Anti Virus Software

**A face** · 19/11/2006, 9:56 AM

Just wondering what people are using, i am using AVG Free Edition but they are payment only on the 15th of Jan 2007. Anyone know of anymore freeware Anti Virus programmes ??

**pete** · 19/11/2006, 2:03 PM

I use AVG too. Was unaware they will be ending free edition.

**Darco Ooragnak** · 19/11/2006, 2:20 PM

Should find what you want here:-

http://www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/security/fwvirus.html

**highlight100** · 19/11/2006, 3:55 PM

http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

Avast home edition is what i use and i never had any problem with it

**A face** · 19/11/2006, 6:16 PM

Originally Posted by pete

I use AVG too. Was unaware they will be ending free edition.

Yeah, it seems mad to be honest .... freeware (because everyone and his mother uses it) is the best way of finding what viruses are doing the rounds and profiling them to get a signature. Thats what makes their other packages so good.

**$Leon$** · 19/11/2006, 9:10 PM

They are changing from version 7.1 to 7.5.
You can get a freeware version of 7.5

**Gerrit** · 23/11/2006, 4:09 AM

I have AVG too, hope they do indeed have that new version as freeware, as I'm very glad with AVG. Never had any issues with virusses, despite visiting some 'dangerous' sites (no questions about the nature of the sites please!!

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An alternative worth checking: www.antivir.de , also freeware. A German friend of mine uses it for several years now, and never had any issues with virusses.
Also, there's a Dutch freeware provider who has an all-in-one protection that combines anti-spyware with anti-virus. I will check if I find the URL where one can download.

**Schumi** · 23/11/2006, 11:22 AM

There is a free version of AVG 7.5. I downloaded it earlier this week.

**Over the post** · 23/11/2006, 11:45 AM

Avast is the business. It's also a fairly compact programme and takes up less space.

**Peadar** · 23/11/2006, 2:46 PM

Never use free stuff, because basically, I never need to.
Trend Micro Internet Security 2007
Norton Internet Security 2007
McAfee Internet Security Suite

**Jaime** · 23/11/2006, 2:58 PM

I normally use AVG as well, although at the moment I'm still on a 90 day trial of Norton with the new laptop, I'm dreading to think how long it will take me to uninstall all the memory-hogging parts of Norton's in order to install AVG free.

**A face** · 10/01/2007, 9:03 PM

AVG Upgrade to 7.5 .... get in there people, five days left.

**monzo** · 14/01/2007, 12:56 AM

I use AVG like the majority here but also use Adaware quite often, as well as Skybot from time to time. Unfortunately after clicking a link on Msn Messenger a while back a virus came with it so that was the end of my Messenger days... Just a warning for people to never ever click on a link which says 'is this u? :P [/link]' as it does bring a lot of hassle.

**anto1208** · 15/01/2007, 1:22 PM

i use Zone alarms by far the best
i also have AVG , Trend micro for spyware , and CCshredder for clearing out the hard disk .

**Peadar** · 15/01/2007, 1:30 PM

I use Trend Micro Neat Suite and Microsoft Windows Defender. I also steer clear of dodgy websites. I never browse the Internet using an account with Administrative privillages and therefore it's very difficult for malicious software to run on my machine.