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Galileo126

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5. I have AVG also

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 29, 2015, 05:07 PM

Oct 2015

But I agree, TB - AVG can be bloated, with many things running in the background. I just turn off the things I feel I don't need.

On a good note, AVG does catch the harmful stuff. And if I'm unsure, I just run Malwarebytes once a week for sanity.

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