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Originally Posted by cli70488
It follows that I now need to install cover for "Anti Virus" and I ask if I need to use either Norton or Mcafee or can anyone suggest a suitable alternative and are they more reasonable in the time they take to install.from switch-on.
The "Windows Firewall", already on the computer (XP), I imagine, is OK for its purpose.
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