# ThreatFire...good free antivirus program

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 20, 2009, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threatfire-good-free-antivirus-program/518351 "2009-11-20T23:37:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threatfire-good-free-antivirus-program/518351/21 "2010-04-13T23:48:35Z")

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> [@Hampshire](#):
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> Anybody have any opinions about the free Microsoft Security Essentials?

I’ve been running it on my notebook and my netbook. I’m pretty happy with it. It seems to take less resources than AVG. AFAIK I’ve yet to be infected since I started using it about two months ago, and I’ve been to some fairly questionable websites.

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