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  1. June 23rd, 2014, 06:26 PM #1
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    What virus scanner to use or should I abandon this pc

    I have an xp machine. I was running MSE and when xp went kerflunk I kept getting this laright large warning about it from MSE blocking about a third of the screen. Whats the best alternative to MSE (a freebie please)
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  2. June 23rd, 2014, 06:29 PM #2
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    I'd go with Avast
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  3. June 25th, 2014, 01:23 PM #3
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    had the same scenario and went with AVG free ed. 2014 .. bad choice?
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  4. June 26th, 2014, 10:51 AM #4
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    Nope, doesn't matter. They both work fine.
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    The last update from MSE was a file that intentionally screwed up some XP computers. I switched one to Avast and one to BitDefender

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  7. July 8th, 2014, 12:39 PM #6
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    No problems with MSE here. (XP Pro in a VM).
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  8. July 11th, 2014, 06:07 AM #7
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    Before abandoning that poor PC, consider a light distro of Linux.
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