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Ask HN: Which is better, Avast or McAfee?
I need your opinion guys. Which is better? Avast or McAfee?
- nsmartt 15y agoBetter is relative. I always recommend Avast. It's free, and it works. McAfee, back when I used it, used a lot of memory and slowed down my parents' computer. It also had one feature that is now taken care of by User Account Control. Based purely on my memory, I say go with Avast.
- jessa 15y agoI've used Avast before I switched to McAfee. I also noticed that my computer slowed down after the switch but I never thought that McAfee was the reason. Thanks for the info.
- jmilkbal 15y agoI find the use of FOSS operating systems to be the best form of antivirus, but if you must use MS Windows, I've heard that AVG Free (as in beer) is top notch.
- yottabyte47 15y agoMac OS X (or Avast)
- jessa 15y agoThanks for your suggestions, guys.
- HarshaThota 15y agoIf it's a Windows machine, I would recommend Microsoft Security Essentials. It's surprisingly good.
- jessa 15y agoWow. Thanks! I'll try that.