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Free antivirus?
PostPosted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 1:57 pm
by Slater
uh... I just uninstalled Norton in order to get AVG cause I was under the impression that AVG was free... apparently it is not. Now I have no virus scan o.o;
Can someone point me to a good, free antivirus program?
PostPosted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 2:01 pm
by Mr. SmartyPants
http://www.avast.com/
avast is free, whether its better than others I don't know
PostPosted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 2:10 pm
by Slater
ty 4evar
PostPosted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 2:21 pm
by uc pseudonym
For the record, there are two versions of AVG. You would have wanted this one:
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1
PostPosted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 2:23 pm
by Locke
Avast is pretty good, I switched to it after RYAN'S Norton crapped out on me.
PostPosted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 2:41 pm
by Mr. SmartyPants
Locke wrote:Avast is pretty good, I switched to it after RYAN'S Norton crapped out on me.
I was trying to send a 20 mb installer over an aim transfer... what do you expect >_>
PostPosted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 2:41 pm
by Slater
yeah, I decided to get AVG from my gf via msn when I read Ryan's comment about Avast in the other thread.
PostPosted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 6:42 pm
by glitch1501
im a big avast supporter, its great...
PostPosted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 11:11 pm
by Kaligraphic
NOD32 (eset.com) or
Kaspersky (kaspersky.com) for the win.
Not quite free, but the best.
PostPosted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 1:52 am
by Slater
hmm... ftw but not for free... tough call.
PostPosted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 6:54 am
by Sammy Boy
I use the personal edition classic of Anti-Vir (i know the name isn't very creative), and on average there is an update I can download and install every 2 weeks. The personal edition is free.
It's at:
http://www.free-av.com/
PostPosted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 12:10 pm
by agasfas
I would also recommend Avast personal too. I've used it for a few years and I've had no problems with it. I personally think it works much better than Norton Ant-virus. But I'm sure there are other good free anti-virus software out there.
PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 9:29 pm
by FadedOne
hm...i find it odd that so many people are recommending Avast. I used that program a couple years ago and rather liked it until it started to give me problems. It was recognizing all sorts of viruses that weren't there(for certain).
Perhaps they've improved on it since then. I'm curious. If it wasn't for college demanding I use all sorts of resource-absorbing crap, i'd be all for trying it again.