Anti-Virus software

hash · External Since: Jul 20, 2007 Posts: 21

Hello

I'm looking for good and freeware anti-virus software. Any recommendations
would be appreciated.

hash

Spirit · External Since: May 19, 2007 Posts: 233

http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
Avast - Free for Home Use

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/us/frt/0
AVG - Free for Home Use

These both work well with Vista however I prefer Avast.

"hash" <joeblogg DeleteThis @spam.com> wrote in message
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>
> I'm looking for good and freeware anti-virus software. Any
> recommendations would be appreciated.
>
> hash

Ken Blake, MVP · External Since: Jun 02, 2007 Posts: 410

On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:25:42 +0100, "hash" <joeblogg.TakeThisOut@spam.com> wrote:

> Hello
>
> I'm looking for good and freeware anti-virus software. Any recommendations
> would be appreciated.

I'm happy with Avast! on all my machines here.

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Victek · External Since: Jun 18, 2007 Posts: 28

"hash" <joeblogg RemoveThis @spam.com> wrote in message
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> Hello
>
> I'm looking for good and freeware anti-virus software. Any
> recommendations would be appreciated.
>
> hash

I'm using the AOL AVS (active virus shield) which is rebranded Kaspersky 6.
Just notice the optional AOL toolbar and uncheck the box if you don't want
it.

www.activevirusshield.com

Rick Rogers · External Since: Aug 19, 2006 Posts: 3018

I've never cared for the performance hit the default settings of Avast!
gets, Ken. To get reasonable performance the user must make some changes.
I've found AVG to be easier on the user and the system intially. Another to
try is Antivir (also free from
http://www.free-av.com/antivirus/allinonen.html).

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"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake.TakeThisOut@this.is.am.invalid.domain> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:25:42 +0100, "hash" <joeblogg.TakeThisOut@spam.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello
>>
>> I'm looking for good and freeware anti-virus software. Any
>> recommendations
>> would be appreciated.
>
>
>
> I'm happy with Avast! on all my machines here.
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup

Ken Blake, MVP · External Since: Jun 02, 2007 Posts: 410

On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:05:38 -0400, "Rick Rogers" <rick DeleteThis @mvps.org>
wrote:

> I've never cared for the performance hit the default settings of Avast!
> gets, Ken. To get reasonable performance the user must make some changes.
> I've found AVG to be easier on the user and the system intially. Another to
> try is Antivir (also free from
> http://www.free-av.com/antivirus/allinonen.html).

Those are good choices too. I don't claim Avast! is the only one to
use. I've never personally noticed any performance hit with Avast,
though. Perhaps it's the settings I use.

I prefer Avast principally for two reasons:

1. They update their definitions very often.

2. You can set it to run a scan whenever the screen saver comes on. No
need to remember to do it periodically.

> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake DeleteThis @this.is.am.invalid.domain> wrote in message
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> > On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:25:42 +0100, "hash" <joeblogg DeleteThis @spam.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hello
> >>
> >> I'm looking for good and freeware anti-virus software. Any
> >> recommendations
> >> would be appreciated.
> >
> >
> >
> > I'm happy with Avast! on all my machines here.
> >
> > --
> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup

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Lord Takyon · External Since: Apr 25, 2007 Posts: 94

"Spirit" <noone.RemoveThis@notthere.net> wrote in message
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> http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
> Avast - Free for Home Use
>
> http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/us/frt/0
> AVG - Free for Home Use
>
> These both work well with Vista however I prefer Avast.
>
> "hash" <joeblogg.RemoveThis@spam.com> wrote in message
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>> Hello
>>
>> I'm looking for good and freeware anti-virus software. Any
>> recommendations would be appreciated.
>>
>> hash
>

Both are good, however I found Avast default install/setup to be more of a
resource drain than AVG. It might be better with a little tweaking. Have
used AVG for years, literally, and never had any problems with it.

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hash · External Since: Jul 20, 2007 Posts: 21

Thanks, I'll choose one or the other.

hash

"Lord Takyon" <takyon.TakeThisOut@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "Spirit" <noone.TakeThisOut@notthere.net> wrote in message
> news:OQuBcs70HHA.4816@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
>> Avast - Free for Home Use
>>
>> http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/us/frt/0
>> AVG - Free for Home Use
>>
>> These both work well with Vista however I prefer Avast.
>>
>> "hash" <joeblogg.TakeThisOut@spam.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23rwPbl70HHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> I'm looking for good and freeware anti-virus software. Any
>>> recommendations would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> hash
>>
>
>
> Both are good, however I found Avast default install/setup to be more of a
> resource drain than AVG. It might be better with a little tweaking. Have
> used AVG for years, literally, and never had any problems with it.
>
> --
> Can't think of a sig at the moment.
> Read this instead.

romanom · External Since: Jun 18, 2007 Posts: 24

Used the following 3 on Vista:

Norton 2007 (came with system/trail software) - Worked well, with no issues,
but it slowed the system down noticeably

McAfee (free from ISP) - HORRIBLE, lots of issues, really taxed the system.
Then it started to interfere with things like the sidebar. 1 week and it was
gone!

AVG Free edition - NICE, best of the 3 by far and no noticeable effects on
any other areas of the system. E-mail working much quicker too and I like the
little certification it adds at the bottom of the e-mails and RSS feeds in
Outlook. A bit ugly in the interface, but simple to figure out. I might
even shell out the bucks and get the Pro edition.

"hash" wrote:

> Hello
>
> I'm looking for good and freeware anti-virus software. Any recommendations
> would be appreciated.
>
> hash
>
>

Marjay · External Since: Jul 21, 2007 Posts: 42

What chages do you recommend making to Avast?? I like it but I think
you may be correct about the resource drain.

On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:05:38 -0400, "Rick Rogers" <rick.TakeThisOut@mvps.org>
wrote:

>I've never cared for the performance hit the default settings of Avast!
>gets, Ken. To get reasonable performance the user must make some changes.
>I've found AVG to be easier on the user and the system intially. Another to
>try is Antivir (also free from
>http://www.free-av.com/antivirus/allinonen.html).

Diamontina Cocktail · External Since: Jun 01, 2006 Posts: 231

Which Vista do you have? I found a load of problems with anti virus programs
and 64 bit edition Vista Ultimate. In the end I found free AVG worked fine
with it and stopped at that. Even paid for programs didn't seem to work
properly with 64 bit and this was a new installation.

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>
> I'm looking for good and freeware anti-virus software. Any
> recommendations would be appreciated.
>
> hash

Diamontina Cocktail · External Since: Jun 01, 2006 Posts: 231

"Lord Takyon" <takyon DeleteThis @blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "Spirit" <noone DeleteThis @notthere.net> wrote in message
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>> http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
>> Avast - Free for Home Use
>>
>> http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/us/frt/0
>> AVG - Free for Home Use
>>
>> These both work well with Vista however I prefer Avast.
>>
>> "hash" <joeblogg DeleteThis @spam.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23rwPbl70HHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> I'm looking for good and freeware anti-virus software. Any
>>> recommendations would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> hash
>>
>
>
> Both are good, however I found Avast default install/setup to be more of a
> resource drain than AVG. It might be better with a little tweaking. Have
> used AVG for years, literally, and never had any problems with it.
>

Just be careful if you do get infected. From testing, I have found that free
AVG finds more and fixes more than Nortons does but neither find as much as
Mcafee. Unfortunately I could find only free AVG to work well on 64 bit
ultimate edition.

Bert Kinney · External Since: Dec 28, 2006 Posts: 109

Hi,

Free antivirus - avast! 4 Home Edition Download
http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org
Member: http://dts-l.org

hash wrote:
> Hello
>
> I'm looking for good and freeware anti-virus software. Any
> recommendations would be appreciated.
>
> hash