Got A Favorite Antivirus Program For 2016

 This is always a popular question from my customers. It always happens where they are not sure what antivirus program they should have. There is so much malware, spyware and adware on the internet that people are getting infected with these and viruses left and right. Almost everything in for repair is a associated with a virus. So once again the question is what is the best antivirus software to install on your computer.
 So what are the best pc computer virus programs available ? Well you can surf the internet for the best pc virus programs and you will find all kinds of them. Generally I have found that the most popular pc virus program is the one that the particular website sells. It's funny how that seems to work. In my quest for finding a good antivirus program I just go by what I have seen and how they work. I have found that there are at least five good paid versions of antivirus programs and at least three good free versions of antivirus programs for your desktop or laptop computer.

My Favorite 5 paid antivirus programs:

1. Kaspersky Internet Security Antivirus
2. Bitdefender
3. Webroot Antivirus
4. Norton Internet Security
5. Paid Avast Antivirus

My Favorite Free Antivirus Programs:

1. Free Avast Antivirus
2. Free AVG Antivirus
3. Microsoft Security Essentials

 There are many other paid and free antivirus programs that will work very well on your computer. Here is just a little advise. One make sure you only have one antivirus program running on your computer. If you have two installed they will fight each other and slow the computer down. Second always make sure that your antivirus program is up to date and has not expired or close to being expired. I can't tell you how many computers I have worked on that the virus software has expired or just has not been working for six months to a year.
 Now you can use the free or paid version of Malwarebytes with your Antivirus Program. Many people use the paid version of Malwarebytes, but it's really meant to work along side of your virus program. Now I have seen a few occasions where the virus program indicated the malwarebytes should be uninstalled. I would try and see if you can set your virus software to allow malwarebytes to be installed. Some programs have exclusion choices.
 One of the most important things I can advise anyone on besides virus software is make sure you are backing up your computer on a schedule. If you are using windows 7 or windows 10 you can use the back up program in the control panel. If you are using windows 8 or 8.1 you can perform a manual image back up and also run file history. Just make sure you are backing up to an external hard drive and disconnect it from the system when the back up is done. The other choice for backing up is to use carbonite and back up to the cloud on a regular basis.
 The main objective is to keep your data and computer safe from harm.

Here are some excellent antivirus programs below that you can choose from at Amazon.com