Anti Virus programs

[vindictive666]

hello all

i am in the process of not renewing my subscription to a well known anti virus monitoring ect ect program by the end of this year (lack of quality service has gone down the drain :) )


so i was wondering if any here can recommend a (possibly free) decent anti virus program monitor ect ect ?

that i can download and update via the net


thanks in advance



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[Robby]

John,
I use AVG anti-virus Freeware version. http://www.grisoft.com/doc/289/lng/us/tpl/tpl01
The free version has slow servers for updates though, which isn't normally a problem.
Cheers

[asimov]

Well, I've used AVG Norton & a few others...All of them let me down more than once by allowing viruses in. I downloaded 'Avast4' about 12 months ago & it's been great! But talk about updates. It's a real stickler for regular updates/upgrades etc.

[ballaratdragons]

John, I always use AVG Free Edition (link above in Robbies post) and find it excellent.

It has never let a virus through and this pooter is on the net 10 - 18 hours a day.

It automatically updates regularly and fairly quickly. Longest update I have ever had was about 2 minutes.

FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE

[gaa_ian]

In Answer
AVG AVG AVG AVG AVG ....
Faster, better & Cheaper (Free)
I have been down the other path too .

[elusiver]

use symantec corporate av here at work and at home :D generally don't have much issues with viruses.

el :)

[Soldant]

If you need a freeware virus scanner AVG is easily the best way to go.

All Norton products are bloatware and happily chew through resources :)

[acropolite]

Soldant said
that's being kind, personally I wouldn't use Norton's products if they paid me.....

I use Nod32, you can download a free trial which works for 1 month (and again and again if your prepared to deinstall & reinstall). Nod32 ( www.nod32.com (http://www.nod32.com/) ) has a very good reputation (take a look at the accolades) is very gentle on resources. If you have multiple P.C's and have registered versions you can set up an admin version and mirror the dowload to other P.C's on your LAN. The Australian support guy is very helpful and will negotiate multiple licence (both users and number of years) pricing.
That said, AVG sounds good; I might try that on my other PC.

[RAJAH235]

AVG v7, Ad-aware v6, Spywareblaster, Spybot S&D, BHO Demon, & last but not least Sygate Personal Firewall, v5.5.2710. The older version. All are FREE & excellent. :2thumbs: :D L.
ps. + a few others........... L.
pps. For your eMail, Mailwasher Pro. from New Zealand, @ $35.00 US is a must.