Which is the best alround anti virus I have XP SP 3, windows essentials no longer supported now using thunderbird as well

xp sp3 no longer supported need to change antivirus

Hi,
The best "all-around" antivirus is chosen by you. We have no influence on what antivirus you choose as it's based on personal preference but I can give you some samples on what I know. The below are all <b>free</b> by the way.
*Avast (http://www.avast.com/en-us/index)
*AVG (http://free.avg.com/us-en/homepage)
*BitDefender (http://www.bitdefender.com/solutions/free.html)
*Avira (http://www.avira.com/en/avira-free-antivirus)
But in the end, it's up to you.
P.S. This is a Firefox support forum used for technical support on Firefox. This thread is off-topic and doesn't belong here but I see that it's your first question here, I'll let it slide :)
Let me know which antivirus you chose.
Thanks!<br>
-M

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