your CC
but yes there are free ones out there

trade_menow - 2021-10-12 19:42:00

AVG is free - just download it.

gonefishing16 - 2021-10-13 08:53:00

gonefishing16 wrote:

AVG is free - just download it.

you are not doing anyone any favours recommending AVG. It is probably one of the worst...

king1 - 2021-10-13 09:06:00

What OS are you running?
Win10 can just use the built-in Microsoft Defender.

pcle - 2021-10-13 10:08:00