Total AV

Information and help in the IT field of computers, internet, ISP's, mobile and fixed line telephones plus satellite TV systems.
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chrissiehope
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Total AV

Postby chrissiehope » Tue Sep 03, 2019 1:29 pm

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Re: Total AV

Postby costakid » Tue Sep 03, 2019 1:33 pm

I am always cautious of these types of software. You may be downloading something sinister.

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Re: Total AV

Postby Enrique » Tue Sep 03, 2019 6:16 pm

Hi chrissiehope,
TotalAV.........some reviews on the Web..........aggressive marketing......some resource issues for some users.

The general trend these days is for third-party AV to be bloated and aggressive marketing to get you from the "Free" to Premium Paid .

I'm currently using the Windows AV and Firewall.......... for me this is working OK.
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Re: Total AV

Postby chrissiehope » Wed Sep 04, 2019 1:11 pm

OK, I'll give it a miss then :-) thanks for the feedback !
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Re: Total AV

Postby markwilding » Wed Sep 04, 2019 2:48 pm

I'm with Enrique on this. I also Windows Anti Virus and firewall. As I've been saying for ages, keep your Windows light and don't use any unnecessary applications which will slow your computer down, Any user who took the good advice to upgrade to Windows 10 free will also have the added backup of being able to reset their computer easily without losing important files if for some reason they do let in a nasty.


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