For businesses that want this handled properly, we provide cybersecurity assessments and monitoring for NYC offices.
For a while, we recommended AVG Anti-virus for a good free anti-virus software. Now, AVG has been trumped from our recommendation due to the new Microsoft Security Essentials. AVG is still a great software to use, especially since it is free, but the Microsoft Security Essentials has an added anti-spyware component and can be configured to scan whenever you’d like. The free AVG software can only be scanned daily.
Plus, AVG does not have real-time protection whereas Microsoft’s program does. The real-time protection aspect is ahuge necessity due to the quickly infecting viruses that are out there. This means that if your PC gets infected by a virus, it will only be removed during a system virus scan. By the time your computer gets scanned, so much time could go by where the virus may replicate and cause your PC to crash. The Security Essentials version has the real-time protection so it will remove viruses on the fly without needing a full scan for removal.
The best part about the Security Essentials is that it is lightning-fast to install as well as update. It does not take up much space on the computer, and doesn’t bog down resources. We recommend to install this new, free anti-virus software for a reliable security solution.
