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I am looking for an antivirus that won't break my games as most antiviruses I use normally do. I've used avast and bitdefender in the past, both got frustrating after a while. I have heard of gaming anti-viruses before but never known where to look, can anyone help me with this?

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I am looking for an antivirus that won't break my games as most antiviruses I use normally do. I've used avast and bitdefender in the past, both got frustrating after a while. I have heard of gaming anti-viruses before but never known where to look, can anyone help me with this?

 

I personally recommend MSE if you're running Win7. If you're on Win8 then just use the built-in Windows Defender coupled with weekly Malware Byte scans.

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I personally recommend MSE if you're running Win7. If you're on Win8 then just use the built-in Windows Defender coupled with weekly Malware Byte scans.

 

Thanks, I'll use your recommended option for windows 8 and see how it works with my games. 

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Thanks, I'll use your recommended option for windows 8 and see how it works with my games. 

 

No prob. It should have a minimal impact on your gaming. How much RAM do you have?

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I have 6GB of ram. Malwarebytes is not taking it up, so my games should run fine.

 

Sounds good! Have fun.

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