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Anti-Virus Software - FREE ? ?

aidan01 · 2006-11-11 15:17:13

Hi folks is there a downloadable from the net, free "anti-virus software" ?? something similar to norton or mcafee in what it does except its free. i heard that such exists, but i was in the middle of a session and cant remeber what the site is, lol. please help !! thanks folks aidan

11-11-2006 3:17pm

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aidan01

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Hi folks
is there a downloadable from the net, free "anti-virus software" ?? something similar to norton or mcafee in what it does except its free.
i heard that such exists, but i was in the middle of a session and cant remeber what the site is, lol.
please help !!
thanks folks
aidan

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#2 11-11-2006 3:25pm

8T8

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The sticky Essential Free Software thread is the place to look.

Though two of the most popular ones I know of are Avast & AVG both are generally better than McAfee or Symantec's commercial offerings.

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#3 11-11-2006 3:26pm

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avg ftw!

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#4 11-11-2006 5:56pm

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avg
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5

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#5 11-11-2006 6:24pm

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I'd go with Avast Home myself. I also run AntiVir on a lap top. Both are very good products.

Here's a comparative test:

http://wiki.castlecops.com/AntiVirus_Comparison

::Edit::

Hummm, after looking at those test results I may consider changing over to AntiVir on my main computer

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#6 11-11-2006 7:09pm

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I use Avast, never had any problems.

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#7 11-11-2006 8:05pm

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I have nothing on this pc at all. Just downloaded avg. did a full scan, not one virus. So i got SBs&d too. No malware either. I think something is wrong here. Or maybe i havent been downloading enough dodgy porn of late.

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#8 11-11-2006 10:08pm

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anti wrote:

Or maybe i havent been downloading enough dodgy porn of late.

That's the most likely cause

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#9 12-11-2006 2:21am

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I use AVG and i find it great!

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#10 12-11-2006 10:56am

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AVG is the win

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#11 12-11-2006 11:17am

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Anti Vir for me, works a treat. AVG is super also.

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#12 12-11-2006 11:26am

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Is theres much difference between the free version of AVG and the one you can pay for?

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#13 12-11-2006 1:50pm

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In recent months Avira and H+BEDV (Antivir) have merged. The new heuristic module (called Heuristik 2) does a pretty good job at proactive detection of malware although with a substantially larger number of false positives. These are being ironed out every day. The interface is simple to use and for 20 euro you can get a feature unlimited version. That's a pretty good bargain if you ask me. They release updates to the antivirus databases multiple times per day and the support service is excellent. Typical German Efficiency. I'd have no hesitation recommending these guys.

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#14 12-11-2006 1:50pm

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verbatim wrote:

Is theres much difference between the free version of AVG and the one you can pay for?

AVG is a horrible Antivirus solution.

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#15 12-11-2006 4:03pm

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8T8 wrote:

The sticky Essential Free Software thread is the place to look.

Though two of the most popular ones I know of are Avast & AVG both are generally better than McAfee or Symantec's commercial offerings.

Seconded and Agreed!

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#16 12-11-2006 4:05pm

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anti wrote:

...Or maybe i havent been downloading enough dodgy porn of late.

Well get downloading!

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#17 12-11-2006 4:15pm

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i_kenefick wrote:

AVG is a horrible Antivirus solution.

why do you say that? what av do you use

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#18 12-11-2006 6:51pm

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i_kenefick wrote:

AVG is a horrible Antivirus solution.

Making comments without giving reasons is really going to convinve me/other people to change. Why do you hate it so much?

John

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