Can anyone please suggest a good free antivirus?
I'm tired of paying for norton.

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Surfer Joe <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
> Can anyone please suggest a good free antivirus?
> I'm tired of paying for norton.

AVG

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On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:09:42 +0000, Surfer Joe <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

> Can anyone please suggest a good free antivirus?
> I'm tired of paying for norton.


Besides the cost of Norton, it's probably the *worst* anti-virus
program available.

The two best freeware programs are Avast and Avira. Avg is another
choice that isn't too bad, but is much inferior to either Avast or
Avira.

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And you going to use an antivirus program just because we say so?
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Surfer Joe wrote:
> Can anyone please suggest a good free antivirus?
> I'm tired of paying for norton.

On 21 Feb 2010, Leonard Grey <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize:

> And you going to use an antivirus program just because we say so?

And you make mangle sentance like typewriter monkey?

On 2/21/2010 6:09 PM, Surfer Joe wrote:
> Can anyone please suggest a good free antivirus?
> I'm tired of paying for norton.

There are several to choose from. Best thing is to download them and
try them out for yourself and decide which is right for you. Here's a
list of some popular free antivirus programs:

Microsoft Security Essentials: http://www.microsoft.com/Security_Essentials/
Avast!: http://www.avast.com/index
AVG: http://free.avg.com/us-en/homepage

I'm sure that you will get recommendations for other programs as well...

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Timestamp: Sunday, February 21, 2010 9:41:29 PM

Lern grammer and speling befor you criticizse otherz.

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: And you make mangle sentance like typewriter monkey?

On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:41:34 -0600, Roy Smith <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

> On 2/21/2010 6:09 PM, Surfer Joe wrote:
> > Can anyone please suggest a good free antivirus?
> > I'm tired of paying for norton.
>
> There are several to choose from. Best thing is to download them and
> try them out for yourself and decide which is right for you.


Trying them yourself and deciding which is right for you is excellent
advice for almost all kinds of software. But the one kind of software
where I think it's poor advice (very poor advice) is security
software. The don't all work equally well, and it's very difficult to
determine for yourself how well each of them works.

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On 22/02/2010 15:02, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
>
> On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:41:34 -0600, Roy Smith<(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>> On 2/21/2010 6:09 PM, Surfer Joe wrote:
>>> Can anyone please suggest a good free antivirus?
>>> I'm tired of paying for norton.
>>
>> There are several to choose from. Best thing is to download them and
>> try them out for yourself and decide which is right for you.
>
>
> Trying them yourself and deciding which is right for you is excellent
> advice for almost all kinds of software. But the one kind of software
> where I think it's poor advice (very poor advice) is security
> software. The don't all work equally well, and it's very difficult to
> determine for yourself how well each of them works.
>

yeah, I don't have a clue if they work or not or what they're doing, so
it's useless to try them out to see which I like.

In this case, it's not like downloading photoshop and gimp and seeing
which one I prefer, so I'm happy to see if some consensus emerges from
my question.
I had heard nice things about agv.

One thing I don't want is to load a bunch of them on my computer and
then have all their crap lingering in there after I unistall the programs.

"I had heard nice things about agv."

You're the first one. Even Google doesn't know an antivirus program
called agv.

If your idea is to choose security software based on the consensus of
anonymous visitors who happen to be reading the newsgroup at the time,
any or all of whom could be unqualified to give a well-reasoned opinion,
then you'll get what you've earned.

Even those among us who /are/ qualified to give a well-reasoned opinion
will find it impossible to give you a good recommendation, since you
haven't told anyone what you're looking for in an antivirus program. The
best anyone can say is what program /they/ prefer, which could be
totally unsuitable for you.

If you're really serious about your security and privacy, you'll start
by listing what qualities you need to have in an antivirus program, then
use the web for research (professional reviews, user reviews and
independent testing organizations.) That should leave you with a short
list of programs to check out; try them one at a time (never have two
antivirus programs running at the same time) and make your choice.

Even with all that, be prepared to reconsider your choice for the 2011
season, since antivirus programs usually change from year to year, and
not always for the good.

On the other hand, if you're not that serious about your security and
privacy - and I acknowledge this is true for many people - then what the
heck: survey the newsgroup, consult tarot cards or throw darts. Either
way you'll have an equally qualified answer.
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Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

Surfer Joe wrote:
> On 22/02/2010 15:02, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:41:34 -0600, Roy Smith<(E-Mail Removed)>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2/21/2010 6:09 PM, Surfer Joe wrote:
>>>> Can anyone please suggest a good free antivirus?
>>>> I'm tired of paying for norton.
>>>
>>> There are several to choose from. Best thing is to download them and
>>> try them out for yourself and decide which is right for you.
>>
>>
>> Trying them yourself and deciding which is right for you is excellent
>> advice for almost all kinds of software. But the one kind of software
>> where I think it's poor advice (very poor advice) is security
>> software. The don't all work equally well, and it's very difficult to
>> determine for yourself how well each of them works.
>>
>
> yeah, I don't have a clue if they work or not or what they're doing, so
> it's useless to try them out to see which I like.
>
> In this case, it's not like downloading photoshop and gimp and seeing
> which one I prefer, so I'm happy to see if some consensus emerges from
> my question.
> I had heard nice things about agv.
>
> One thing I don't want is to load a bunch of them on my computer and
> then have all their crap lingering in there after I unistall the programs.
>