the hog Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 My sub to Macafee has just expired. Can anyone recommend a good, free anti virus program? Thanks in advance.Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glen Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 MS Vista (free security with purchase of operating system) Okay, bad joke! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uday Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 What's wrong with the one from http://www.grisoft.com/ ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulg Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 What's wrong with the one from http://www.grisoft.com/ ?I also use AVG and it is excellent. However the free version is licensed for a single system so we have AntiVir Personal Edition Classic on our second computer. I recommend using AVG first as its update mechanisms appear more controllable. For reference, I maintain a list of software used at home. Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted January 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 Thanks Uday and Paul. (And Glen). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gpm_bg Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 How about Anti-Spy or Malware software ?I have MS Defender, but not enough statistics so far for that program. ( It's free with the latest AutoPatcher for Windows :wacko: )Any advices in that subject ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulg Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 I use the following (free) tools:Spyware Blaster - prevention toolYahoo Anti-Spy - detection tool that is part of the Yahoo ToolbarSpyBot - Search and Destroy - detection toolCcleaner - ensures registry is consistent and removes unnecessary files. An advanced tool so use carefully.Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csdenmark Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 How about Anti-Spy or Malware software ?I have MS Defender, but not enough statistics so far for that program. ( It's free with the latest AutoPatcher for Windows :wacko: )Any advices in that subject ?I also use Windows Defender. Looks like solid part of Vista project. Here two links for good free software downloads: http://www.snapfiles.com/freeware/ http://www.download.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miron Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 I use Avast. I have experiences it is slightly better then AVG. The price is the same as AVG (small differences, AVG was cheaper), it is free for home use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macaw Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 I use Linux :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1eyedjack Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 I use Avast. I have experiences it is slightly better then AVG. The price is the same as AVG (small differences, AVG was cheaper), it is free for home use. I use Avast also (for about 2 years). No complaints at all (yet!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 What's wrong with the one from http://www.grisoft.com/ ?I also use AVG and it is excellent. However the free version is licensed for a single system so we have AntiVir Personal Edition Classic on our second computer. I recommend using AVG first as its update mechanisms appear more controllable. For reference, I maintain a list of software used at home. Paul I have AVG running too. No issues for a year since I bought my laptop :lol:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted January 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 Thanks all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeGee Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 Just to endorse, AVG is excellent, Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTodd13 Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 Free AVG is going away so I switched to McAfee which I got for free with my ISP subscription but it is a huge resource hog. It ran like 10 processes and was constantly popping stuff up in the middle of me doing something in directX and of course scanning at inappropriate times. So, I chunked it and switched to avast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJNeill Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 Since when is free AVG going away? I thought it forced you to upgrade to 7.5 soon but that it would stay free. link to AVG 7.5 free Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTodd13 Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 Hmmm. That is odd. It kept popping up a screen saying AVG is going to a subscription model and didn't say they would maintain a free edition. Why go through all that effort when they could just have easily auto-upgraded you to version 7.5? Seems silly to me but their website does seem to confirm that they aren't going away. Maybe they changed their mind? I don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csdenmark Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 I also run AVG free edition. 7.5.432 latest update release today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 Maybe a stupid question, but are those anti-virus things really necesary? My impression is that if you don't use IE, Outlook and similar virus-inviting applications and you don't download exe-files from random sites you're safe. Anyway, I use Linux, not so much because I'm afraid of viruses, just becausse it's faster and more useful software is available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulg Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 Maybe a stupid question, but are those anti-virus things really necesary? My impression is that if you don't use IE, Outlook and similar virus-inviting applications and you don't download exe-files from random sites you're safe. You have just described 0.000001% of the people on the Internet. And I don't blame people for using IE, Outlook Express, etc as the alternatives do require computing expertise (and confidence) to know what is best, how to install them, etc. And I've often found that the non-technical people working in the IT industry are often the worst when it comes to virusing their personal systems! So I believe anti-virus products are necessary. Anyway, I use Linux, not so much because I'm afraid of viruses, just becausse it's faster and more useful software is available. If Unix systems, like Linux, become as widespread as Windows then perhaps the script kiddies will target it. Although the stronger privilege model and stack execution protection helps, it is far more difficult for a the public to maintain than a Windows system and so this will create virus opportunities. I always think that Linux is also more susceptible to someone establishing a back door by sneaking bad code past the gatekeepers into the source. Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gpm_bg Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 How the world get changed from somekind student's homework (the creating of the computer virus) to disaster :) Some company earned a fortune for that :)Well i istalled AVG too after conversation in that topic. So for no problem and the regulary updates are quick and small I tried SpySweeper for anty-spy, but not free for regret <_< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeGee Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 The latest version of AVG 7.5 is crashing my Windows 98 PC. So, at the moment I have no anti-virus software. Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothy Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Ron, may i suggest you never ever ever log on to the internet again :) i guarantee yuor computer will be virus free :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gpm_bg Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 The latest version of AVG 7.5 is crashing my Windows 98 PC. So, at the moment I have no anti-virus software. Geoff Depend of your PC's RAM. So far i installed this version of AVG(including XP and 98 ) for tests on few computers. With 128 at least i think that won't feel lazyness during startup and working after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeGee Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Thanks, but my PC has 384. No the symptoms are odd:- boot the PC, windows starts, then the PC reboots itself and windows starts in safe mode, saying it had failed to start successfully on previous load. Anyway, I'll give Avast a try, thanks Miron. As an aside, I recently received an email from a friend, defining the top fifty oxymorons in the English Language. Number 1 was ----- Microsoft Works :lol: Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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