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Sorry, but your product and whole company is one big mess.Run your antivirus by people who know what they're doing and if the name doesn't ring any bells, probably a good idea to uninstall it.Avast! Free Antivirus has been becoming more of a disappointment for the past several years. Goes without saying but I'm going to say it anyways uninstall Norton and McAfee immediately. It's gotten routinely high marks by some very reputable people so if Avast begins to fail more than it has already, I'll likely switch. Avast has done well thus far so I see no need to switch. I'm poor and as such I stick with free stuff. Kaspersky is supposed to be quite good but I don't have much direct experience with it. The best antivirus will fail you if you browse like an idiot but I've seen too many instances of fucking Norton catching things that MSE missed so that's not exactly a ringing endorsement. I look at a lot of machines and ones that are loaded with spyware are often running MSE and nothing else. It's popular but I'm extremely dubious of it's efficacy. I don't think it's a scam but I'd be interested to see if it does more than empty the Recycle Bin and do a quick defrag, the "grime" that slows your system down is left conspicuously undefined. The vast majority of users won't use/don't need it and I really haven't seen much indication of Grime Fighter actually being that effective in what it allegedly does.
They have extra software you can install. This personally chaps my ass quite a bit because they didn't used to do this and it can get very irritating. It's more than a bit naggy and they push other software and upgrades like mad. I use Avast and MalwareBytes in conjunction with smart(ish) browsing habits and I've yet to suffer a serious infection since I began using that particular combination. It doesn't impact your system heavily and doesn't make a nuisance of itself provided you set things up right. In terms of sheer effectiveness, it's the best performer I've seen thus far. Avast is (generally) my go-to when I set up a system for people.