Thread: Setting up new Toshiba laptop
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Old 02-08-2011, 15:27   #6
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Re: Setting up new Toshiba laptop
The firewall in Windows 7 is a great improvement on the XP version. I would stick with that rather than use a 3rd party firewall, particularly when you're behind a Hub/router that gives you an extra layer of protection.

I'm personally not a great fan of Mcafee products. For a free antivirus the Microsoft Security Essentials seems to be effective and not too greedy with CPU time. However, if you are happy with Avast there's no reason to change. It will work just fine with 7.

The McAfee trial offer should be easily removable from the control panel 'uninstall a program'.
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