Short Answer: No<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Long Answer: On older computers, you used to need to download a third party1<\/sup> anti-virus software. On modern computers, the pre-installed programs are very capable and can replace paid and free third party software of the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On a Windows computer, the default Microsoft anti-virus program that comes pre-installed on your computer is very good and free. It will keep itself up to date and run automatic scans without you having to do anything. You can also run a scan manually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On an Apple computer you generally don’t need any anti-virus software as most virus are written for Windows computers (the largest user base worldwide) and are .exe files, which cannot be opened on a Mac.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The only other program you might want to download both on Windows and Apple when it comes to computer security is Malwarebytes<\/a>, which offers free and paid options. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Malwarebytes is is an anti-malware software<\/a> for Microsoft Windows<\/a>,[4]<\/a><\/sup> macOS<\/a>, Chrome OS<\/a>, Android<\/a>, and iOS<\/a> that finds and removes malware<\/a>.[5]<\/a><\/sup> Made by Malwarebytes Corporation<\/a>, it was first released in January 2006. It is available in a free version, which scans for and removes malware when started manually, and a paid version, which additionally provides scheduled scans, real-time protection and a flash-memory scanner.<\/p>Wikipedia<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Short Answer: No Long Answer: On older computers, you used to need to download a third party1 anti-virus software. On modern computers, the pre-installed programs are very capable and can replace paid and free third party software of the past. On a Windows computer, the default Microsoft anti-virus program that comes pre-installed on your computer … Continue reading “Do I need to install Anti-Virus software on my new computer?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[16],"class_list":["post-26","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech-questions","tag-computer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/athomecomputertutor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/athomecomputertutor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/athomecomputertutor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/athomecomputertutor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/athomecomputertutor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/athomecomputertutor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58,"href":"https:\/\/athomecomputertutor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions\/58"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/athomecomputertutor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/athomecomputertutor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/athomecomputertutor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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