Re: Antivirus program not recognized

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PA Bear wrote:

Uninstall AVG Free AV via Add/Remove Programs > Install Avira AntiVir (free) to replace it: http://www.free-av.com/

Your anti-virus application should be configured to seek and install updates automatically, daily, at a time when the machine is usually running and connected to the internet. It should also be configured to run a full system scan a few minutes after seeking/installing updates, also daily. Anything less is simply insufficient these days.


AVG is one of the few anti-virus programs that updates daily, Monday
to Friday and occasionally on Saturday and/or Sunday. It will alao
scan daily. The user can chose the time for these events. But thanks
for the referral to Avira --- looks interesting.
.

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