Jeff said:
My Norton subscription expired and I am not inclined to pay the renewal cost
when I have a feeling there is some good AV freeware out there. Can anyone
tell me?
TIA
Jeff
ClamWin is a Free Antivirus for Microsoft Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003.
It provides a graphical user interface to the Clam AntiVirus engine.
ClamWin Free Antivirus uses the GNU General Public License by the Free
Software Foundation and is free (as in freedom) software. To find out
more about GNU General Public License and what it entitles you to,
please visit the following link: Philosophy of the GNU Project - Free
Software Foundation.
ClamWin Free Antivirus comes with an easy installer and open source
code at no cost. It features:
* Scanning Scheduler;
* Automatic Virus Database Updates. ClamAV team updates Virus
Databases on a regular basis and almost immediately after a new
virus/variant is out;
* Standalone Virus Scanner;
* Context Menu Integration to Microsoft Windows Explorer;
* Addin to Microsoft Outlook.
The latest version of Clamwin Free Antivirus is 0.87
Please note that ClamWin Free Antivirus does not include an on-access
real-time scanner, that is, you need to manually scan a file in order
to detect a virus. Microsoft Outlook Addin, however will delete a
virus-infected attachment automatically.
http://clamwin.com/