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Old 01-19-2015, 12:10 AM   #160
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Originally Posted by KyBunnies View Post
I removed it via the control panel installed MBAM and downloaded and tried to install MS Security Essentials. When I started to run the program I had a box pop up to tell me something about MS Security Essentials was part of Windows Defender.

My question is do I need to buy and install an anti-virus or is the computer covered. I do not want to be worrying about viruses on her laptop.
What exactly did the message say? Before Win 8 Windows Defender was purely a firewall.... MS SE is an anti-virus and those two are not the same.

If they both came bundled with Windows 8.1, great. If not, the sooner you find out, the better. Avira, Avast, AVG, are good free AV alternatives.
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