My PC Matic license is coming up for renewal. My question, is it worth it? I still get those cyber threats that warn me to call a number to get my access back to the computer. I have yet to act on that threat. I normally do the old control, alt, delete thing and end up rebooting. No harm yet. Any ideas?
Stay away from the Korean porn, a distant acquaintance told me. He’s a Korean fellow actually. Kim Jung someone.
How much $$ ? Idk Larry, I've never heard of it and personally more comfortable with more common antivirus/malware programs.
Never heard of it so looked at some reviews. PC Mag has it at 3 stars and Amazon customers have it at 2 stars. It doesn't sound like it is doing much if you have to do a cntl-alt-dlt to get your computer back from cyber threats - I never get that at all. I would go with a major brand such as Symantic (what I use), McCafee etc. They are cheap enough at $20-30 for a year. I can usually find a sale for protecting up to 3 devices for about $30 (and that includes phone) and you can get packages for 5 or even 10 if you should have that many devices. Just look for a sale from Amazon or Staples, buy your program of choice and download it. Only warning I would give if you decide on Symantec is to uncheck the "auto renew" when you install (you can probably go back in later and do that if you miss it). As far as I can tell you actually pay 25% more at renewal time for that feature.
I've been using the AVG free version on 3 different laptops for 8 years or so. Never had a problem. AVG 2017 | FREE Antivirus & TuneUp for PC, Mac, Android
I pay for AVG and I have two computers covered. I have been using their AVG PC tuneup as well. Pay once and use on all our computers. Our little laptop uses AVG free. I like their service and products.
Been afew years now since maintaining software on clients computers but used to like AVG and Avast. All of my clients used their PC as a tool off-line, it's when they came home and they or "their kids" "did things" online where they'd run into trouble. Never liked much of the nanny software acted as guard rails as there could be as many problems with it as without it. Things may have changed.
Really ticks me off when those things pop up that sound like they come from MS. Talked to several who fell for it. Worse than pests. I've noticed an increase in ugly emails from other countries lately that have got through the spam but hopefully we've got it stopped again. If the wrong person was on the computer and fell for junk....
AVG Free when I have Windows on a computer (which is rare). Using 10 right now , with Windows defender. No issues so far. If I do, I'll nuke the drive with Linux Mint and have a bit of a do-ovah. Actually, I think I'm dual booting with that, but I haven't used it much on this new laptop.
Just my two cents, not at the desktop level anymore but I work in IT. All the AV programs have their pro's and con's over each other. As long as you have a reputable AV even the free AVG is good. Just make sure your virus definitions are always updated but even then your PC is susceptible as they won't catch everything. Best way to mitigate that kinda PITA scams, pop ups and stuff is just be smart when browsing the net and or checking email. Porn sites are notorious for viruses & malware, they are hacked all the time. If you get an email from something that has a legit name look at the email address or web link contained in the email more closely, sometimes a character or two is off which is a signal. If you get an email from someone you know but the subject is kinda off or off topic avoid it and try to confirm someone sent you that. Read the body of the email, often times something is off or weird, avoid it. Don't click any links within the email. Mom got an email from our cousin about this huge weight loss program. Now my Mom is big but never in a million years would my cousin be sending her that kind of email but of course mom opened it up and well got infected. Don't open the email that says your long lost uncle in Siberia sent you a millions dollars, that sort of common sense will go a long long way!! Hope that helps!
My buddy's step mother won the lottery in Spain. All she had to do was pay the taxes. So she did. And the lawyer fees, so she paid that also. Then there was a transfer fee, so they took a personal loan out from the bank to pay that... I really couldn't believe the story when I heard it...because she's a know-it-all I've have good luck with AVG Free...it tells me every day or two that I need to update it, but then it wants to charge me to upgrade. I tell it no and it goes away. Its always up to date on the virus definitions.
