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alunonhisown

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« on: 25 February 2010, 18:14:16 »
So, please tell me which is the best FREE AV to have.
I currently have Avira, but seems poor to me.
Any ideas folks?
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Re: Anti Virus
« Reply #1 on: 25 February 2010, 18:20:27 »
no such thing as 'best' av.

try a few, see how you get on.

for win7, Microsoft's own seems to be doing the job.  Doesn't work in corporate environments though
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Re: Anti Virus
« Reply #2 on: 25 February 2010, 18:22:27 »
I am using Windows Vista Home Premium
HTH
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Re: Anti Virus
« Reply #3 on: 25 February 2010, 18:22:41 »
i use avira and avg. never had a prob until last friday.
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Re: Anti Virus
« Reply #4 on: 25 February 2010, 18:23:58 »
switched from avg to avast recently and the difference was remarkable.  AVG is very resource hungry
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Re: Anti Virus
« Reply #5 on: 25 February 2010, 18:28:15 »
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switched from avg to avast recently and the difference was remarkable.  AVG is very resource hungry
LOL, you want to try Mcafee Enterprise - makes my works HP nc6400 1.8g core2, 1gb ram, xp pro run like a dog ;D
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Re: Anti Virus
« Reply #6 on: 25 February 2010, 18:29:34 »
No ta! I steer clear of Mcrappy products  ;D
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Re: Anti Virus
« Reply #7 on: 25 February 2010, 18:35:07 »
Comodo here, anti virus and firewall. Free

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Re: Anti Virus
« Reply #8 on: 25 February 2010, 20:21:58 »
I use avast,  :y
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Re: Anti Virus
« Reply #9 on: 25 February 2010, 20:24:02 »
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I am using Windows Vista Home Premium
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same here and i find avg ok
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Re: Anti Virus
« Reply #10 on: 25 February 2010, 20:26:17 »
No idea if MS are back porting to Vista, or if their free offering is a Win7 only thing.  Don't use Vista any more, so haven't checked
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Re: Anti Virus
« Reply #11 on: 25 February 2010, 20:30:47 »
avast not a problem runs well in the background
so much better than avg
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Re: Anti Virus
« Reply #12 on: 25 February 2010, 20:31:41 »
Avast here, Antivir let a virus through on another PC and AVG is a hog now
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Re: Anti Virus
« Reply #13 on: 25 February 2010, 20:35:58 »
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switched from avg to avast recently and the difference was remarkable.  AVG is very resource hungry
LOL, you want to try Mcafee Enterprise - makes my works HP nc6400 1.8g core2, 1gb ram, xp pro run like a dog ;D

Try running a HP laptop with that, crappy Novel client, and now Mcafee encryption  :(

Mines core2 duo, 2.40 ghz, 3gb ram, still runs like a sack poo poo
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Re: Anti Virus
« Reply #14 on: 25 February 2010, 20:37:48 »
Sadly, any AV solution doing a good job will use resources.  Those that use less are doing a less thorough job. Thats the nature of the beast.

Even Mcafee Enterprise, probably the most resource hungry of all the AV solutions, can be made to be spritely by adjusting its default settings away from scanning everything (which is the ultra safe way, hence used in the corporate AV solutions) to minimal scanning used by the free versions of the commercial home solutions.

I agree some are slightly more efficient than others, but not much in it.  :)
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