ReflectedLight Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 does anybody know of any free pc virus protection online? i think i tried avast once but looking for others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonatine Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 AVG is good and free http://download.cnet.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Fr...4-10320142.html as is Spybot http://download.cnet.com/Spyware-Doctor/30...4-10293212.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReflectedLight Posted October 6, 2009 Author Share Posted October 6, 2009 QUOTE (Sonatine @ Oct 5 2009, 04:36 PM) AVG is good and free http://download.cnet.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Fr...4-10320142.html as is Spybot http://download.cnet.com/Spyware-Doctor/30...4-10293212.html thanks i'll try it out. do you know anything about a free microsoft virus protection? someone mentioned to me that if you go on the microsoft website you can download a basic protection program. i didn't see anything on there though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonatine Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 Here's the Microsoft AV Link http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/default.aspx and also http://onecare.live.com/site/en-us/default.htm?s_cid=sah I can't comment on how effect either of these products are, as I've never tried them. I just stick to tried and trusted, such as Spybot, Avast and AVG. In any case, having too many resident AV services running concurrently on your machine, will only cause lockouts, system resource problems and other conflicts. So best not have too many running at the same time good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesweetscience Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 QUOTE (Sonatine @ Oct 5 2009, 05:36 PM) AVG is good and free http://download.cnet.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Fr...4-10320142.html as is Spybot http://download.cnet.com/Spyware-Doctor/30...4-10293212.html And just to be clear, Spybot is malware protection not anti-virus protection. Use it in conjunction with an anti-virus program. Malwarebytes is another good malware program too use in conjunction with your anti-virus. Here is a list of different av software and some comparison testing for ease of use and effectiveness. Some are free and some are not but its a good measuring stick for choosing an effective av software. Antivirus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Test4VitalSigns Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 I use Avast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesweetscience Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 QUOTE (Test4VitalSigns @ Oct 6 2009, 10:17 AM) I use Avast. I do too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softfilter Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 QUOTE (thesweetscience @ Oct 6 2009, 10:30 AM) QUOTE (Test4VitalSigns @ Oct 6 2009, 10:17 AM) I use Avast. I do too. me three. Avast has been perfect, computer was contaminated with deep virus and my payed McAfee protection was damaged couldn't move forward and repair. Done a little research compared the free ones( had spybot b4 thought it sucked) Ended my automatic renewal with McAfee, what a major headache that was! Talk about getting the run around.... Installed Avast destroyed virus problem in a matter of minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush Cocky Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 AVG and Spybot both suck, IMO. The old versions were much better, but the new ones are far too intrusive, IMO. Try Avira....I just put that one on my new hard drive, and it's pretty darn good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barney_rebel Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 I've had this installed on Windows 7, and it's not bad at all: http://www.microsoft.com/Security_Essentials/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Sawyer Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 QUOTE (barney_rebel @ Oct 22 2009, 05:21 PM) I've had this installed on Windows 7, and it's not bad at all: http://www.microsoft.com/Security_Essentials/ I use Avast, my concern with Essentials (just as was with Onelivecare) is that malicious attackes seem to follow Microsoft while leaving other software alone, for the most part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobodys hero Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 QUOTE (Test4VitalSigns @ Oct 6 2009, 07:17 AM) I use Avast. My Trend Micro Anti-Virus just expired I will try Avast. Hope I don't have any problems using it on Vista Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tick Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 QUOTE (Sonatine @ Oct 5 2009, 05:36 PM) AVG is good and free http://download.cnet.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Fr...4-10320142.html as is Spybot http://download.cnet.com/Spyware-Doctor/30...4-10293212.html AVG is what I use. Its the bees knees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboGames Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 No anti-virus installed on my netbook.... of course I am using Linux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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