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Alan Bourke

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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

>

>

>

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