Guest sbryett@gmail.com Posted August 1, 2008 Posted August 1, 2008 What would be the best free Anti-virus program ?, I am using AVG at the moment
Guest WindPipe Posted August 1, 2008 Posted August 1, 2008 Re: Antivirus http://www.av-comparatives.org/ tests show that Avira Antivirus free edition is quite good. - WindPipe <sbryett@gmail.com> wrote in message news:13a2ec8a-76dc-4669-bd8d-c18c612ed543@q5g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > What would be the best free Anti-virus program ?, I am using AVG at > the moment
Guest Kayman Posted August 1, 2008 Posted August 1, 2008 Re: Antivirus On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:56:22 -0700 (PDT), sbryett@gmail.com wrote: > What would be the best free Anti-virus program ?, I am using AVG at > the moment There are many good free AV applications available, and almost everyone has his favorite. Most of the users are emotionally attached to their av application and will have excellent reasons for not recommending any other brand. The most important thing here is that all of the available choices listed here are better in some respects than in others, and which choice is better for *you* depends on what you do, how you work, and which features you use. The way you use your PC is different from others. Have a look at this: http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm and be guided accordingly. Good info can be obtained here: http://www.majorgeeks.com/page.php?id=20 and here: http://www.av-comparatives.org/ If the above is too deluging consider this:- Real-time AV applications - for viral malware. Do not utilize more than one (1) real-time anti-virus scanning engine! Disable the e-mail scanning function during installation (Custom Installation on some AV apps.) as it provides no additional protection. Why You Don't Need Your Anti-Virus Program to Scan Your E-Mail http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tutorials/email-scanning/index.htm Viral Irony: The Most Common Cause of Corruption. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx Avira AntiVir® Personal - FREE Antivirus http://www.free-av.com/ You may wish to consider removing the 'AntiVir Nagscreen' http://www.elitekiller.com/files/disable_antivir_nag.htm or Free antivirus - avast! 4 Home Edition It includes ANTI-SPYWARE protection, certified by the West Coast Labs Checkmark process, and ANTI-ROOTKIT DETECTION based on the best-in class GMER technology. http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html (Choose Custom Installation and under Resident Protection, uncheck: Internet Mail and Outlook/Exchange.) or AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition http://free.grisoft.com/ (Choose custom install and untick the email scanner plugin.) or ESET NOD32 Antivirus - Not Free http://www.eset.com/ or Kaspersky® Anti-Virus 7.0 - Not Free http://www.kaspersky.com/homeuser and (optional but highly recommendable) On-demand AV applications. (add them to your arsenal and use them as a "second opinion" av scanner). David H. Lipman's MULTI_AV Tool http://www.pctipp.ch/ds/28400/28470/Multi_AV.exe http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp English: http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2008/01/09/scan-your-computer-with-multiple-anti-virus-for-free/ Additional Instructions: http://pcdid.com/Multi_AV.htm and/or BitDefender10 Free Edition (*NOT FOR VISTA*) http://www.bitdefender.com/PRODUCT-14-en--BitDefender-8-Free-Edition.html Kaspersky's AVPTool http://downloads5.kaspersky-labs.com/devbuilds/AVPTool/ There's no updating involved since the scanning engine is updated several times a day and you simply download the updated scanner whenever you want to do a scan. Dr.Web CureIt!® Utility - FREE http://www.freedrweb.com/cureit/ Malwarebytes© Corporation - Anti-Malware http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam/program/mbam-setup.exe Note: It is Free for private use. Just download (do NOT buy) and install. A-S applications - for non-viral malware. The effectiveness of an individual A-S scanners can be wide-ranging and oftentimes a collection of scanners is best. There isn't one software that cleans and immunizes you against everything. That's why you need multiple products to do the job i.e. overlap their coverage - one may catch what another may miss, (grab'em all). SuperAntispyware - Free http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html and Ad-Aware 2007 - Free http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad_aware_free.php http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html and Spybot Search & Destroy - Free http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html and Windows Defender - Free (build-in in Vista) http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx WD monitors the start-registry and hooks registers/files to prevent spyware and worms to install to the OS. Interesting reading: http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,136195/article.html "...Windows Defender did excel in behavior-based protection, which detects changes to key areas of the system without having to know anything about the actual threat." A clarification on the terminology: the word "malware" is short for "malicious software." Most Anti-Virus applications detect many types of malware such as viruses, worms, trojans, etc. What AV applications usually don't detect is "non-viral" malware, and the term "non-viral malware" is normally used to refer to things like spyware and adware. Good luck :)
Guest Bruce Chambers Posted August 1, 2008 Posted August 1, 2008 Re: Antivirus sbryett@gmail.com wrote: > What would be the best free Anti-virus program ?, I am using AVG at > the moment You'll get nearly as many differing opinions as you will responses. I'll start by saying that I don't think any security "suite" is a good choice. It'd be better to use smaller, less-resource-draining stand-alone products. And, having had personal experience with Verizon's business practices, I certainly wouldn't trust anything they offer. Even if the product/service itself is fine, there'll be hidden costs and "unadvertised" conditions and limitations associated with it. I used, and recommended, Norton Antivirus and then Norton Internet Security, for many years, on Win98, WinNT, Win2K, and WinXP, all without any significant problems. I had used McAfee prior to that. But it's been several years since I've been tempted to try McAfee products. Their quality seemed to take a steep nose-dive after they were acquired by Network Associates. However, when my subscription to Symantec's updates for Norton Internet Security 2002 came up for renewal (at a cost substantially higher than the preceding year's subscription), I decided to try less expensive solutions. I downloaded and installed the free version of GriSoft's AVG (http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php ). It proved to be easily installed, easy to use, and quite effective. Additionally, I was pleasantly surprised to see a small but very noticeable improvement in my PC's performance, once I'd replaced the Symantec product. Another free (for personal use) anti-virus product is AVAST! 4 Home Edition (http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html), which is what I'm currently using without problems on Vista Business. For a recent comparison of anti-virus products: Retrospective / ProActive Test http://www.av-comparatives.org/ -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot
Guest Navigator Posted August 2, 2008 Posted August 2, 2008 Re: Antivirus On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:56:22 -0700 (PDT), sbryett@gmail.com wrote: >What would be the best free Anti-virus program ?, I am using AVG at >the moment Whatever you want. It's a personal preference and has nothing to do with the XP. Do your own research. Ask elsewhere
Guest Unknown Posted August 2, 2008 Posted August 2, 2008 Re: Antivirus Still playing stupid??? And you changed your name again: From Edrick to Navigator a.k.a Grumpy. "Navigator" <none@nobody.net> wrote in message news:hb9794popd9a4rqt4ukr8unbg93u4phdcv@4ax.com... > On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:56:22 -0700 (PDT), sbryett@gmail.com wrote: > >>What would be the best free Anti-virus program ?, I am using AVG at >>the moment > > Whatever you want. It's a personal preference and has nothing to do > with the XP. Do your own research. > > Ask elsewhere >
Guest WindPipe Posted August 3, 2008 Posted August 3, 2008 Re: Antivirus Nagivate yourself inline.... "Navigator" <none@nobody.net> wrote in message news:hb9794popd9a4rqt4ukr8unbg93u4phdcv@4ax.com... > On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:56:22 -0700 (PDT), sbryett@gmail.com wrote: > >>What would be the best free Anti-virus program ?, I am using AVG at >>the moment > > Whatever you want. sbryett is seeking for precisley that. >It's a personal preference and has nothing to do > with the XP. sbryett knows that, and there is a little contigency with XP. Still is very relevent to XP, some AV programs have Windows XP\Vista versions, some have for Windows XP, or Windows Vista versions of their AV programs. >Do your own research. sbryett is doing research. > > Ask elsewhere You came here, and did not have too. You can go elsewhere. You did rename yourself various times, and been told to lose yourself many more time than that...? sbryett, I don't know how important your email address is you use here for this posting, you may be applying filters to it quite soon. Beware of spammers. - WindPipe
Guest Navigator Posted August 3, 2008 Posted August 3, 2008 Re: Antivirus On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 10:40:41 -0500, "Unknown" <unknown@unknown.kom> wrote: >Still playing stupid??? And you changed your name again: From Edrick to >Navigator a.k.a Grumpy. >"Navigator" <none@nobody.net> wrote in message >news:hb9794popd9a4rqt4ukr8unbg93u4phdcv@4ax.com... >> On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:56:22 -0700 (PDT), sbryett@gmail.com wrote: >> >>>What would be the best free Anti-virus program ?, I am using AVG at >>>the moment >> >> Whatever you want. It's a personal preference and has nothing to do >> with the XP. Do your own research. >> >> Ask elsewhere >> > Nope...never Grumpy.
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted August 7, 2008 Posted August 7, 2008 Re: Antivirus On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 10:40:41 -0500, "Unknown" <unknown@unknown.kom> wrote: > Still playing stupid??? And you changed your name again: From Edrick to > Navigator a.k.a Grumpy. Changing names often is standard procedure for trolls like him, They do it to escape our killfiles. But it's easy enough to add them back in under their new name. > "Navigator" <none@nobody.net> wrote in message > news:hb9794popd9a4rqt4ukr8unbg93u4phdcv@4ax.com... > > On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:56:22 -0700 (PDT), sbryett@gmail.com wrote: > > > >>What would be the best free Anti-virus program ?, I am using AVG at > >>the moment > > > > Whatever you want. It's a personal preference and has nothing to do > > with the XP. Do your own research. > > > > Ask elsewhere > > > -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest Chris Barnes Posted August 8, 2008 Posted August 8, 2008 Re: Antivirus Navigator wrote: > On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:56:22 -0700 (PDT), sbryett@gmail.com wrote: > >> What would be the best free Anti-virus program ?, I am using AVG at >> the moment > > Whatever you want. It's a personal preference and has nothing to do > with the XP. Do your own research. > > Ask elsewhere Hmm. In a "general" group about an OS, I would think asking about a critical software application such as antivirus to be a completely legitimate question. To the OP: AVG is good, but is no longer free. Starting w/ version 8.0, it only works for a 30-day period. Note that the price is not that bad. Other good AV programs (some free, some have similar minimal charges) are: Avast! MalwareBytes Anti-malware (I really kind of like this one) Kapersky (sp?) Note: a great forum that talks about virii and spyware is http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/ -- + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Chris Barnes AOL IM: CNBarnes chris-barnes@tamu.edu Yahoo IM: chrisnbarnes
Guest Chris Barnes Posted August 8, 2008 Posted August 8, 2008 Re: Antivirus Ken Blake, MVP wrote: > Changing names often is standard procedure for trolls like him, They > do it to escape our killfiles. But it's easy enough to add them back > in under their new name. Block by posting IP address perhaps? :-) -- + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Chris Barnes AOL IM: CNBarnes chris-barnes@tamu.edu Yahoo IM: chrisnbarnes
Guest Bob I Posted August 8, 2008 Posted August 8, 2008 Re: Antivirus Chris Barnes wrote: > Ken Blake, MVP wrote: > >> Changing names often is standard procedure for trolls like him, They >> do it to escape our killfiles. But it's easy enough to add them back >> in under their new name. > > > Block by posting IP address perhaps? > > :-) > > IP addresses will change more often than Aliases
Guest Galen Somerville Posted August 8, 2008 Posted August 8, 2008 Re: Antivirus "Chris Barnes" <chris-barnes@tamu.edu> wrote in message news:uLaVQNW%23IHA.5036@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Navigator wrote: >> On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:56:22 -0700 (PDT), sbryett@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> What would be the best free Anti-virus program ?, I am using AVG at >>> the moment >> >> Whatever you want. It's a personal preference and has nothing to do >> with the XP. Do your own research. >> >> Ask elsewhere > > > > Hmm. In a "general" group about an OS, I would think asking about a > critical software application such as antivirus to be a completely > legitimate question. > > > To the OP: AVG is good, but is no longer free. Starting w/ version 8.0, > it only works for a 30-day period. Note that the price is not that bad. > Other good AV programs (some free, some have similar minimal charges) are: > > Avast! > MalwareBytes Anti-malware (I really kind of like this one) > Kapersky (sp?) > > Note: a great forum that talks about virii and spyware is > http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/ > > -- > > + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + > Chris Barnes AOL IM: CNBarnes > chris-barnes@tamu.edu Yahoo IM: chrisnbarnes AVG is still free. I'm using AVG 8 free edition. Galen
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted August 8, 2008 Posted August 8, 2008 Re: Antivirus On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:31:30 -0500, Chris Barnes <chris-barnes@tamu.edu> wrote: > Ken Blake, MVP wrote: > > Changing names often is standard procedure for trolls like him, They > > do it to escape our killfiles. But it's easy enough to add them back > > in under their new name. > > Block by posting IP address perhaps? Many, if not most, people, have dynamic IP addresses. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted August 8, 2008 Posted August 8, 2008 Re: Antivirus On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:30:22 -0500, Chris Barnes <chris-barnes@tamu.edu> wrote: > To the OP: AVG is good, but is no longer free. Starting w/ version > 8.0, it only works for a 30-day period. Although I don't personally use AVG, I believe that that's incorrect. AVG 8.0 is still free. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest Big_Al Posted August 8, 2008 Posted August 8, 2008 Re: Antivirus Ken Blake, MVP wrote: > On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:30:22 -0500, Chris Barnes > <chris-barnes@tamu.edu> wrote: > > >> To the OP: AVG is good, but is no longer free. Starting w/ version >> 8.0, it only works for a 30-day period. > > > Although I don't personally use AVG, I believe that that's incorrect. > AVG 8.0 is still free. > You are right Ken, AVG 8.0 is still giving out a free version. I'm using it and other than turning off a few features that are annoying, it works. Or seems to give the user the appearance of working, as this is all we can say until its formally put to the test :-)
Guest Tom [Pepper] Willett Posted August 8, 2008 Posted August 8, 2008 Re: Antivirus : : To the OP: AVG is good, but is no longer free. Starting w/ version : 8.0, it only works for a 30-day period. Note that the price is not that : bad. Other good AV programs (some free, some have similar minimal : charges) are: Not true. AVG 8 free works forever. : : Avast! : MalwareBytes Anti-malware (I really kind of like this one) : Kapersky (sp?) : : Note: a great forum that talks about virii and spyware is : http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/ : : -- : : + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + : Chris Barnes AOL IM: CNBarnes : chris-barnes@tamu.edu Yahoo IM: chrisnbarnes
Guest Chris Barnes Posted August 13, 2008 Posted August 13, 2008 Re: Antivirus Bob I wrote: > Chris Barnes wrote: >> Block by posting IP address perhaps? >> > > IP addresses will change more often than Aliases Wildcarding (blocking a range) is quite useful. I believe this is something common with vBulletin boards (and seems to be REALLY effective). -- + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Chris Barnes AOL IM: CNBarnes chris-barnes@tamu.edu Yahoo IM: chrisnbarnes
Guest Chris Barnes Posted August 13, 2008 Posted August 13, 2008 Re: Antivirus Galen Somerville wrote: > AVG is still free. I'm using AVG 8 free edition. only for 30 days. Then it quits. http://www.grisoft.com/ww.download-trial -- + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Chris Barnes AOL IM: CNBarnes chris-barnes@tamu.edu Yahoo IM: chrisnbarnes
Guest Bob I Posted August 13, 2008 Posted August 13, 2008 Re: Antivirus Chris Barnes wrote: > Bob I wrote: > >> Chris Barnes wrote: >> >>> Block by posting IP address perhaps? >>> >> >> IP addresses will change more often than Aliases > > > Wildcarding (blocking a range) is quite useful. I believe this is > something common with vBulletin boards (and seems to be REALLY effective). > Do newsreaders support that feature?
Guest FredW Posted August 13, 2008 Posted August 13, 2008 Re: Antivirus On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:05:57 -0500, Chris Barnes <chris-barnes@tamu.edu> wrote: >Galen Somerville wrote: >> AVG is still free. I'm using AVG 8 free edition. > >only for 30 days. Then it quits. > > http://www.grisoft.com/ww.download-trial Why do you repeat that, it is not true! http://free.avg.com/ http://www.majorgeeks.com/AVG_AntiVirus_Free_Edition_d886.html The "free" edition is FREE. -- Fred W. (NL)
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted August 13, 2008 Posted August 13, 2008 Re: Antivirus On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:05:57 -0500, Chris Barnes <chris-barnes@tamu.edu> wrote: > Galen Somerville wrote: > > AVG is still free. I'm using AVG 8 free edition. > > only for 30 days. Then it quits. You keep repeating this, but it's *not* correct. There is still a free version of AVG anti-virus available. There are also other Grisoft products, with additional features, that are not free. See http://www.grisoft.com/ww.home-and-office-security-comparison -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest Chris Barnes Posted August 18, 2008 Posted August 18, 2008 Re: Antivirus Ken Blake, MVP wrote: > On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:05:57 -0500, Chris Barnes > <chris-barnes@tamu.edu> wrote: > >> Galen Somerville wrote: >>> AVG is still free. I'm using AVG 8 free edition. >> only for 30 days. Then it quits. > > > You keep repeating this, but it's *not* correct. There is still a free > version of AVG anti-virus available. There are also other Grisoft > products, with additional features, that are not free. > > See http://www.grisoft.com/ww.home-and-office-security-comparison Then explain this from the http://www.grisoft.com/ww.download-trial page: Download AVG Trial Versions 30 days with full functionality and support for free AVG products are available for you to try as fully functional products, with no obligation, for a period of 30 days. During the trial period, you will have full access to all program features as well as access to our Technical Support team. How can it both "work for 30 days" and be "completely free". From the page you listed, I now see that they have a free version. However, their downloads page (the one I linked - and is more readily found from their website) is confusing *AT BEST*. Surely you would have to agree that reading the text I quoted *COULD* lead one to believe it would quit after 30 days? -- + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Chris Barnes AOL IM: CNBarnes chris-barnes@tamu.edu Yahoo IM: chrisnbarnes
Guest Chris Barnes Posted August 18, 2008 Posted August 18, 2008 Re: Antivirus Bob I wrote: > Do newsreaders support that feature? Some do, some don't. Blocking it at the newsSERVER would be better. -- + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Chris Barnes AOL IM: CNBarnes chris-barnes@tamu.edu Yahoo IM: chrisnbarnes
Guest FredW Posted August 18, 2008 Posted August 18, 2008 Re: Antivirus On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:24:07 -0500, Chris Barnes <chris-barnes@tamu.edu> wrote: >Ken Blake, MVP wrote: >> On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:05:57 -0500, Chris Barnes >> <chris-barnes@tamu.edu> wrote: >> >>> Galen Somerville wrote: >>>> AVG is still free. I'm using AVG 8 free edition. >>> only for 30 days. Then it quits. >> >> >> You keep repeating this, but it's *not* correct. There is still a free >> version of AVG anti-virus available. There are also other Grisoft >> products, with additional features, that are not free. >> >> See http://www.grisoft.com/ww.home-and-office-security-comparison > > >Then explain this from the http://www.grisoft.com/ww.download-trial page: > > Download AVG Trial Versions 30 days with full functionality > and support for free > > AVG products are available for you to try as fully functional > products, with no obligation, for a period of 30 days. During > the trial period, you will have full access to all program > features as well as access to our Technical Support team. > > >How can it both "work for 30 days" and be "completely free". > > From the page you listed, I now see that they have a free version. >However, their downloads page (the one I linked - and is more readily >found from their website) is confusing *AT BEST*. Surely you would have >to agree that reading the text I quoted *COULD* lead one to believe it >would quit after 30 days? If you download the wrong version, you get the wrong message. Why should anyone explain the wrong message? http://free.avg.com/ If you look at the wrong place, you may not find what you want. -- Fred W. (NL)
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