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Good alternative to Avast

Toots · 2017-01-24 22:54:19

I was hoping someone could recommend a good alternative product to Avast. I currently have the paid version, which expires in 10 days, but I don't think I want to renew. It annoyed me with constant irritating pop-ups, and also caused my laptop to run very slowly on start up (then telling me my start up was slow and trying…

24-01-2017 10:54PM

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Toots

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I was hoping someone could recommend a good alternative product to Avast. I currently have the paid version, which expires in 10 days, but I don't think I want to renew.

It annoyed me with constant irritating pop-ups, and also caused my laptop to run very slowly on start up (then telling me my start up was slow and trying to get me to purchase a registry cleaner :rolleyes:)

If anyone could recommend a good alternative - either free or under €30 for the year - I'd be very grateful. I don't want to use AVG because it failed to stop a whole pile of viruses getting into my computer, but I'm not really familiar with the other software options out there.

Thanks!

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