Free Anti Virus needed

[wb]

Can anyone reccommend a free downloadable AV?. My old one is about to run out and they want me to pay to renew it. I read the stickys and installed ad-aware and spybot search & destroy some time back, but I just want a good AV also.

[Fadetoblack]

AVG?

http://www.grisoft.com/

[mathare]

That's the one I use and have had no issues with it

[wb]

Thanks.

Im at college, so I will try it later when I get home.

Do I need to un-install the old one first, or does it make any difference?

[Fadetoblack]

And Matt downloads a serious amount of midget porn so, you know...really...that's a quality anti-virus there maaaaan.

[samantha1303]

I used to have AVG - It always worked for me until I installed zone alarm then I had loads of problems so I sacked it.

[bigcumba]

Do I need to un-install the old one first,

Yes, definitely as they can cause all sorts of problems otherwise.

[Micky T]

I used to have AVG - It always worked for me until I installed zone alarm then I had loads of problems so I sacked it.

i have had both for 3 years now, with no issue's :) :) :)

[bigcumba]

I had ZA pro for a while and it did it's job well till an update caused huge problems... it stopped working, I couldn't reset back to an earlier version, I couldn't uninstall it properly, and I ended up having to edit the registry and all sorts of crap to get rid of it. That was the second update that had caused me hassle.... needless to say I use a totally different firewall now - Agnitum Outpost Pro... absolutley no problems with this one at all.

[glynners]

Yes, definitely as they can cause all sorts of problems otherwise.

I second that..... I install the anti-virus on all the new laptops at work and the one time I forgot to remove the free one first I ended up having to reformat the entire hard-disk..... I wont be making that mistake again

[wb]

I second that..... I install the anti-virus on all the new laptops at work and the one time I forgot to remove the free one first I ended up having to reformat the entire hard-disk..... I wont be making that mistake again


Would it be ok to leave ad-aware and search&destroy on?

[mathare]

Would it be ok to leave ad-aware and search&destroy on?Yeah, fine.

I have those, AVG and Zone Alarm all on my PC without issue

[Fadetoblack]

Notice no denial about the midget porn....ahemm...

http://www.midget-porn-xxx.com/images/index01.gif

[bigcumba]

That's naughty.... you didn't give us the link!

[Fadetoblack]

:laugh :laugh

[davidsteel]

Antivir works for me m8

[Fadetoblack]

We've moved on from that Dave, get with the program will ya? We're talking about midgets now.

[wb]

Would it be ok to work on spreadsheets while a virus scan is going on?

[Fadetoblack]

Yep, ctrl+alt+del and go into processes....try not to run anything that's using over 80,000k in memory usage

[dances]

hi wayne did you find a free av if so could you let me konw the site thanks.

[mathare]

hi wayne did you find a free av if so could you let me konw the site thanks.The one FTB suggested is perfectly fine