Virus Protection on your PC

[Nexogen]

I use Kaspersky total security. 10 years ago I switched from Symantec to Kaspersky and I am very satisfied.

[BobMO]

Very rarely do I use Windows, just for TurboTax and specialty scanning software (thousands of slides).

I have used Ubuntu, which is a version of Linux, since 2004. Due to the differences in the details related to the way Linux and Windows were developed, you will not get 99.9% of Windows viruses on Ubuntu. So, I do not have any virus protection for Ubuntu. Ubuntu keeps the operating system very up to date to prevent Linux related viruses.

I also run dual boot, which means I can boot into either Windows or Ubuntu.

The Ubuntu installation will help you with whatever process you choose. There are TONS of videos and documentation available about Ubuntu and the significant amount of free software available.