I just bought a new Dell Inspiron 17 laptop and it cam with a free 30 trial of McAfee anti-virus software. Since I don’t want to pay for the software when the trial runs out, I’m planning on getting free software online. When I do, should I uninstall McAfee from my computer? Also, what’s the best free anti-virus and anti-spyware software I can get?
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5 responses so far ↓
1 Samuel Adams // Aug 7, 2009
Yes, you should uninstall McAfee. Running more than one anti-virus programs can cause serious system conflicts and leave your system LESS protected. Not to mention it will cause serious system performance issues.
The best free anti-virus available is Avira or Avast! The best free anti-spyware you can get is Malwarebytes and SUPERAntiSpyware. Good luck mate!
2 Charley // Aug 7, 2009
nah leave it there so you can waste hard drive space
3 Crstta // Aug 7, 2009
If you won’t use McAfee after the trial then yeah uninstall it, it’d just be taking up space.
I would say getting AVG Free, you have an optional upgrade choice but I haven’t and it works fine for me.
http://free.avg.com/
Spybot Search and Destroy is free, it’s a great program as well.
http://www.safer-networking.org/index2.html
Last I would say AdAware, just like AVG it has an optional upgrade choice, but it works fine without the upgrade.
http://www.lavasoft.com/
4 mstoebner // Aug 7, 2009
You definitely have to remove it before installing another antivirus program.
I use Avira and SuperAntiSpyware and haven’t had any infections.
Both are highly rated and both are free.
5 D D // Aug 7, 2009
Uninstall it, otherwise your system will most likely start crashing when you install a new anti-virus. The best free anti-virus is AVG Free, installed with ThreatFire. Free anti-spyware would probably be either Ad-Aware Free or SuperAntiSpyware. MalwareBytes is another free anti-malware.
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