Antivirus for 2007

alan4cult · 24-12-2006 10:52am #1

Sorry if this isn't in the right forum but can anybody recommend an antivirus software for 2007? Not Norton! I will never use them again

Mad Dog · 24-12-2006 11:03am

AVG, latest version free at this site. Regular updates too and I've been using it for a while now with no issues.

MD

Bluefoam · 24-12-2006 11:21am

I concur...

Also add zone alarm and ad aware to that...

all available at www.tucows.com

Enright · 24-12-2006 11:26am

ive been using avg free for the last 6 years, great, regular updates, but now they want you to pay for it! the cheek of them!

just swapped to avast free, looks and feels grand

Anyone else with any thoughts?

Bluefoam · 24-12-2006 11:36am

Enright wrote:

ive been using avg free for the last 6 years, great, regular updates, but now they want you to pay for it! the cheek of them!

just swapped to avast free, looks and feels grand

Anyone else with any thoughts?

I think you were the subject of unqualified gossip, agv free will remain free for the foreseeable future. The isue regarding payments was a missunderstood upgrade message.

h2s · 24-12-2006 11:39am

Bluefoam wrote:

I think you were the subject of unqualified gossip, agv free will remain free for the foreseeable future. The isue regarding payments was a missunderstood upgrade message.

True. I have upgraded to the free 7.5 version and still working fine. I have used AVG for six years now and would not change.

Their official free website is http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1

alan4cult · 24-12-2006 11:42am

The main reasons I hated norton was the scan time
2.5 hours to scan an 80gb drive even though they quote "35 mins" . And they might try and invent a software that actually blocks viruses not one thatnlloks good and annoys you

LApam · 24-12-2006 11:47am

I went to the site myself, and there is now a charge in order to continue.

TempestSabre · 24-12-2006 11:48am

alan4cult wrote:

The main reasons I hated norton was the scan time
2.5 hours to scan an 80gb drive even though they quote "35 mins" . And they might try and invent a software that actually blocks viruses not one thatnlloks good and annoys you

Nortons terrible. I've been happy with installing AVG on loads of machines for years, ditto anyone who PC's I've fixed it gets AVG on it, (after removing Norton) and I've had no one complain about AVG.

Mad Dog · 24-12-2006 11:48am

LApam wrote:

I went to the site myself, and there is now a charge in order to continue.

There is no charge here

MD

LApam · 24-12-2006 11:56am

Thanks, MD.

I absolutely LOVE you Irish people!

The **** is hitting the fan as I type!

Mad Dog · 24-12-2006 12:09pm

Glad to help

MD

Ruu_Old · 24-12-2006 3:33pm

Forget about Norton, not worth it when there are so many better, free versions available. I use Anti-Vir and it works great, avast!, AVG and NOD32 also work very well.