Free AV software

[Fink]

AVG is making you pay now. Can anyone recommend some free anti-virus software for my dear ol' dad.

 

Cheers

[Allan]

AVG is making you pay now. Can anyone recommend some free anti-virus software for my dear ol' dad.

 

Cheers

 

The basic AVG is still free, click me.

[RobbieOR]

Get Mcavee.

[RedKnight]

Avast.

[hamstrung]

AVG for me - its still free

 

Tried avast recently, but the function where it scans websites as you are browsing really slowed stuff down. You can turn it off I think, but who can be arsed with that shit.

[Lupin]

AVG for me - its still free

 

Tried avast recently, but the function where it scans websites as you are browsing really slowed stuff down. You can turn it off I think, but who can be arsed with that shit.

 

Re the avast - what you describe sounds like it has a conflict with another, possibly old background anti-virus software or some remnants thereof still resident on your harddrive - I use avast and it's like shit off a shovel. That said, nothing wrong with AVG.

[hamstrung]

Re the avast - what you describe sounds like it has a conflict with another, possibly old background anti-virus software or some remnants thereof still resident on your harddrive - I use avast and it's like shit off a shovel. That said, nothing wrong with AVG.

 

Nah, its not. Avast scans web pages as it downloads them (web shield). I googled it at the time and it was a fairly widespread complaint. If you google "avast bandwidth" you'll see what I mean.

 

Like I said, you can turn it off, but that would seem a bit self-defeating.

[Guest The Big Green Bastard]

using avast currently, havent really noticed it slowing the web down only by a couple of seconds which i can happily accept. Works a treat though. Was using zonealarm for the past 3 years which also done its job well.

[hamstrung]

I am only on 1-2mb shared between 3 machines so might be why I was noticing it more.

[Allan]

I still use AVG, used the link someone posted a while back to get the full package, it's great.

 

On a related note, my ZoneAlarm threw a fit a few weeks back and wouldn't let me do a thing. After taking a few hours to uninstall the damn thing I was back using Windows Firewall, and still am.

 

Can't remember the error I was getting, just wondered if anyone else had come across problems with ZA? I'd been using it for years with no issues what so ever till that point.

[FieldingMellish]

I used to use comodo firewall, but kept getting a lot of random reboots, so uninstalled it and have been using PCTools Firewall Plus (without Threatcast) since last year. Running smooth with Avira9 and no problems since.

[Michael Howard]

Took note of the advice on here about Norton making your PC slower than a slow slow worm on go slow and removed it all and installed the free AVG. Amazed at the improvement in how quickly it boots up etc.

 

Is there anything else i should have aswell to deal with other things like Trojans or keyloggers or whatever - or should AVG be enough on its own (i keep widows updated and have the firewall on etc).