I need a good, free antivirus

Morrigoon · 08-21-2009, 10:50 AM

Someone told me the name of one, but naturally I've forgotten it.

mousepod · 08-21-2009, 10:59 AM

Not free, but NOD32 is affordable and fantastic.

Snowflake · 08-21-2009, 11:06 AM

Gemini Cricket · 08-21-2009, 11:06 AM

BTD told me about AVG Free. I've used it. It's good.

Morrigoon · 08-21-2009, 11:18 AM

AVG, that's the one someone suggested, thanks!

BarTopDancer · 08-21-2009, 12:32 PM

AVG Free is the way to go.

They changed their install screens though, so make sure you are careful and select the free one and not the "free trial" one.

Morrigoon · 08-21-2009, 12:48 PM

I did that

Like an idiot, I installed their toolbar, and I unchecked the thing about having a Yahoo search bar in it... guess what showed up anyway? But no matter, I disabled the entire toolbar after all... too many already.

Chernabog · 08-21-2009, 12:54 PM

So the next question is, what did your slutty little computer pick up this time?

RStar · 08-22-2009, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Chernabog

So the next question is, what did your slutty little computer pick up this time?

I think it was Alex. He goes bareback.....

I use Ad-Aware by Lavasoft for the spyware, and AVG Free for the virus programs. This has worked fine for me for years. The AVG does bog things down quite a bit, but I run it every day at 1 pm when I am least likely to use it (I shut it down at night). If I am on it at that time I just pause the scans.

But I just might give Avast a try.

lashbear · 08-24-2009, 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by CoasterMatt

I go with Avast! - I put it on every Windows machine I build.

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Originally Posted by Andrew

I concur with CoasterMatt; Avast is the one I use on all my Windows machines. It is free but you have to re-register once a year. I find AVG bogs down the machine when scanning, and I believe they have taken away some functionality from the free version.

Just to add further concurrence, I also use Avast, and it's been great, and it installs it's updates with a minimum of disruption to the system.

08-21-2009, 10:50 AM	#1
Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	I need a good, free antivirus Someone told me the name of one, but naturally I've forgotten it. __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	Not free, but NOD32 is affordable and fantastic. __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	AVG?
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Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	BTD told me about AVG Free. I've used it. It's good.
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Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	AVG, that's the one someone suggested, thanks! __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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BarTopDancer Prepping... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Here, there, everywhere Posts: 11,405	AVG Free is the way to go. They changed their install screens though, so make sure you are careful and select the free one and not the "free trial" one. __________________ Spork is the new MacGyver Postcards From My Edge
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Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	I did that Like an idiot, I installed their toolbar, and I unchecked the thing about having a Yahoo search bar in it... guess what showed up anyway? But no matter, I disabled the entire toolbar after all... too many already. __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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Chernabog Biophage Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Moon Posts: 2,679	So the next question is, what did your slutty little computer pick up this time? __________________ And they say back then our universe Was a coal black egg Until the god inside Burst out and from its shattered shell He made what became the world we know ~ Bjork (Cosmogony)
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