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Poison Ivy · Jul 30, 2006, 06:14 PM // 18:14

Aye, total says it all, and it would be nice if they were free

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Viginti Tres · Jul 30, 2006, 06:31 PM // 18:31

if you're looking for free, i can recommend AVG Antivirus (http://www.grisoft.com)

if you don't mind paying a little bit, Bitdefender (http://www.bitdefender.com) has a better virus engine IMO, and the Pro version comes with a robust suite of tools like antispam and firewall.

hope that helps.

RevMaynard · Jul 30, 2006, 06:47 PM // 18:47

I use Avast, it is free and updates itself 2-3x per week.

http://www.avast.com/

you can schedule boot scan also, very helpful for the peskiest viruses.

it's free but you have to register it once a year through e-mail, which isn't bad at all

I've been using it for quite a while now

Loviatar · Jul 30, 2006, 06:50 PM // 18:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by Viginti Tres

if you're looking for free, i can recommend AVG Antivirus (http://www.grisoft.com)

hope that helps.

i traded in my paid etrust antivirus for AVG free when both pc magazine and maximum pc gave it higher ratings.

as for free firewalls it is hard to go wrong with either of these

http://www.zonelabs.com/store/conten...n&lid=nav_z a

this is a pc magazine top choice and free as well

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1969207,00.asp

Hockster · Jul 30, 2006, 06:56 PM // 18:56

AVG Free is great. It works, and you can't beat the price.
http://free.grisoft.com

This is a newer one that seems to be getting some good reviews:
http://www.free-av.com/

awesome sauce · Jul 30, 2006, 08:21 PM // 20:21

Me and my friend used several antivirus programs on his computer after he downloaded a bunch of crap off limewire. The free online norton scan found 3, windows defender found 2, and avg found....0, so i'm not so sure how great it is.

Poison Ivy · Jul 30, 2006, 08:27 PM // 20:27

Oh, don't bother with windows defender, here I am setting some options on windows defener on when to scan my computer for crap, and 3 pop us come up. Also it can't remove a strange adware for some reason.

I'll have a look on those software you guys suggested, thanks! Should keep me safe for quite a while

mrcake · Jul 30, 2006, 08:29 PM // 20:29

use avast or avg.

if you want to spend some cash get NOD32, awesome av program.

awesome sauce · Jul 30, 2006, 08:32 PM // 20:32

If it's adware you should be able to remove it yourself. Just go to add/remove programs and look for anything suspicious like viewpoint media.

Viginti Tres · Jul 30, 2006, 09:03 PM // 21:03

for adware, i use Ad-Aware and Spybot. however, i've noticed some new malware and trojans that can interfere with their scans, so you might want to experiment with other less-popular programs.

Tarun · Jul 31, 2006, 03:14 AM // 03:14

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