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Posted by StereoPrincess on Oct-05-2004 12:35:

Free antivirus software anyone?

I did a search on this site and nothing came up.

What is the best free anti-virus program out there currently?

I don't like MacAfee too much because it seriously slows down my computer.

Posted by Lira on Oct-05-2004 12:36:

AVG from Grisoft

Posted by AnotherWay83 on Oct-05-2004 12:37:

you should've tried google instead (macafee isn't free)

theres one called AVG and another called AntiVir...both are pretty good...and there are others too...just search google

Posted by StereoPrincess on Oct-05-2004 12:42:

quote:
Originally posted by AnotherWay83
you should've tried google instead (macafee isn't free)

theres one called AVG and another called AntiVir...both are pretty good...and there are others too...just search google

yeah but i don't get feedback on google.

and i'm so old that i remember mcafee being free but i now realize it's not.

Posted by igottaknow on Oct-05-2004 13:19:

I have a "free" life time subscription to norton (i delete the expiration registry setting every 6 months)

Posted by StereoPrincess on Oct-05-2004 13:27:

quote:
Originally posted by igottaknow
I have a "free" life time subscription to norton (i delete the expiration registry setting every 6 months)

hee hee. that's smart.

if i did that i would probably delete something important and have everything backwards on my computer.

Posted by A.J. on Oct-05-2004 13:28:

Try "Antivir" - i use it and it's great!

Posted by igottaknow on Oct-05-2004 13:32:

quote:
Originally posted by StereoPrincess
hee hee. that's smart.

if i did that i would probably delete something important and have everything backwards on my computer.

my bro is the smart one, he told me how to do it. but seriously i would buy norton its only $35 and its worth every penny, i just dont agree with this subscription bull.

Posted by AnotherWay83 on Oct-05-2004 15:11:

quote:
Originally posted by igottaknow
my bro is the smart one, he told me how to do it. but seriously i would buy norton its only $35 and its worth every penny, i just dont agree with this subscription bull.

why dont you agree with it? writing code to detect and tackle viruses is top-notch stuff, not something any average programmer can do...or do expertly, anyway...

Posted by igottaknow on Oct-05-2004 15:22:

quote:
Originally posted by AnotherWay83
why dont you agree with it? writing code to detect and tackle viruses is top-notch stuff, not something any average programmer can do...or do expertly, anyway...

over the years i've bought a number of versions of norton so i dont feel that bad, maybe i'm just rationalizing it.

Posted by tribu on Oct-05-2004 15:51:

quote:
Originally posted by AnotherWay83
why dont you agree with it? writing code to detect and tackle viruses is top-notch stuff, not something any average programmer can do...or do expertly, anyway...

Doesnt this raise the question of who is releasing the viruses? Are there really disgruntled computer programmers out there writing sophisticated viruses in an attempt to bring down the worlds computing networks? Or are companies like Symantic (owner of Norton) Mcafee, and other profiteering companies paying people to supply viruses for them. What better way to keep a market alive and active by regularly releasing new viruses, so much so that people are required to pay for a subscription to anti-virus definitions. Yes, this is conspiracy theorish, but its been that kind of week...

Posted by ShadoWolf on Oct-05-2004 16:01:

Norton, hands down. Don't even look at any other program.

edit: I know it's not free, but it's well worth the cost. The only issue I have is that it takes a while to load up on startup. But that's a small price to pay.

Posted by starlabs on Oct-05-2004 16:57:

quote:
Originally posted by Lira
AVG from Grisoft

Been using that too, seems to work fine. Caught a few email viruses in Outlook (was using it at work - I avoid using VirusLook, er Outlook, when I can)

Posted by StereoPrincess on Oct-05-2004 17:11:

quote:
Originally posted by ShadoWolf
Norton, hands down. Don't even look at any other program.

edit: I know it's not free, but it's well worth the cost. The only issue I have is that it takes a while to load up on startup. But that's a small price to pay.

ok, i got some version of norton through the uni. i think that should work for now the only thing is that it doesn't do anything for emails. and there are times that i get a bunch of viruses through email. they come in swells.

Posted by Transporter on Oct-05-2004 18:03:

GET AVG antivirus www.grisoft.com

Posted by midaV on Oct-05-2004 18:34:

check your pm's 'igottaknow'

Posted by Jordan Stevens on Oct-05-2004 19:17:

there all free if u know what ur doing

Posted by [N]�k|��[Z] on Oct-05-2004 20:04:

i wouldnt wipe my arse in nortons if it was in paper format... more trouble than tis worth.

http://housecall.trendmicro.com ...all you need

works for me everytime... particularly great if you are able to delete stuff manually

Posted by D-res on Oct-05-2004 21:24:

http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/

AVG from Grisoft ownz. i love it. ive used it forever and i've never had problems

Posted by smokeape on Oct-05-2004 23:47:

Get an evaluation copy of Norton, like Norton 2002 or 2003 and set your system date for like 2006 before you install it. After installation, reset the system date back to normal and it should be good for virus signature updates for a couple more years. Shhh... don't tell anyone.

[[[smoke]]]

Posted by twisted on Oct-06-2004 04:23:

no a free, tiny program, that works Very well, is F-prot...just do a google search and you'll come up with it for sure...

Posted by MERLIN on Oct-06-2004 05:58:

i heard AVG is one of the best free antivirus programs out there. on a side note i'm using sygate firewall which is supposed to be the best free firewall out there. i hear kerio firewall is good too, but that costs money.

back on topic, i used to buy norton every year. then i got tired of dropping ~80 for systemworks, so i started getting it from a different means.