# What anti-virus is recommended for Acer Nitro-5 on Windows?

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**Created:** [January 17, 2023, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-anti-virus-is-recommended-for-acer-nitro-5-on-windows/978362 "2023-01-17T18:03:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 17, 2023, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-anti-virus-is-recommended-for-acer-nitro-5-on-windows/978362/6 "2023-01-17T19:47:35Z")

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Marbellous! Thanks all. Will check to see if Windows Defender is on.

And side-bar, if any of you have any thoughts on this problem?

> [@Trouble loading G-Mod on Steam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-loading-g-mod-on-steam/978320):
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> We’re trying to load G-Mod on Steam on an Acer (Nitro-5) running Windows, but it never finishes loading. Instead, we get a blue screen with a white circle and two white Xs. Underneath that is the loading bar, which never quite finishes (about 90%), but a tag that says “Finished!” In addition to never finishing, it locks the main window so we can’t use Alt-Tab to move to other apps. ALT-TAB-DEL brings up a little box, but as soon as we move the cursor from the task bar to try to go to Shut off…

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