** Which is the Best Free Antivirus?

ROCKY13 OP

Apr 26, 2011 09:47

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Many people ask us for free alternatives to subscription based anti-virus and anti-spyware programs. For anti-virus I use avast (avast.com). It's free for personal use and I have been running it on more than 10 machines for years now, without issue. The only thing I recommend is that once it's installed, go through and setup the preferences to remove audio alerts and other things like that. Also, make sure to let it scan the entire hard drive when you first install. You'll be surprised how many viruses have appeared on even a relatively new machine in a pretty short amount of time. For anti-spyware I recommend ad-aware. They have a great free version and you can download it at lavasoft.com. Another option if you don't want to download something right away is the free anti-virus scan provided by Trend Micro. You can access it at housecall.trendmicro.com. IMO, AVG (http://free.avg.com/) works well enough, but it can be a bit buggy. For example it hasn't been updating properly lately so I have to right click the icon in the toolbar and tell it to update manually. Also, it may be that my system is getting older, but it seems like scans last for ever! I have them set to run on Saturday afternoon, so I normally miss them, but they can crank on for over two hours. That said, I haven't had a virus problem as long as I've had it installed so I can't really complain.

Enrique

Apr 26, 2011 10:41

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quick heal. . . .avast sucks more than u. . .

jokie

Apr 26, 2011 21:11

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Im use Avast since 5 year ago smiley

Joker

Apr 28, 2011 20:21

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avast, its free and not heavy on pc

____THe.bosS

Apr 29, 2011 00:47

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Avg ,i have avg antivirus and validate 2019 ,

ROCKY13 OP

Apr 29, 2011 12:57

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Enrique: quick heal. . . .avast sucks more than u. . .

Thats y virus like u afraid of me smiley

b0ws3r

Apr 30, 2011 09:43

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MSE works good on this netbook I double check with malewarebytes atlest once a month

greenpark

Apr 30, 2011 16:13

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i thing avast is better antivirus

Thapasya

May 2, 2011 14:57

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nice nd usefull tips txz

BhAnUSaNdEeP

May 4, 2011 04:24

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Avast

FalleN

May 16, 2011 01:19

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I use norton, It's really the best if your system can handle it. smiley

Topcat1

May 27, 2011 07:31

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Avest n kaspersky rocks 4 me !

Rita

Jun 19, 2011 07:38

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On my way to avas.com

allexclusive

Jun 20, 2011 01:27

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Quickheal Total Sequrity

kazzy

Jun 25, 2011 21:38

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well i quick download it

craazy

Oct 20, 2011 08:05

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avg

Password

Oct 27, 2011 08:53

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I personally use AVG but it's Firewall blocks almost every connection traffic so gets internet slower.. almost every antivirus has good heuristic but the worst virus is the only one antivirus will never be able to clean.. the user -_-

fabulousmark

Nov 6, 2011 16:22

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Norton

Jill

Nov 16, 2011 15:27

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Avg is better.. As per me..

Dave

Nov 21, 2011 12:52

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