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Old 29-06-2010, 21:06   #1
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Whats a good free anti virus program

Been using Norton for years and my renewal date is coming up soon , seem to remember reading awhile back that one of our "tech" members saying these pay sites were a rip off , .......anyone reccomend a good site to use thats free and easy for a computer idiot like me to download and install

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Old 29-06-2010, 21:24   #2
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AVG Free - Download Free Antivirus Software
Most people I know use it.
I have used it for many years and recommend it.
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Old 29-06-2010, 21:40   #3
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avast is what I use
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Old 29-06-2010, 21:55   #4
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I have used AVG free fer years steely n i'm a complete numpty, a guy who worked at blackburn job centre told me they used it, so i reasoned if its good enough fer them.
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Old 29-06-2010, 21:58   #5
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Hello John, long time no speak x

I´ve used AVG free for years too and it´s well reliable x
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Old 29-06-2010, 22:59   #6
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Love AVG, couldn't stand Norton as it made the PC slow, ages to start up and shut down
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Old 29-06-2010, 23:13   #7
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I used AVG for years too, but recently it has become advert laden & overbloated so now I use Avast and IMO it is less obtrusive & works extremely well.
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Old 29-06-2010, 23:13   #8
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ive got avira at the minute the free version ... before that it was avast and before that it was AVG ...
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Old 29-06-2010, 23:23   #9
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Re: Whats a good free anti virus program

ok folks , just installed AVG , took a bit of tweaking to get the toolbars sorted at one point I had 6 of them taking up half the screen , will see how it goes

Thanks for all the help and advice
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Old 29-06-2010, 23:28   #10
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yeh can set it to do a daily scan at whatever time mate, i do.
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Old 30-06-2010, 04:33   #11
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Re: Whats a good free anti virus program

There are plenty of free antivirus and other software on this site
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Old 30-06-2010, 06:02   #12
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avast or avira

avg isnt the bad boy it once was and will reduce system performance greatly just as badly as what norton does.

absolute garbage and i stopped using it and instaling it on systems years ago after it got turned into a profit making company
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Old 30-06-2010, 11:53   #13
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Old 30-06-2010, 14:25   #14
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Old 30-06-2010, 16:57   #15
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We changed from AVG to Avast when they changed AVG to version 9. It was great before that.
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