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The best antivirus for Windows 7?
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2025 10:27 pm
by tmg86
Against my wishes to switch to linux, an older relative of mine has decided to switch back to Windows 7 after Microsoft has discontinued Windows 10 support. Do any of you know an antivirus that isn't bloatware? I doubt there are too many viruses that the "don't run anything suspicious" method wont protect him from.
Any suggestions welcome
Re: The best antivirus for Windows 7?
Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2025 12:03 am
by lakes
I was gonna say Avast has an updated version for XP & might have for Windows 7. But then I remembered when I tried Avast, it was bloatware unfortunately. The versions for expired Windows OSes might be more lightweight though. Who knows?
Re: The best antivirus for Windows 7?
Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2025 1:14 pm
by tmg86
Well, I set him up with palemoon and ublockorigin, hopefully the built in microsoft AV will suffice. Any other tools youâd recommend for a Win7 install?
I set up Win7 on one of my own laptops to be able to learn it again. I used Win7 up till about 2018-2020, before I switched to linux.
Re: The best antivirus for Windows 7?
Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2025 1:29 pm
by lakes
tmg86 wrote:Well, I set him up with palemoon and ublockorigin, hopefully the built in microsoft AV will suffice. Any other tools youâd recommend for a Win7 install?
I'm not sure I have any other tools I'd recommend. Maybe Supermium browser? Just in case stuff breaks in Palemoon. If not ignore my advice.
Re: The best antivirus for Windows 7?
Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2025 5:57 pm
by mynamejeff
bitdefender is still supported on win7 and win8 until 2026. but i personally genuinely dislike using bitdefender if your relative is prone to getting malware id recommend that over nothing at least until they end support. atm you can still get support for win10 by having an activated product key and enrolling for extending security updates until october 2026. which would be preferable because after 2026 there may be more antivirus support than just bitdefender for win10 for a while longer if they genuinely refuse to swap to linux or win11.
Re: The best antivirus for Windows 7?
Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2025 8:53 pm
by xrossmediabar
Outlook 2013 is better for emails then Live Mail is
Office 2013 (https://archive.org/details/microsoft-office-professional-plus-2013) may use Metro's UI, but it runs perfectly on Windows 7 and has lots of new features
Use this for drivers - DriverPack
Use this for more functionality - download.wsusoffline.net/
Use this for internet browsing - ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/115.14.0esr/win64/en-US/Firefox%20Setup%20115.14.0esr.exe
Use this for gadgets - win7gadgets.com/
Use this for downloads - motrix.app/download
Use this for CDBurning - cdburnerxp.se/