Postal Letter

How do you put anti-virus protection on a notebook laptop when it has no disk tray?

I'm getting a notebook laptop for Christmas but it has no disk tray so I can't put in a anti-virus CD to put protection on the laptop.

Public Comments

1. order it online...you don't need a disk to install it
2. You can use the internet or a USB drive to install antivirus.
3. If you are going to be running Windows, you can download and use "Microsoft Securities Essentials" it's great, and it's FREE. That makes it the best!
4. You need not get anti-virus in a CD. You can download antivirus directly from the web. There are many free antivirus software intended only for home and personal use. You can install that by connecting to the web or by downloading the installer package from the web to another system and installing it in your system. I suggest avast or AVG for home use. Even Microsoft security essentials is good.
5. Chances are, the netbook will have Windows 7 Startup Edition pre-installed so you are entitled to download and install Microsoft Security Essentials: http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/ It's available for legitimate users of Windows OS. However, the netbook might also have an antivirus program bundled -- or should I say bungled -- with a 30-day trial version of Norton, McAfee or TrendMicro. They require payment for a 1-year subscription so unless you are willing to pay extra, just use MSE. It's absolutely free and effective too.