[NFBCS] Looking for Accessible Antivirus That Runs on Windows 7 64 Bit

Tracy Carcione carcione at access.net
Mon Jul 1 13:54:04 UTC 2019


Will Security Essentials work with my new Windows 10 machine?  The machine
came with a trial of McAfee, but it's not very accessible.
Tracy

> For Windows 7 machines where screen readers are installed, I usually use
> Security Essentials.  It stays out of the way and doesn’t tell you your
> assistive technology is a virus and the interface has always been pretty
> accessible with JAWS and NVDA.  After reading this, some people will hit
> Reply and say that Essentials does not ketch as many viruses as other
> programs.  To them I say, I don’t always have a sighted person around to
> deal with whatever changes are made to make Norton or whatever the
> “best” one of the week   inaccessible.  Just use common sense and you
> will be fine.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jun 30, 2019, at 5:10 PM, Nicole Torcolini via NFBCS
>> <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>>            My current antivirus is about to expire. It used to be mostly
>> accessible, but it has become more and more inaccessible with each
>> update.
>> Does anyone have any recommendations for accessible antivirus programs?
>> I am
>> not looking for anything fancy, mainly computer scans.
>>
>>
>>
>> Nicole
>>
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