tnscoper
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Hi All,
Any recommendations for a free anti virus program? I've been using AVG for several years, but with version 8, it will not scan e-mail after 30 days.
Kinda defeats the purpose, IMO.
Thanks
Allen
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Mattbtn
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Not sure about actual "free" Antivirus programs out there, but check with your Internet Service Provider.
Comcast specifically offers a pretty robust McAfee Security Suite for free to every subscriber, so perhaps your ISP does something similar.
Good luck!
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tnscoper
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I live in a semi rural area, so cable or DSL are not offered.
AVG Free was a great free anti virus program, I don't understand why they would change now. I guess they figure they have a lot of people hooked and it's time to make a little money.
Allen
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LarryinCA
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Quote:
but with version 8, it will not scan e-mail after 30 days.
Kinda defeats the purpose, IMO.
Thanks
Allen
That's discouraging news, I just installed version 8 and didn't realize email scanning would stop after 30 days. I wonder if v7 is still available somewhere.
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csa/montana
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Allen, this is the program I have used for quite some time with great sucess. It automatically updates itself, almost daily.
Avast anti-virus
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tk89123
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Trend Micro House Call is free online. I haven't needed any antivirus software since moving to Linux, but I have friends that still use Windows exclusively and I have to occasionally "fix" their computers for them due to malware and viruses and House Call is what I use for that.
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Greg K.
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I'm pretty happy with Avast!
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jhors
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I use Avast and have been happy with it. Zone Alarm firewall is another good free program.
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o1d_dude
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Try A-Squared Free ( http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/ ).
I've been using it and AVG for a number of years now. Best protection however is a router between your PC and the internet...much better than a software firewall. Second best protection is to use an online email account instead of downloading email to your PC. Yahoo mail automatically virus scans anything you download.
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Magellan
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Rumors:
http://free.grisoft.com/ww.news.ndi-93837
Hope this helps
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StarWars
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I had AVG and Avast and Norton and CA and bit defender but the best is this...
http://www.free-av.com
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Tom L
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Quote:
Rumors:
http://free.grisoft.com/ww.news.ndi-93837
Hope this helps
That's what I thought. My copy of AVG scans all my emails and I'm happy with it.
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DLaw
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Any recommendations for a free anti virus program? I've been using AVG for several years, but with version 8, it will not scan e-mail after 30 days.
That's why I stayed with AVG 7.5. I have Avast on another system. Both work well and have not had any problems.
Good Luck.
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csa/montana
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Can't get your link to work.
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Just take the "i" off the front of the URL when it gets to the "not found" page.  Or here it is without:
http://www.free-av.com/
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gnome54
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I will second Carol's pic. I changed from AVG a week ago. DLaw, I believe grisoft is dropping support on 7.5 at the end of the month. That is why, after reading the forums at grisoft, I made the switch.
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tnscoper
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Thanks for all suggestions!
I've been very happy with AVG and I thought it was a little strange that AVG Ver 8 would not scan e-mails after 30 days. I just happened to come upon the info on download.com in the review section when I was getting ready to download version 8, so I thought the info was accurate.
I will check out Avast and Avira.
I'm on dial up and AVG version 8 is a 45 mb download, so you know how long thats going to take...
Avast and Avira are a 21 mb download, so I think I'll take a good look at those two.
Thanks very much everyone!
Allen
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Orange tube C-8
ASGT Mount
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ST-80
BO 80mm Planet Hunter
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Rusty
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I switched to Avast on my laptop; after upgrading to AVG v8.0, my Delorme Street Atlas 2009 wouldn't work.
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Alex^DJ^
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I use avast on my Desktop and my laptop and works very nice, it deosnt eat a lof of resources (hello Norton!!) and run fast....free an clean.
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rick rian
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avast works nicely for me too.
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