Free Anti-Virus programs

Al · External Since: Feb 13, 2006 Posts: 9

I would like to see replies from people who are using free AV programs.
1. Which ones do you recommend as effective and quick?
2. Do any free ones come complete with bugs and problems?
Al

user · External Since: Feb 08, 2006 Posts: 60

Per Al:
>1. Which ones do you recommend as effective and quick?

I've been using Avast for over a year now. No viruses or other malware that I
know of.

Ditched PC-Cillen (paid) in favor of Avast.

I find Avast tb about as un intrusive as I'd ever want.
--
PeteCresswell

MoiMoi · External Since: Aug 25, 2006 Posts: 53

In article ,
albertr.TakeThisOut@joimail.com says...
> I would like to see replies from people who are using free AV programs.

> 1. Which ones do you recommend as effective and quick?

Free AVG is effective enough and quick enough for me.

> 2. Do any free ones come complete with bugs and problems?

Yes, they pretty much all come complete with bugs and problems.

(You can get paid versions of some AVs, like Symantec or McAfee, and get
extra special bugs and problems if you wish; there's always that
option.)

MM

Jeanette Russo · External Since: Jan 26, 2007 Posts: 7

MoiMoi wrote:
> In article ,
> albertr.TakeThisOut@joimail.com says...
>> I would like to see replies from people who are using free AV programs.
>
>> 1. Which ones do you recommend as effective and quick?
>
> Free AVG is effective enough and quick enough for me.
>
>> 2. Do any free ones come complete with bugs and problems?
>
> Yes, they pretty much all come complete with bugs and problems.
>
> (You can get paid versions of some AVs, like Symantec or McAfee, and get
> extra special bugs and problems if you wish; there's always that
> option.)
>
> MM

I have found the best free antivirus to be the AOL Antivirus which is
based on Kaspersky.

Also very good and free is Avira Antivir. Which has a high detection rate.

AVG which I used to use I have removed due to its low detection rate.

Jeanette

Joe · External Since: Oct 24, 2006 Posts: 3

In article ,
albertr.RemoveThis@joimail.com says...
> I would like to see replies from people who are using free AV programs.
> 1. Which ones do you recommend as effective and quick?
> 2. Do any free ones come complete with bugs and problems?
> Al
>
>
I use and recommend AntiVir Personal. Avast! is also pretty good, but
not, IMO, as good as AntiVir.
http://www.free-av.com

--
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http://graspages.cjb.cc/

nashraf.nasa · External Since: Feb 09, 2007 Posts: 16

On Mar 15, 6:43 am, "Al" wrote:
> I would like to see replies from people who are using free AV programs.
> 1. Which ones do you recommend as effective and quick?
> 2. Do any free ones come complete with bugs and problems?
> Al

Avira Antivir PE Classic and AOL Active Virus Shield are two very good
and effective AVs. Active Virus Shield uses Kaspersky's engine which
like Avira's has very high detection rate. You could see for yourself
these tests.
www.av-comparatives.org

piero · Joined: Feb 16, 2007 Posts: 78 Location: UK

I use Avast sometimes. It works quickly & fine.

...but my common anti-virus prog is Norton Antivirus

Cool

Westigater · Joined: Nov 03, 2004 Posts: 14 Location: Easton, PA

I have been using AVAST free program for over 4 years on 8 different computers. It has worked very well..Also follow the Shadow and his advice..keep it simple and keep the junk off.

ZEUS_GB · Joined: Jan 14, 2003 Posts: 5065 Location: UK

I've been using Avast for a long time as well (3 years I think) and i've never had any problems with it.

Gnomie715

If you want a free on demand scanner try ClamWin. All you have to do is update the database once and it auto updates from there. This one is also bundled with Ubuntu 7.04 so it's fairly bug free.

horry · Joined: Jan 31, 2008 Posts: 14

Take a look at ThreatFire. A different approach to keep the buggers out. Rolling Eyes

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horry · Joined: Jan 31, 2008 Posts: 14

I too have looked for a free firewall-antivirus. All I have seen are after the fact and even the the best paid for ones are behind in their protection. If their virus searchers-programmers do discover a new malware, there is a time lag when the virus can do its dirty work while we are unaware of being infected.
In my research ThreatFire is an avant-guarde program [free] that all should look into. I have used it for over a year and my scannerS report no infections. No bugs
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frontier2002 · Joined: Jul 29, 2010 Posts: 1

I would personally recommend avira for free anti virus software. Virus scan ability higher than standard and it takes less system resource. In my working place all using free avira.

The only annoying thing of using Free Avira is the umbrella logo randomly pop up anytime.