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[Mr Skrunts]

Whats best of the free one's these days.

[sexydaz]

i use avg and have done for 2 tears with no probs

[sexydaz]

tell a lie it maybe 3 years,god im sad at this time in morn and such quick reply one more whisky and bed

[Ddraigcymro]

I know you asked for free one but have you considerd spliting cost three ways with two friends/work coliges with a antiviras that alowes install on three pc`s.

I also use spiebot serchanddestroy as this cleans up a lot of unwanted $h!t.

Where you been looking for the free A/V

[steblackwell]

Avast is what I have been using seems more sensitive than AVG but uses lots more system resorces

Also if you do online banking you may be offered some decent antivirus software

[Plomien]

I also use Avast as AVG is a resource hog, Spybot search and destroy is also on the PC and I run it once a week but don'y use the tea time setting as again it eats resources

Also if you do online banking you may be offered some decent antivirus software

It is normally Macrappy and I won't let that near my PC

[Moos3h]

Another vote for avast here, just switched to it from AVG on Windows 7 and it feels a lot faster!

[R.C. ™]

ive been using McAfee for years now and never had any prob's ..

[cem_devecioglu]

I'm fed up from both free avg and avast..

sometimes they behave much worse than a virus  

too many messages , many updates..

eat enormous system resources.. keep too many tcp ports open.. make the system busy just when you need.. etc etc..

its like feeding an army of birds just for one mosquito..

I think using win 7 with non admin rights and some attention for the sites you visited is fairly adequate..

keeping all critical data on read only media aside is a good practice..

and if you want to sail in dangerous waters use another pc which you can sacrifice.. and never transfer anything from it

[Moos3h]

....or virtualise if you're that worried!

[Mr Skrunts]

Have used AVG free a lot over the years, used Avast on my last install.  AVG now looks over complacated, all I wanted was antivirus and now have a bucket full of icons, maybe I missed something on the install, maybe should have configured the options on the way through.  :-/

[Martin_1962]

AVAST

Antivir let a virus through

[KillerWatt]

AVAST

Antivir let a virus through

Doesn't matter who makes the software, it will only be as good as the definition file.

I use NOD32 myself Skruntie (free in my world as always  ), but as far as the proper freebies go then I'd say Avast is a lot less of a resource hog than AVG now is.

[VXL V6]

AVAST

Antivir let a virus through

Antivirus isn't going to stop all viruses getting through, certain malware/viruses (Conficker for example) work in a similar way to BITS (windows update transfer agent) hence they hook into the OS at a lower level than MS publishes for AV purposes.

The Antivirus may stop the creation of certain files that viruses try to create but a personal firewall and having everything patched up to date (ie. a currently supported OS and Apps are therefore required) is your best answer.

[STMO999]

Whats best of the free one's these days.

Tamiflu.