InstantSesame
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Good day folks.
Any working (and free) Anti-Virus for W8?
With the default Windows Defender in place, it's just painfully slow to install any software in W8 CP. The initial check will at least take several seconds before the actual installation starts. (msi installations are OK presumably because MS got all their IDs and pre-OK them).
Even copying a 15KB gif file took it more than 10 seconds to check before the actual copying started. And I was copying from a folder in d: to another folder in d:, not even the "sensitive" C partition was involved! (I know it was Defender slowing things down from checking out the process viewer).
The free Avira did not work on my W8 developer preview, and AFAIK MS SE is not yet ready for W8 either.
So would be happy to know a decent replacement for Defender.
Thanks.
Any working (and free) Anti-Virus for W8?
With the default Windows Defender in place, it's just painfully slow to install any software in W8 CP. The initial check will at least take several seconds before the actual installation starts. (msi installations are OK presumably because MS got all their IDs and pre-OK them).
Even copying a 15KB gif file took it more than 10 seconds to check before the actual copying started. And I was copying from a folder in d: to another folder in d:, not even the "sensitive" C partition was involved! (I know it was Defender slowing things down from checking out the process viewer).
The free Avira did not work on my W8 developer preview, and AFAIK MS SE is not yet ready for W8 either.
So would be happy to know a decent replacement for Defender.
Thanks.
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