ROCKY13 2011/04/26 09:47
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.
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.
b0ws3r 2011/04/30 09:43
MSE works good on this netbook I double check with malewarebytes atlest once a month
MSE works good on this netbook I double check with malewarebytes atlest once a month
Password 2011/10/27 08:53
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 -_-
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 -_-
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