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mick
Joined: 04 Mar 2005
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 Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 6:32 am Post subject: Free anti-virus software |
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Can anyone recommend free anti-virus software available for download. I was using Mcafee but my subscription ran out a couple of months ago. I think my PC may have a virus and was hoping the free software would not only block viruses but also remove any exising ones.
Cheers in advance for any info. |
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cangel
Joined: 19 Jun 2003
Location: Jeonju, S. Korea
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| Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 7:46 am Post subject: |
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I use Avast on my office computer and it works great. It updates every morning (auditory message so keep the volume down or headphones plugged in). Works great.
http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html |
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Join Me
Joined: 14 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 7:49 am Post subject: |
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| Go to the BBC's website and search for their tech show which is called "Click." They have tested some free anti virus software and had some links to sites. |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 7:58 am Post subject: |
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Avira.
In a test of the big 3 free versions (Avast, AVG and Avira), it was tied with Avast for virus catching, but had substantially less false positives.
Just don't go with AVG. |
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SuperHero
Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout
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| Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 2:34 pm Post subject: |
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Avira.
In a test of the big 3 free versions (Avast, AVG and Avira), it was tied with Avast for virus catching, but had substantially less false positives.
Just don't go with AVG. |
I was reading up on this a few days ago and wasn't impressed with the negativity out there about Avira - for now I'm sticking with AVG
Can't remember the links right now. |
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JustJohn
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Location: Your computer screen
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| Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 4:48 pm Post subject: |
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| The question is, which is lighter? |
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cangel
Joined: 19 Jun 2003
Location: Jeonju, S. Korea
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| Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 5:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Avast always goes off with autorun programs like on memory sticks. Easily taken care of though. Other than that, I've only had 1 false positive from Avast. For free, it's quite nice. On my home PC I use Bit Defender Total Security. It's awesome. |
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harryh
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: south of Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 2:09 am Post subject: |
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| I used to use AVG, but I got rid of the new version (8.0?) as it really slowed my computer down. I now use Avira which seems fine. Lighter anyway. |
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