Free AV Software

[BudMan]

As a charitable endeavor I refurbish computers and donate them to needy
families. We have a great donor that purchases the operating system for
each computer, but the rest of the software is up to me to scrounge up.
I had been putting trial versions of Norton on the systems, but I know most
of them will never be updated. Since I donate the computers to individuals
I think they would qualify for the free user license.
I may be opening a big debate here, should I put AVG or AVAST on the
computers? Most of the computers are PII or III systems with 128-256MB
memory and dial up connections.

 

[Yddap]

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As a charitable endeavor I refurbish computers and donate them to
needy families. We have a great donor that purchases the operating
system for each computer, but the rest of the software is up to me to
scrounge up. I had been putting trial versions of Norton on the systems,
but I
know most of them will never be updated. Since I donate the
computers to individuals I think they would qualify for the free user
license. I may be opening a big debate here, should I put AVG or AVAST on
the
computers? Most of the computers are PII or III systems with
128-256MB memory and dial up connections.

put Avast on
;-)

 

[Brian Cryer]

As a charitable endeavor I refurbish computers and donate them to needy
families. We have a great donor that purchases the operating system for
each computer, but the rest of the software is up to me to scrounge up.
I had been putting trial versions of Norton on the systems, but I know most
of them will never be updated. Since I donate the computers to individuals
I think they would qualify for the free user license.
I may be opening a big debate here, should I put AVG or AVAST on the
computers? Most of the computers are PII or III systems with 128-256MB
memory and dial up connections.

Personally I'd go for AVG.

I think the AVG terms state that it is free for a single home pc , the AVAST
terms are probably similar (but I haven't checked). Whilst you might be
fine (because you are passing the pcs on to people), technically you are
probably in breach of their terms and conditions. Why not drop them an
e-mail and ask? If one says yes and the other no, then its a no brainer
which to use.

Its nice to know someone is putting old pcs to good use.

regards,

Brian Cryer

www.cryer.co.uk/brian

 

[John Yossarian]

Its nice to know someone is putting old pcs to good use.

Especially ensuring they have a long-term antivirus solution as part
of the deal. Kudos to the original poster for this philosophy!

 

[Brian Cryer]

Especially ensuring they have a long-term antivirus solution as part
of the deal. Kudos to the original poster for this philosophy!

Agreed.

 

[Julian Hales]

Agreed.

I get piles of old pc's from various (legal) sources and soon as i install
the OP i put on Kerio and AVG on each.

Infact now at 830am im off to bed, been doing it all night and shagged out.