Free Virus Protection !!!

hi have just uninstalled the mcaffe program that was already installed on my dell 6400, as the trail version has ended.
so i am no longer protected, can you recommend which free protection i can download.
i used to have avg on an old laptop, is that ok ?

any links would be useful

thanks guys.

also pc world has norton anti virus for £19.99 is this any good?

 

I use and recommend AVG antivirus. It does a pretty good job, and best of all its not a resource hog. Plus, its completely free.

 

i second avg.

 

seconded. However, Avast is very good also

 

AVG is free and does a great job.

 

thanks, i have just installed avg free, now do i need spyware also.
i see that avg do a free spyware OR
adaware free spyware

which do you recommend?
or alternatives

 

only use one firewall, only one antivirus app, but feel free to use multiple antispyware apps. adaware is great.

 

Avast, AVG are great free antivirus "thirded"

 

AVG/Avast/Avira free edition.

 

. spyware blaster - small footprint, at start and no peeking in the background
. BOCLEAN - part of comodo, is also cool

cheers ...

 

I must give a mention to Avira free edition too.

 

avg is good if you're looking for a free one.
however, it is not that good in detecting viruses.
if you're looking for something that has a high detection rate, i'd suggest nod32, kaspersky or bitdefender. however, these three are not free

 

use avast........

 

For anti-spyware the tried and trusted are Spybot S&D and Ad Aware. It is oft recommended that you run two different anti-spyware programs, as not a single solution can completely clean your computer.

 

On Vista, this is what I use.

 

Avast home edition is terrific. Dont use avg, the fine folks at grisoft are well not exactly fine folks.

Spyware-Spybot search and destroy and spywareblaster. Don't think adaware is vista compatible yet.

 

Do both the AVG Antispyware and Adaware. Also Spybot.

 

I've been recommending and even selling AVG products (AVG Pro, & multi-user license versions for network environments) for years now. You're literally the first person out of thousands I've ever heard say something negative about AVG, and Grisoft specifically. Care to elaborate?

Good advice there, and Adaware 2007 is not yet Vista compatible (which is actually kinda funny, since that was supposed to be the whole purpose behind the 2007 release). Also throw AVG anti-spyware and Spyware Doctor into the mix as good choices.

 

AVG. Tests show it has one of the worst detection rates.

Grisoft probably got thousands of their employees going around the 'net telling everyone that AVG is the best and they should use it.

Sure its free. But if your looking for something that is free and has a far better detection rate then AVG, Antivir is decent.

 

Well, I don't work for AVG and I've used it for 3-4 years without a problem. Used PCcillin, McAffee and Norton before that. They cost a lot, hogged resources and did no better than AVG. Matter of fact Norton and McAfee both failed me and AVG never has. If AVG missed a virus you think I'd know it by now. You have any experiences to back up your negative comments?

Grisoft has thousands of employees? I doubt that. Surely you exagerate for effect.

As a matter of fact, Grisoft has around 200 emloyees worldwide.

http://www.grisoft.com/doc/40965/us/crp/6

 

Don't forget spyware.

I'd download Lavasoft Adaware SE, or better, Windows Defender. I personally think you should buy a decent AntiVirus software. When you have a nasty virus, you would be grateful that you bought AV software, rather than using freeware.

I recommend Eset NOD32.

 

I use avg and spybot search and destroy as my freebie safety tools. I like avast portable version which can be run off a usb flash drive.

 

AVG
Avast! is good but constantly scanning so its a recource hog

 

I've not observed that avast! scans constantly. It is not looking unless something new comes it's way. It does have real-time on-access scanning, after all.

 

NOD32 is great, but avg and avast run laps around paid AV software like norton and mcafee

 

i use avg, window defender (for realtime protection), and ad-aware 07

 

It doesn't matter if Grisoft has 200 or 200,000 employees. Bottom line is their free product sucks at detecting viruses compared to other AV, free or not. Its the worst at detecting and if you don't believe me, here:

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Makes sense that a Sony fanboy would bash a company that gives away free product

firedawg (and anyone else wondering) AVG does a fine job.

 

AVG is the best anti-virus program I've ever used. It's the only AV I install on my parents' computers. With that, Firefox, and adblock, viruses don't stand a chance.

 

LOL @ the blind people in here.

Either that or yall are just refusing to click that link and face the truth.

 

I clicked the link, I could provide many others that say the opposite.

I've installed AVG on literally THOUSANDS of PCs over several years. You know how many of those have come back re-infected? Far fewer than came in with Norton/McCrapfee and were infected in the first place.

 

AVG is a great virus scanner, but if you insist on a "paid" one, you can get norton for free from google.

I personally use AVG and its the best that i've ever used in my opinion.

 

I don't see why you would want to run an AV that is clinically proven to have a poorer detection rate then that of free AV such as Avast and Antivir.

AVG has what, 1 shield? A resident shield I believe?

Avast provides you with 6, 7 shields AND a better detection rate.




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Look at that. Friggin 8%. If you look at the whole chart, you clearly see AVG is the lowest. Compared to Avast, the number of False positives that show up are greater than that of Avast. It's scanning speed is even slower. Im not sure if thats the case for you or not but it was in my case. And this just proves it.

So, these tests show that AVG is a poor AV compared to other AV, free or not.

If you want to continue to refuse to accept this fact, then its all good. Whatever floats your boat.

I prefer to run an AV that can actually have a decent chance of stopping/catching a virus.

Yes, it does do a fine job.




A fine job of failing to have decent detection rates.

 

^ LOL. With the amount of time you're spending spreading FUD against AVG, I hope you're getting paid a sum.

 

AVG is pretty good. don't forget zonealarm's basic firewall. it's free, and a lot better than microsoft's.

 

Nope. Just want other people to have a well equipped and decent AV to keep their expensive notebooks running well.

 

I agree with Blackmamba, AVG is a good anti-virus scanner but it doesn't have the highest detection rate when compared to scanners like AVIRA's AntiVir.

As for spyware scanners, its good to use ad-aware and spybot but theres also a little known scanner called A-squared that works just as good or maybe better then the ad-aware, spybot combo. I run all three sometimes and they do the trick.

 

Not sure if someone allready posted this but this is what i run after a long night of looking for hacks and um other stuff
it seems to find alot of crap
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

i allways click the select my own kernal then select housecall kernal

 

Active Virus Shield
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/Active-Virus-Shield.shtmlt

 

Don't know where this comparison came from, but real world I have run AVG for 3-4 years on three boxes and have not had a single problem. Couldn't ask for more. So use Avaast if it makes you feel better, but I can see no reason to change.

Did you get a virus using AVG or did Avaast just report one AVG didn't?

 

^That comparison came from this.

It was already posted.


And yes, Avast detected a trojan in a .zip file a while back after AVG missed it. I had AVG installed at that moment and running. I then installed Avast to test it out and did a full-scan. Surely enough, it caught the trojan that AVG missed.

And yes, at that time, I was pretty satisfied and happy with AVG.

Not anymore. And those comparison results in that link proves it.

 

What you are referring and unlawfully linking to are the retrospective or proactive test results which is based on detecting malware without definitions based on generic and heuristic techniques. In simpler terms, detecting new viruses before the definitions are updated to include them specifically.

Now, AVG is known for having a poor heuristic system in comparison, but it does a very good job at on-demand scanning. It actually scores a bit higher in on-demand tests than Avast! if you would take the time to check. Even in the retrospective tests Avast! doesn't perform amazingly. I'm surprised that you aren't talking about AntiVir as it scores higher than both and there is a free version. All three of these programs and their free cousins do excellent jobs. So, stop giving blind praise and criticism over something you clearly know little about. If you want to use one program over another that is fine, but don't throw out wild statements and go against the wishes of another site.

By the way, I use AVG due to my familiarity with it and run ClamWin on a flash drive as a backup. However, I freely suggest all four of the programs I've mentioned because they're all outstanding products... and free!