Free AV Software Question

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July 13th, 2004, 08:40 PM
Dravin

Free AV Software Question

I have tried Norton AV, Mcafee, Etrust, and now I am putting Avast! through its paces. I'm just not enjoying Avast! at all. These not including a host of freebies from Tucows.com, just not remembering any names at this point.

Between the four I've used, it's either been a problem of memory hogs, poor UI, or missing virus that are present in a system. What I really need/want is a Virus scanner that is well reputed to be fast, low on memory use, as in the case of active file scanning, and damn good at catching viruses (caugh*norton*caugh). The UI I'm not so picky about, but some really are going to far with graphics and special effects. Its Antivirus software, not a video game.

But :butt: , I am very limited in the cash flow department at the moment. So a quick ride over to *insert store name here* to pick up the professional version of even a snickers bar is out of the question. So, I need some votes on an AV program that is free, great at catching viruses, and well suported with updates.

So who likes what and why?

Thanx in advance.
July 13th, 2004, 10:24 PM
geeksRus

i use AVG...have for a long time...many here do i think. its free, liteweight, auto updates and has caught anything i have ever received in email.
July 13th, 2004, 10:34 PM
GrandDad

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Originally Posted by geeksRus

i use AVG...have for a long time...many here do i think. its free, liteweight, auto updates and has caught anything i have ever received in email.

ditto on the AVG .
July 13th, 2004, 10:36 PM
TripleRLtd

Now THAT's a pad pappy...but...ditto, ditto....https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2006/04/1.gif
July 14th, 2004, 02:03 AM
TechZ

AVG for free https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2006/04/1.gif
July 14th, 2004, 05:27 AM
craigmodius

AVG, free, love it.
July 14th, 2004, 10:11 AM
Dravin

Thanx for the responces guys. I am going to give it a try soon as they send me my Download link....
July 14th, 2004, 10:49 AM
Darlid01

I'm gonna add my agreement, but also add that doing an online scan now and then from pestpatrol has found stuff that the other stuff missed. I have three computers networked in my house. Win98, 2000, and XP. I have one full version of Pest Patrol, and it will scan all the computers and it never misses. When I work on computers for people in the feild, I get them online and send them to pestpatrol.com and do an online scan. Usually the results are enough to convince them to let me take the computer to the shop.

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Originally Posted by Dravin

Thanx for the responces guys. I am going to give it a try soon as they send me my Download link....
July 14th, 2004, 12:01 PM
Dravin

Ok :thumbs: on AVG thus far.

Im impressed, the install was quick, the full system scan much faster than any I have worked with to this point, and it did find two small but very well hidden infestations that no other proggies have found. i.e. viruses concealed in hidden .exe's burried deep inside a few Zip files I had.

and I will give pestpatrol.com a look-see here too soon. Thanx for the heads up on that.