Can anyone recommend a Free AntiVirus program now that AVG Free 2011 is
malfunctioning on many (but not all) machines? They do not appear to be
able to fix the update problem and I need up-to-date protection.

Who would you recommend?

Windows XP.

Thanks !


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babel17" <"babel17not me wrote:
> Can anyone recommend a Free AntiVirus program now that AVG Free 2011
> is malfunctioning on many (but not all) machines? They do not appear
> to be able to fix the update problem and I need up-to-date protection.
>
> Who would you recommend?
>
> Windows XP.
>
> Thanks !

Free Avira AntiVir
Better IMO anyways.
Buffalo

On Sat, 25 Dec 2010 10:33:04 -0500, babel17 wrote:

> Can anyone recommend a Free AntiVirus program now that AVG Free 2011 is
> malfunctioning on many (but not all) machines? They do not appear to be
> able to fix the update problem and I need up-to-date protection.
>
> Who would you recommend?

avast! Free Antivirus
<http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download>

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On 25/12/2010 23:33, babel17 wrote:
> Can anyone recommend a Free AntiVirus program now that AVG Free 2011 is
> malfunctioning on many (but not all) machines? They do not appear to be
> able to fix the update problem and I need up-to-date protection.

You talking about AVG Free or the paid version?

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Per s|b:
>On Sat, 25 Dec 2010 10:33:04 -0500, babel17 wrote:
>
>> Can anyone recommend a Free AntiVirus program now that AVG Free 2011 is
>> malfunctioning on many (but not all) machines? They do not appear to be
>> able to fix the update problem and I need up-to-date protection.
>>
>> Who would you recommend?
>
>avast! Free Antivirus
><http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download>

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On 12/25/2010 10:57 AM, Buffalo wrote:
> babel17"<"babel17not me wrote:
>> Can anyone recommend a Free AntiVirus program now that AVG Free 2011
>> is malfunctioning on many (but not all) machines? They do not appear
>> to be able to fix the update problem and I need up-to-date protection.
>>
>> Who would you recommend?
>>
>> Windows XP.
>>
>> Thanks !
>
> Free Avira AntiVir
> Better IMO anyways.
> Buffalo
>
>
Thanks!

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On 12/25/2010 11:36 AM, Man-wai Chang wrote:
> On 25/12/2010 23:33, babel17 wrote:
>> Can anyone recommend a Free AntiVirus program now that AVG Free 2011 is
>> malfunctioning on many (but not all) machines? They do not appear to be
>> able to fix the update problem and I need up-to-date protection.
>
> You talking about AVG Free or the paid version?
>
AVG FREE. The first problem was interfering with e-mail sending - the
workaround was to uninstall and reinstall without e-mail scanning.
The new problem is failure of Update manager, on some machines but not
on others.


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On 12/25/2010 10:33 AM, babel17 wrote:
> Can anyone recommend a Free AntiVirus program now that AVG Free 2011 is
> malfunctioning on many (but not all) machines? They do not appear to be
> able to fix the update problem and I need up-to-date protection.
>
> Who would you recommend?
>
> Windows XP.
>
> Thanks !
>
>
I was using Avira, but have switched to MS Essentials on a winxp and a
windows 7 machine. Both work fine and update approx. each day. I believe
you will need to have automatic windows update set, but I always have
anyway.

On 12/25/2010 10:33 AM, babel17 wrote:
> Can anyone recommend a Free AntiVirus program now that AVG Free 2011 is
> malfunctioning on many (but not all) machines? They do not appear to be
> able to fix the update problem and I need up-to-date protection.
>
> Who would you recommend?
>
> Windows XP.
>
> Thanks !
>
>
Perhaps I will try Avast since it is mentioned twice and no problems
were described.

Any other suggestions?

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> Perhaps I will try Avast since it is mentioned twice and no problems
> were described.
> Any other suggestions?

Micro$oft Security Essential.

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