I use the free versions. Make sure that you update the data for each of them before you run them. Be sure you go through your add/remove programs, to look for a program that you don't recognize, or any that look suspicious. Definitely don't remove any Microsoft programs, though. LOL.
I have found that the other one (Malwarebytes) often finds problems that the others miss, and vice versa.
Good luck.
Tex
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Good for you. You obviously know your way around a computer.I'm with you on operating systems. When Vista came out, I tried it, but quickly gave up on it when it kept corrupting itself. I bought my brother a computer after Win 7 came out, and I set it up for him. Win 7 seems to work well, and it's not totally intolerable, so I suppose I could learn to live with it, but frankly I still see no reason to convert from XP. Microsoft will be dropping support for it in April, I suppose, but so what? That won't be the end of XP. Now that Win 8 is out, I suppose it's handy for tablets, but I have no desire to try to use a touch screen on the larger monitors that are popular with desktop systems these days. So I reckon I'm more than happy with XP, and I think I'll just stick with it.
Incidentally, are you aware that some folks have developed ways to make Win 8 much more palatable on desktop computers? A good place to start is with this overview of several good ways to replace the user interface on Win 8 with one much more suitable for a desktop computer. The article contains links where you can download your choice of more practical classic-style shells (user interfaces).
How to get the Start menu back in Windows 8
Or if you feel comfortable editing the registry on your computer, and you just want to get rid of the "Metro" interface and replace it with a Win 7 type of interface, here's how to go about doing that from within Win 8 (IOW, without downloading anything new).
Disable Metro UI And Get Windows 7 Styled Start Menu Back in Windows 8
Incidentally, if those ads should come back, I thought of another good program that can sometimes find malware that others miss. It's called HitmanPro. Again, the free version seems to work just fine.
Good luck,
Tex
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