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What’s a free alternative to Norton antivirus?

Q On your recommendation, I ditched Kaspersky for Norton 360, and I’ve been pleased with it. However, after every scan I see a warning page asking me to pay to remove junk on my PC. I have no intention of doing this, so can you recommend a free alternative?

James Cairns

 Norton 360’s ads are annoying, but you can turn them off. Open Norton

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