What can I use as a free alternative to replace McAfee Total Protection?

You: I am currently subscribed to McAfee Total Protection. I use Microsoft Security Essentials and Piriform CCleaner to protect and clean my computer from now on. I plan to cancel my subscription with McAfee for financial reason, unemployed and on a permanent disability. Is there a free alternative to McAfee Total Protection which is updated on a regular basis? I am running Windows XP SP3 32 bit w / IE8. Thank you for your time and any help offered. We appreciate it deeply, Jim

tcheuchter,

According to this thread, you were using MSE on February 21, 2012: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/protect/forum/protect_start/mse-scanning-more-often-than-normal/02789423-dc7d-4ff1-8ee0-e0b2cd5255a1

Here it is March 2, 2012 and you recommend AVG which is fine... it is that you are your option.

Just a reminder (also indicated in this thread Jetta48) that you should not use more than one AV program providing analysis in real time, so if you are now using AVG, I hope that you have uninstalled MSE.

Kind regards...

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