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      02-11-2010
Hi all

Can anyone recommend a good free anti virus programme. My version at the moment is Norton which has been giving me problems and I am going to remove it and I would like some recomendations.

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      02-11-2010
Good AND free? That's an oxymoron...

You could try AVG, I guess.
 
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      02-11-2010
MSE, Microsoft Security Essentials is a very good AV program and it's free.

A lot of people here have extolled the virtues of MSE.

Avira has a very good free AV program also.
 
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MSE is a joke. Its detection rates are horrible compared to more seasoned products, and it severely lacks in configuration options.
 
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MSE is a joke. Its detection rates are horrible compared to more seasoned products, and it severely lacks in configuration options.
I was just suggesting more options for his question. No need to get snippy about it!

Besides it's best to just purchase an AV program anyway. The following is a good method to try AVIRA for 3 months free.

Go to: https://license.avira.com/en/promoti...?id=JVgkM1BNUn

and get a free 3 months license key for free.

After your three months is up just go and get another by giving another EMAIL address.

You can get AVIRA Premium Securiy Suite 2010 from this link:
http://www.avira.com/en/downloads/av...ity_suite.html

Choose the 2nd option for the full download of about 37.6MB.

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No one mentioned Avast yet i have been looking at it and its quite good has a new UI and lots of scan options.

Avast 5 > http://download.cnet.com/Avast-Free-...-10019223.html

 
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No one mentioned Avast yet i have been looking at it and its quite good has a new UI and lots of scan options.

Avast 5 > http://download.cnet.com/Avast-Free-...-10019223.html

Another good suggestion!
 
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      02-11-2010
Thank you ffor your sugestions I will try the all.
 
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Thank you ffor your sugestions I will try the all.
Good idea !, I quite often change security across our Computers ... I like trying new stuff, recently we installed Avast 5 on one Computer and myself and the wife like it
 
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I have been using AVAST for a couple of years and am quiet happy with it.
 
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