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Do you all install the included McAffee AV?

Post Date: 2015-09-06
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    Posted: 06 Sep 2015 at 7:56am
I have been very curious about this... Any reason to install the packed-in AV?

I'm probably sticking to the Win default (is it Defender? Haven't used Windows in a while) when my machine arrives.

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I just use Windows Defender. I don't see any reason to run application on top of application to do the same thing...
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Thanks for the answers!

yeah, I'll stick to the Windows stuff. I also plan to use the PC mostly for gaming and leave the browsing to other devices.
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I use Kaspersky because it always seems to work better.
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I've been using the basic Avast with Defender's firewall protection  with no apparent problems
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I have been using ESET NOD32 for years. Small footprint and works really well.
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Although McAfee isn't the greatest anti-virus out there; I would recommend installing it over the Windows Defender anti-virus. It offers better real time protection, and a few extra features.

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McAfee came with my computer from DS (not installed). I chose the McAfee enterprise edition at work (free for me).
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