Decent free alternative to AVG Free ?

iMax

Can anyone recommend a decent & free alternative to AVG Free ? I was happy with the previous version, but V8 requires a manual update & it's becoming a pain, not least because it's on every family member's PC & guess who they call ??

Looking for something that will afford the same level of protection, isn't "scary" in case I need to get them to do something over the phone & does automatic updates.

TNX

dr.bollocko

Avira antivirus is free and has automatic updates.
I havent had many problems with it any time I used it.
Though when it auto updates it also launches a browser pop up asking you to upgrade to the pay version.

Overheal

Avast is my top free-AV pick, but I feel somewhat more comfortable with the subscription service that came with my lappy

seraphimvc

if ya are a UCd student you can a free one (forget the name,a good one i suppose).

for using AVG about 4 yrs now,my desktop is the latest one,my lappy is with the 7.5 - i dont really bother to use any of these antivirus softwares seriously.backup,defrag/scan disk ,system restore,firefox,ace utilities(some cleaner software) are well enough.

daftdave

i have recently installed avira on family and friends machines, it seems to update when it wants to, is there a problem with the update server does anyone know ????

Patricide

Avast antivirus, free, autoupdating pretty much daily and doesnt hog your computers resources. Savage programme.

Slutmonkey57b

Another recommendation for Avast. Been using it for years, virus free.

iMax

Cheers guys... Or should I say "Avast Me Hearties!!!"

Auvers

yeah another vote for Avast Home Edition + Comodo Firewall

Capt'n Midnight

haven't looked at it in a while but some people like AntiVir
www.free-av.com/en/download/1/download_avira_antivir_personal__free_antivirus.html

BoB_BoT

seraphimvc wrote: »

for using AVG about 4 yrs now,my desktop is the latest one,my lappy is with the 7.5 - i dont really bother to use any of these antivirus softwares seriously.backup,defrag/scan disk ,system restore,firefox,ace utilities(some cleaner software) are well enough.

one day you'll let a friend use your laptop to check email and bam, herpes.

only kidding, don't think there's such a thing as Internet herpes yet. But update to version 8 on your lappy, 7.5 has holes, plus I thought they stopped issuing updates for anything below 8?

Also my avg free on several computers still does automatic updates. perhaps there's a setting a miss on your families pcs iMax?

Ghost Train

avg should auto update, I know the new version does for me

comodo antivirus is another alternative, free for commercial and home use

Fuzzy Clam

BoB_BoT wrote: »

plus I thought they stopped issuing updates for anything below 8?

Still updating 7.5 but with nags to upgrade.

iMax

Uninstalled AVG today & installed Avast on all the family members PCs (thank you logmein). First thing I had to do was skin it to a vista typee skin. Sweet Jebus, that skin they ship it with is horrible, like early mp3 player.

Currently doing it's first scan on all the systems & has found a moxy load of stuff that AVG didn't turn up

Patricide

Yup way way way better service than avg, i never get why anyone would pick it over it!

dionsiseire

Been using avast since the destruction of my last laptop (which had norton)

not a problem since