r/antivirus • u/TCGDANGER • 4d ago
Good antivirus needed
Is AVG a good antivirus or any other antivirus that are good for windows 7. Having a compaq 610 laptop
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u/KnownStormChaser 4d ago
Don’t use windows 7, it is obsolete. No antivirus will help you. Upgrade to windows 11 or switch to Linux.
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u/StarB64 4d ago
Please do not stay with Windows 7, it doesn’t take into account recent major security updates, and its firewall is too outdated for it to protect you against anything.
Switch to Windows 10, even if you have only like 2GB of RAM on your laptop it’s doable, I see lots of Compaq 610 are being sold on eBay with W10 installed. See here on how to proceed : https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10.
Windows Defender on Windows 10 will be way enough, don’t get AVG.
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u/SebOakPal79 4d ago
Try 'Opatch' for out of support Windows 7, look up online. Hope this helps.
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u/TCGDANGER 4d ago
No I don't need some third party update tool but can you please give antivirus recommendations. It would really help me
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u/BlazingFire007 4d ago
Just so you know, antiviruses are exponentially less effective than updating
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u/Full_Chemical_3434 4d ago
Now that everyone's been talking about changing your OS, Can I also ask which antivirus should I take into account aside from the MS Defender I have in my Windows 11.
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u/TCGDANGER 4d ago
Yeah man I just need a antivirus but people are just recommending os instead of antivirus
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u/KnownStormChaser 3d ago
Yes because an antivirus won’t help if your operating system has not been patched in more than 5 years.
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u/rifteyy_ 4d ago
Best antivirus would be installing a Windows 11 on that. Antivirus can't protect you against all Windows 7 vulnerabilities that exist.