free edition anti virus programs

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Are there any free edition anti virus programs and are they wort
having.
if anyone has one they could recommend.
i have used A V G but had problems with one of their updates s
wondered if there are better ones
 
DEFENDER01 wrote:
:: Are there any free edition anti virus programs and are they worth
:: having.
:: if anyone has one they could recommend.
:: i have used A V G but had problems with one of their updates so
:: wondered if there are better ones.
::
::
::
::
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:: DEFENDER01


Some use Avast Anti-Virus
http://avast.com/

Some companies offer trial subscriptions:
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/security/protect/antivirus.mspx

• Computer Associates (12-month free trial subscription)
• F-secure (6-month free trial subscription)
• Panda Software (90-day free trial subscription)
• Symantec/Norton (90-day free trial subscription)
• Trend Micro (90-day free trial subscription)

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Are there any free edition anti virus programs and are they worth
having.
if anyone has one they could recommend.
i have used A V G but had problems with one of their updates so
wondered if there are better ones.
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You already have one of the better antivirus applications available.
You would probably be better off getting help from their forum:

<http://freeforum.avg.com/>

Pete
 
An alternative to AVG is Avast (www.avast.com). Strangely, with AVG you do
occasionally get the odd update that causes problems, but I have got round
this by downloading the latest version of the AVG application from the AVG
website and re-installing.

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DEFENDER01 said this on 3/25/2009 6:34 AM:
Are there any free edition anti virus programs and are they worth
having.
if anyone has one they could recommend.
i have used A V G but had problems with one of their updates so
wondered if there are better ones.
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You don't say what version you have.
I have 3 versions on 3 diff. computers. 7.x 8.0 and 8.5
No issue with any of them except an update times out now and then.
Seems to be heavy use of their server. Works if you try 20 minutes
later. Also 7.5 is now telling me support ends in April.
 
Big_Al said:
DEFENDER01 said this on 3/25/2009 6:34 AM:
You don't say what version you have.
I have 3 versions on 3 diff. computers. 7.x 8.0 and 8.5
No issue with any of them except an update times out now and then.
Seems to be heavy use of their server. Works if you try 20 minutes
later. Also 7.5 is now telling me support ends in April.
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Umm... I think that was LAST April.
 
Mike Torello said this on 3/25/2009 2:03 PM:
Umm... I think that was LAST April.
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Couldn't tell you any more, I just upgraded to 8.5 about an hour ago.
I thought so too but I've been getting virus updates on the pc for the
past months. I upgraded all my other PC's but this one. And I just
started getting a warning last week.
 
I use AVG also. It's the best I've found. I have an occasional update
problem, but it's due to heavy load on their servers. You try again in 10 or
20 mins and it works fine.

It does not affect the way the program works in any way except you don't
have the latest updates.
 
Big_Al said:
Mike Torello said this on 3/25/2009 2:03 PM:

Couldn't tell you any more, I just upgraded to 8.5 about an hour ago.
I thought so too but I've been getting virus updates on the pc for the
past months. I upgraded all my other PC's but this one. And I just
started getting a warning last week.
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7.x stopped getting updates last April... or June, one or the other.
 
| 7.x stopped getting updates last April... or June, one or the other.

No, I have been getting them for 7.5 until last week when I installed v.8.
Apparently they did not stop everyone at once, but gradually.

mae
 
Thanks for all your reply's.
seems most people like A V G perhaps i will give it another g
 
Mike Torello said:
7.x stopped getting updates last April... or June, one or the other.
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On my Win98 machine 7.5 gets the updates with no problem. No messages about ending the
updates.

On XP and Vista, that's a different story. You have to change to 8 and above.

Galen
 
DEFENDER01 said this on 3/25/2009 4:23 PM:
Thanks for all your reply's.
seems most people like A V G perhaps i will give it another go
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Just make sure you really get the free version. I've suggested it to 3
friends lately and only 1 of them got the right thing. I've started
sending the link to them rather than just the name. See my previous email.
 
Hi, since I have had AVG version 8.0.238
Virus DB: 270.11.31/2027

last update today am


I have had no trouble with updating.








Thanks for all your reply's.
seems most people like A V G perhaps i will give it another go
 
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