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cayugafalls

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1. What software do you use for scanning?

Reply to zipplewrath (Original post)

Wed Aug 19, 2020, 05:43 PM

Aug 2020

Most of them will do realtime scanning which can cut down on the time needed to do scans, and the better ones will do background scans that do not interfere with your activities.

I use MalwareBytes Realtime protection and it seems to work just fine on my older windows 7 pc.

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Virus, malware, and Windows 8 [View all] zipplewrath Aug 2020 OP

What software do you use for scanning? cayugafalls Aug 2020 #1

I have a service zipplewrath Aug 2020 #3

So you use one of the cloud services? Like Comodo or Panda. cayugafalls Aug 2020 #5

A couple zipplewrath Aug 2020 #7

first off, why in the world would you still be on windows 8? 5X Aug 2020 #2

Cheap zipplewrath Aug 2020 #4

Some things you can do to help your OS work better. cayugafalls Aug 2020 #6