It is very important to observe basic safety principles when working on a computer / laptop, especially with constant access to the Internet. One of the most important points of this is the installation of antivirus (a special program to protect against malicious viruses, spam and hackers).
If you constantly use the Internet, you need to install an antivirus on your laptop. It can be both paid and free to download. For yourself, you need to decide what you want to protect yourself from and what goals you are pursuing.
If you just occasionally use the help of search engines or sometimes communicate with friends / colleagues and do not store any important information, then the simplest antivirus without unnecessary functions will be enough for you. The Avira Free Antivirus program is quite suitable for this, it eats few resources, is light and performs protection quite well.
In general, there are more than a dozen free antiviruses. Avast Free Edition is especially popular. It is also quite lightweight, but at the same time functional and reliable enough. The only thing is that it sometimes triggers a false alarm.
Leaders also include Microsoft Security Essentials, Comodo Antivirus, AVG Antivirus Free, Panda Cloud Antivirus, and more. Installing them is easy enough - go to their official website and download the program, and then follow the installation instructions. After all this, an icon will appear on the control panel, which indicates that your laptop is protected.
There is no difference in antivirus between a laptop and a computer, it depends directly on the operating system and the characteristics themselves. When installing protection, you should make sure on which system the program is running. And also, do not install several antiviruses at once - they can start hostile, which can complicate or even stop the operation of the system.
If you are engaged in more complex operations, including financial (make online payments, use transfers, etc.), then you should put more reliable protection. It will already be paid (the same Avast Internet Security, Kaspersky, Doctor Web, etc.), although there are also options for free use - downloading a trial version for 30 days, looking for activation codes on special sites. But with an official installation, you will have guaranteed support from the manufacturer's website.
You should not save on such things, otherwise you can lose much more.
