After using AVG for years, I'm ready to move on. The latest one is
just so much flash and dash and less substance than before in some
ways. I can't even tell at a glance when it's scanning anymore. But
even more importantly, despite carefully setting options, it doesn't
start scanning reliably, i.e., upon computer startup if time missed.

And I set up that scan to avoid a large drive and yet, it still goes
ahead and scans the drive yet, plain as day, that drive letter is
missing from the drives to scan.

So looking for an alternative as it's time to move on. What other
freeware app have people use that they can recommend? thx ::g::

"MitchellWmA" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> After using AVG for years, I'm ready to move on. The latest one is
> just so much flash and dash and less substance than before in some
> ways. I can't even tell at a glance when it's scanning anymore. But
> even more importantly, despite carefully setting options, it doesn't
> start scanning reliably, i.e., upon computer startup if time missed.
>
> And I set up that scan to avoid a large drive and yet, it still goes
> ahead and scans the drive yet, plain as day, that drive letter is
> missing from the drives to scan.
>
> So looking for an alternative as it's time to move on. What other
> freeware app have people use that they can recommend? thx ::g::

AVG 7.5 always used to ignore the "dont scan at startup if daily scan
missed"....

I have been checking out the alternatives. Avira is good but has a couple of
drawbacks:

i) Its update mechanism is incredibly unreliable (ie, it doesnt)
ii) When it does update it pops up an absurd screen with a mildy threatening
series of pictures and sentences designed to shock customers into buying
their other products. The claims are quite intimidating.
iii) When it carries out the scan, if it comes across what it thinks is a
virus, the scan stops and you have to make a choice. You cannot just leave
it to scan and deal with all the issues at completion.

Gaz

On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:56:43 -0400, MitchellWmA wrote:

> After using AVG for years, I'm ready to move on. The latest one is
> just so much flash and dash and less substance than before in some
> ways. I can't even tell at a glance when it's scanning anymore. But
> even more importantly, despite carefully setting options, it doesn't
> start scanning reliably, i.e., upon computer startup if time missed.
>
> And I set up that scan to avoid a large drive and yet, it still goes
> ahead and scans the drive yet, plain as day, that drive letter is
> missing from the drives to scan.
>
> So looking for an alternative as it's time to move on. What other
> freeware app have people use that they can recommend? thx ::g::

Avira AntiVir® Personal - FREE Antivirus
http://www.free-av.com/
You may wish to consider removing the 'AntiVir Nagscreen'
http://www.elitekiller.com/files/dis...ntivir_nag.htm
or
Free antivirus - avast! 4 Home Edition
It includes ANTI-SPYWARE protection, certified by the West Coast Labs
Checkmark process, and ANTI-ROOTKIT DETECTION based on the best-in class
GMER technology.
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
(Choose Custom Installation and under Resident
Protection, uncheck: Internet Mail and Outlook/Exchange.)

Why You Don't Need Your Anti-Virus Program to Scan Your E-Mail
http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tuto...ning/index.htm
Viral Irony: The Most Common Cause of Corruption.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...orruption.mspx

and (optional but highly recommendable)

On-demand AV applications.
(add them to your arsenal and use them as a "second opinion" av scanner).
David H. Lipman's MULTI_AV Tool
http://www.pctipp.ch/ds/28400/28470/Multi_AV.exe
http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
English:
http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/...irus-for-free/
Additional Instructions:
http://pcdid.com/Multi_AV.htm
and/or
BitDefender10 Free Edition (*NOT FOR VISTA*)
http://www.bitdefender.com/PRODUCT-1...e-Edition.html

Per MitchellWmA:
>After using AVG for years, I'm ready to move on.

Avast' freebie version has been good to me for a couple years
now.
--
PeteCresswell

Same here..I like Avast and I DO NOT drink my own ****...
But whiskey straight is OK by me....sure beats ****.

--
Little Charlie
www.little-charlies-mississippi-blues.com



"(PeteCresswell)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...

> Per MitchellWmA:

>>After using AVG for years, I'm ready to move on.

>
> Avast' freebie version has been good to me for a couple years
> now.
> --
> PeteCresswell

Don't have a free antivirus to recommend, but I can recommend a free
spyware scanner.

http://www.superantispyware.com

Superantispyware free edition is a great spyware scanner and will find
all kinds of problems. It is not any type of real-time application, you
have to manually scan your computer, unless you want to pay for the
professional version.

If I were you I would get Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0. I think it is
much better than avg or avast, or any free antivirus out there. You can
activate a 30-day trial to see if you like it.

http://www.kaspersky.com

I've used these two in combination for a while on my computer and both
work great.

JM

MitchellWmA wrote:
> After using AVG for years, I'm ready to move on. The latest one is
> just so much flash and dash and less substance than before in some
> ways. I can't even tell at a glance when it's scanning anymore. But
> even more importantly, despite carefully setting options, it doesn't
> start scanning reliably, i.e., upon computer startup if time missed.
>
> And I set up that scan to avoid a large drive and yet, it still goes
> ahead and scans the drive yet, plain as day, that drive letter is
> missing from the drives to scan.
>
> So looking for an alternative as it's time to move on. What other
> freeware app have people use that they can recommend? thx ::g::

Kayman wrote:

> Avira AntiVir® Personal - FREE Antivirus
> http://www.free-av.com/
> You may wish to consider removing the 'AntiVir Nagscreen'
> http://www.elitekiller.com/files/dis...ntivir_nag.htm
> or
> Free antivirus - avast! 4 Home Edition
> It includes ANTI-SPYWARE protection, certified by the West Coast Labs
> Checkmark process, and ANTI-ROOTKIT DETECTION based on the best-in class
> GMER technology.
> http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
> (Choose Custom Installation and under Resident
> Protection, uncheck: Internet Mail and Outlook/Exchange.)
>
> Why You Don't Need Your Anti-Virus Program to Scan Your E-Mail
> http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tuto...ning/index.htm
> Viral Irony: The Most Common Cause of Corruption.
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...orruption.mspx
>
> and (optional but highly recommendable)
>
> On-demand AV applications.
> (add them to your arsenal and use them as a "second opinion" av scanner).
> David H. Lipman's MULTI_AV Tool
> http://www.pctipp.ch/ds/28400/28470/Multi_AV.exe
> http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
> English:
> http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/...irus-for-free/
> Additional Instructions:
> http://pcdid.com/Multi_AV.htm
> and/or
> BitDefender10 Free Edition (*NOT FOR VISTA*)
> http://www.bitdefender.com/PRODUCT-1...e-Edition.html

Thanks, Kayman! That's really helpful, generous, and much appreciated.
I've been using AVG for 10 years. My ISP (Virgin) offers PCGuard as
part of my computer but it's a wonky program and while I had it on my
computer it started making my XP unstable for the first time ever, so
I've cleaned it off. Look forward to running Avira.

On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:09:57 +0100, Eddy wrote:

> Kayman wrote:
>
>> Avira AntiVir® Personal - FREE Antivirus
>> http://www.free-av.com/
>> You may wish to consider removing the 'AntiVir Nagscreen'
>> http://www.elitekiller.com/files/dis...ntivir_nag.htm
>> or
>> Free antivirus - avast! 4 Home Edition
>> It includes ANTI-SPYWARE protection, certified by the West Coast Labs
>> Checkmark process, and ANTI-ROOTKIT DETECTION based on the best-in class
>> GMER technology.
>> http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
>> (Choose Custom Installation and under Resident
>> Protection, uncheck: Internet Mail and Outlook/Exchange.)
>>
>> Why You Don't Need Your Anti-Virus Program to Scan Your E-Mail
>> http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tuto...ning/index.htm
>> Viral Irony: The Most Common Cause of Corruption.
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...orruption.mspx
>>
>> and (optional but highly recommendable)
>>
>> On-demand AV applications.
>> (add them to your arsenal and use them as a "second opinion" av scanner).
>> David H. Lipman's MULTI_AV Tool
>> http://www.pctipp.ch/ds/28400/28470/Multi_AV.exe
>> http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
>> English:
>> http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/...irus-for-free/
>> Additional Instructions:
>> http://pcdid.com/Multi_AV.htm
>> and/or
>> BitDefender10 Free Edition (*NOT FOR VISTA*)
>> http://www.bitdefender.com/PRODUCT-1...e-Edition.html
>
> Thanks, Kayman! That's really helpful, generous, and much appreciated.
> I've been using AVG for 10 years. My ISP (Virgin) offers PCGuard as
> part of my computer but it's a wonky program and while I had it on my
> computer it started making my XP unstable for the first time ever, so
> I've cleaned it off. Look forward to running Avira.

YW. Credit should go to the authors of these wonderful (free) applications.
I am only a 'messenger' :-)

On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:43:41 +0100, "Gaz" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>"MitchellWmA" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> After using AVG for years, I'm ready to move on. The latest one is
>> just so much flash and dash and less substance than before in some
>> ways. I can't even tell at a glance when it's scanning anymore. But
>> even more importantly, despite carefully setting options, it doesn't
>> start scanning reliably, i.e., upon computer startup if time missed.
>>
>> And I set up that scan to avoid a large drive and yet, it still goes
>> ahead and scans the drive yet, plain as day, that drive letter is
>> missing from the drives to scan.
>>
>> So looking for an alternative as it's time to move on. What other
>> freeware app have people use that they can recommend? thx ::g::
>
>AVG 7.5 always used to ignore the "dont scan at startup if daily scan
>missed"....
>
>I have been checking out the alternatives. Avira is good but has a couple of
>drawbacks:
>
>i) Its update mechanism is incredibly unreliable (ie, it doesnt)
>ii) When it does update it pops up an absurd screen with a mildy threatening
>series of pictures and sentences designed to shock customers into buying
>their other products. The claims are quite intimidating.
>iii) When it carries out the scan, if it comes across what it thinks is a
>virus, the scan stops and you have to make a choice. You cannot just leave
>it to scan and deal with all the issues at completion.
>
>Gaz

The last is a problem. But I'll keep it in mind. Thanks.

On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:02:00 +0700, Kayman
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:56:43 -0400, MitchellWmA wrote:
>
>> After using AVG for years, I'm ready to move on. The latest one is
>> just so much flash and dash and less substance than before in some
>> ways. I can't even tell at a glance when it's scanning anymore. But
>> even more importantly, despite carefully setting options, it doesn't
>> start scanning reliably, i.e., upon computer startup if time missed.
>>
>> And I set up that scan to avoid a large drive and yet, it still goes
>> ahead and scans the drive yet, plain as day, that drive letter is
>> missing from the drives to scan.
>>
>> So looking for an alternative as it's time to move on. What other
>> freeware app have people use that they can recommend? thx ::g::
>
>Avira AntiVir® Personal - FREE Antivirus
>http://www.free-av.com/
>You may wish to consider removing the 'AntiVir Nagscreen'
>http://www.elitekiller.com/files/dis...ntivir_nag.htm
>or
>Free antivirus - avast! 4 Home Edition
>It includes ANTI-SPYWARE protection, certified by the West Coast Labs
>Checkmark process, and ANTI-ROOTKIT DETECTION based on the best-in class
>GMER technology.
>http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
>(Choose Custom Installation and under Resident
>Protection, uncheck: Internet Mail and Outlook/Exchange.)
>
>Why You Don't Need Your Anti-Virus Program to Scan Your E-Mail
>http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tuto...ning/index.htm
>Viral Irony: The Most Common Cause of Corruption.
>http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...orruption.mspx
>
>and (optional but highly recommendable)
>
>On-demand AV applications.
>(add them to your arsenal and use them as a "second opinion" av scanner).
>David H. Lipman's MULTI_AV Tool
>http://www.pctipp.ch/ds/28400/28470/Multi_AV.exe
>http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
>English:
>http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/...irus-for-free/
>Additional Instructions:
>http://pcdid.com/Multi_AV.htm
>and/or
>BitDefender10 Free Edition (*NOT FOR VISTA*)
>http://www.bitdefender.com/PRODUCT-1...e-Edition.html

Wow, thanks for the great info. Will check them out.