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-The Computer Club web site has [[https://www.sctexas.org/club/scripts/memfac/memfac.asp?MFCODE=SIG_MAL#sidebar|pages]] that address malware.+Good and useful information about [[https://www.sctexas.org/club/scripts/memfac/memfac.asp?MFCODE=SIG_MAL#sidebar|Malware]] is on the [[https://www.sctexas.org/club/scripts/memfac/memfac.asp?MFCODE=CCLUB_COMPUTER#sidebar|Computer Club web site]]. A bit of searching on the internet for Malware is likely to provide days of reading. This site: [[https://www.av-test.org/en/|AV-Test.org]] does good work. My opinion of av-test.org results… There are plenty of good choices for AntiVirus, including free options. This item about [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjfKZeKRpSI&t=192s|Avast vs Microsoft defender]] is "interesting".
  
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 The past couple of years, Windows Defender has been adequate as an anti-virus tool in the home environment. In the Help Center we do see client computers with other flavors of Anti-Virus and firewalls. Most of the time we encourage the removal not-free anti-virus or firewall tools. Why? We prefer free. Windows Defender is free and it works. The past couple of years, Windows Defender has been adequate as an anti-virus tool in the home environment. In the Help Center we do see client computers with other flavors of Anti-Virus and firewalls. Most of the time we encourage the removal not-free anti-virus or firewall tools. Why? We prefer free. Windows Defender is free and it works.
  
-However, you will see the Help Center use the free versions of Malwarebytes, CCleaner and Superantispyware to "disinfect" a computer. These tools can be helpful on an infrequent basis, but if they are enabled to run at system boot time, it is likely they will impact system boot performance.+The Help Center does use free versions of Malwarebytes, CCleaner and Superantispyware to "disinfect" a computer. These tools can be helpful on an infrequent basis. If these tools are enabled to run at system boot time, it is likely they will impact system boot performance.