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[Pete Elite]

  Hi,
     Can anyone tell me what is probably the best free Antivirus(Internet security)to use and is Windows XPs Firewall adequate and up to the task?

           Thanks,
                     Pete .

[BigAl]

recently heard very good things about comodo http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/
combined firewall and AV, planning to test next week for the kids laptops

[shanjon]

AVG FREE from grisoft is a good one and i have been using it on the kids laptops for years,
it is also a recomended antivirus in the book titled ( windows for dummies)

[sir moanalot]

avg 8 free seems best

[dbug]

A/v - use Avast - fast and low overhead - used to use AVG free, Norton (slow) * McAfee (slower!!)

Firewall - ZoneAlarm or Comodo

[Bacon Butty Man]

recently heard very good things about comodo http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/
combined firewall and AV, planning to test next week for the kids laptops

there are no good free ones, they all let viruses thru, get Panda off ebay for about a fiver, real copy not hooky. thats what i use on all my pc's inc the business pc, with all the sensative data on there i need a good one an dthis beats em all hands down

[waspy]

AVG free is the best one & up to the job. It's the one i've used for some years. It's in the download section of this site

http://www.computeractive.co.uk/

[Bacon Butty Man]

AVG free is the best one & up to the job. It's the one i've used for some years. It's in the download section of this site

http://www.computeractive.co.uk/

CD PETE, please would you change your avatar as it makes me queasy, not a nice sight in the morning

[waspy]

AVG free is the best one & up to the job. It's the one i've used for some years. It's in the download section of this site

http://www.computeractive.co.uk/

CD PETE, please would you change your avatar as it makes me queasy, not a nice sight in the morning

How do you think i feel, i have to look at it every time i post

[Mr Skrunts]

AVG free, never had a problem on a computer with it installed.  

[bob.dent]

As already said, there are a few reasonable free versions around but well worth spending around £25 per year for Kaspersky. Sorts out just about everything......viruses, malware, adware, spyware etc. and constantly updates daily.

[Pete Elite]

   Thanks all for the great suggestions .

[GuzziHero]

AVG, AdAware, and if things really go pear shaped, Hijack This!

[HerefordElite]

i've just uninstalled Norton and all my BT crap and downloaded AVG but now it's doing a full scan and has been for 2 hours and is nowhere near the end, should it take that long? :-?

[GuzziHero]

Yes.  Its thorough.  Takes blooming ages.

But mostly, you just let it sit there and it sorts out any flying infections as they occur.