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If I get free anti-virus software on my laptop, should I uninstall my McAfee Free Trial software?

I just bought a new Dell Inspiron 17 laptop and it cam with a free 30 trial of McAfee anti-virus software. Since I don't want to pay for the software when the trial runs out, I'm planning on getting free software online. When I do, should I uninstall McAfee from my computer? Also, what's the best free anti-virus and anti-spyware software I can get?

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  1. Yes, you should uninstall McAfee. Running more than one anti-virus programs can cause serious system conflicts and leave your system LESS protected. Not to mention it will cause serious system performance issues. The best free anti-virus available is Avira or Avast! The best free anti-spyware you can get is Malwarebytes and SUPERAntiSpyware. Good luck mate!
  2. nah leave it there so you can waste hard drive space
  3. If you won't use McAfee after the trial then yeah uninstall it, it'd just be taking up space. I would say getting AVG Free, you have an optional upgrade choice but I haven't and it works fine for me. http://free.avg.com/ Spybot Search and Destroy is free, it's a great program as well. http://www.safer-networking.org/index2.html Last I would say AdAware, just like AVG it has an optional upgrade choice, but it works fine without the upgrade. http://www.lavasoft.com/
  4. You definitely have to remove it before installing another antivirus program. I use Avira and SuperAntiSpyware and haven't had any infections. Both are highly rated and both are free.
  5. Uninstall it, otherwise your system will most likely start crashing when you install a new anti-virus. The best free anti-virus is AVG Free, installed with ThreatFire. Free anti-spyware would probably be either Ad-Aware Free or SuperAntiSpyware. MalwareBytes is another free anti-malware.
  6. Hi You definitely need to remove McAfee first or it can cause some tricky problems. www.freebugfix.com has a few good free antivirus programs in it's list. I use AVG and it works very well.
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