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[Nuttmeg]

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@Toppers3 wrote:

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@Nuttmeg wrote:

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@SilleeMee wrote:

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@Kleo wrote:

Glad I asked!  Was thinking about PC matic for awhile now due to their commercials but it never shows up as being in the Top.  Thanks.  The price is right compared to others.

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@cddh,

I bought the lifetime/5 computer software for $150 and it comes with a 30-day money-back trial period. Amazon has many good reviews but is currently unavailable to buy it there. I bought mine directly from PC Matic.

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This program will just take your money. Please go online and look for reviews. If Amazon is not selling it something is wrong.

THERE is no such thing as a LIFETIME License on a utility program. How long has this company been in business?

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I recall reading about this particular antivirus program, @Nuttmeg.

I had forgotten what it was that stood out in my mind about it, and then "whitelisting" came to mind. 

It relies on "whitelisting" programs, as opposed to "blacklisting," which is the way that other antivirus programs go for detecting malware.

Whitelisting allows certain programs in, and blacklisting keeps certain programs out. 

Personally, if it were me, I would look at using another antivirus program.

One can do a search here on the forum in the search bar at the top of the page, and do a search in the community pages to look for past posts on antivirus programs to get some ideas of what members already like and use. 

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 @Toppers3

I will look into the "lists". It is an interesting concept.

[skuggles]

I'm doubtful that Amazon would contain a virus unless you were actually dealing with a fraudulent mirror or some adware that you clicked or that uses the amazon.com in a fake email. I will say that there is a poster here regularly posting what appear to be innocent links that contain vulnerabilities to scareware and malware. I don't think the poster realizes it, but I am grateful that the mods do remove many links, that may protect some of you. Unfortunately, they're not removing these.

[SilleeMee]

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@Toppers3 wrote:

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@Nuttmeg wrote:

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@SilleeMee wrote:

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@Kleo wrote:

Glad I asked!  Was thinking about PC matic for awhile now due to their commercials but it never shows up as being in the Top.  Thanks.  The price is right compared to others.

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@cddh,

I bought the lifetime/5 computer software for $150 and it comes with a 30-day money-back trial period. Amazon has many good reviews but is currently unavailable to buy it there. I bought mine directly from PC Matic.

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This program will just take your money. Please go online and look for reviews. If Amazon is not selling it something is wrong.

THERE is no such thing as a LIFETIME License on a utility program. How long has this company been in business?

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I recall reading about this particular antivirus program, @Nuttmeg.

I had forgotten what it was that stood out in my mind about it, and then "whitelisting" came to mind. 

It relies on "whitelisting" programs, as opposed to "blacklisting," which is the way that other antivirus programs go for detecting malware.

Whitelisting allows certain programs in, and blacklisting keeps certain programs out. 

Personally, if it were me, I would look at using another antivirus program.

One can do a search here on the forum in the search bar at the top of the page, and do a search in the community pages to look for past posts on antivirus programs to get some ideas of what members already like and use. 

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PC Matic uses both white and black list programs. This is the info given on the software I have been using. 

[Nuttmeg]

These are customer reviews of PC Matic. http://www.complaintslist.com/computer-software/pc-matic/

Many folks use the AV software provided with service from their ISP. They may use Malwarebytes as an added scanner.

https://www.malwarebytes.com/

https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0346-tech-support-scams

[juperier]

@Nuttmeg That's exactly what I do....Norton free with Comcast, plus the free verison of Malwarbytes as a double check (when I remember to run it).

Depending on where you work, you may have access to a program from your employer. I've haven't checked since I retired 4 years ago. But at the time I retired, the community college I worked at had McAfee available to us for free.

Assuming you're comfortable doiing a bit of your own tech work, other programs I learned about from the IT staff where I worked were Spybot (to clean up the spyware that just naturally builds up over time and CCleaner (to clean up the orphan files that build up from program updates). I still use them, tho I don't accumulate near as much stuff as some of our student workers managed to!