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Free Anti Virus software?

  • 20-10-2007 04:46PM
    #1
    jayteecork
    Site Banned Posts: 5,676 ✭✭✭


    So my McAfree subscription has just run out on my Dell laptop and I need some virus protection.
    What about AVG and AntiVir?
    Which am I better off getting, or is there any other alternatives?
    Thanks.


Comments

  • #2
    barneysplash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,205 ✭✭✭barneysplash


    I use avast from Alwil software. It's free and great.

    www.avast.com


  • #3
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    I use avast as well. AVG and anti-vir are the other two, only reason I gave up AVG is because it stop working during and update and I couldn' get it going again.


  • #4
    Silenceisbliss
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,190 ✭✭✭Silenceisbliss


    AVG ftw

    http://free.grisoft.com/doc/downloads-products/us/frt/0?prd=aff


  • #5
    Mr Mojo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 98 ✭✭Mr Mojo


    Avast gets my vote!


  • #6
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,165 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    I've been using avg for about two years now and it's great.


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  • #7
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,173 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    barneysplash wrote: »
    I use avast from Alwil software. It's free and great.

    www.avast.com
    I agree. Avast! is good.


  • #8
    darkskol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,233 ✭✭✭darkskol


    AVG gets my vote


  • #9
    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,966 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    when I was 18 I ran a pc repair company. I did a test to see which AV product was the best. I set up PC's with Norton, McAfee, AVG, Kaspersky and eTrust.

    AVG was the only one which found all the viruses I infected the machines with. Norton missed 2, Mcafee missed three. I forget what the other results were. I still use AVG on my personal windows box, and I downloaded AVG anti-spyware last week also. Avg gets my vote.

    Or you could switch to linux :P


  • #10
    Karoma
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,396 ✭✭✭✭Karoma


    I switched to Avast! a few months back after AVG broke one too many times and failed to detect a virus (That I suspected was there, and updated and scanned and scanned... *rants off-line*). I have not used AntiVir so I cannot comment.


  • #11
    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    I use AVG on my windows box. But AVAST comes with a lot of recommendations too.

    You could always check this thread too.


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  • #12
    xebec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,311 ✭✭✭xebec


    I use AVG on my parents home PC, college requires us to use McAfee - even on my mac - but I don't pay for that so it's grand.

    Trusted Reviews     had a good introductory article about keeping your PC safe for free today.


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