I use AVG along with Malwarebytes. They work great together and they're free.
If you can't use Microsoft Security Essentials then you must have a very old version of Windows, or a pirated one. The only good free AV programs are AVG and Avast, at least as far as I would trust. Zxc.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.