Free antivirus software recommendation

[Guest PD43]

Re: Free antivirus software recommendation

 

"Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote:

>Bruce

>

>One problem with Avast.

>

>Avast stops System Restore from working if you need to go back to an

>earlier restore point. The Self Defense function does not work in safe

>mode. There is also a programme setting whereby this function can be

>disabled. I have read Avast are working on this.

 

Sounds like more than a "problem"... sounds like a BEEEEG problem!

[Guest Alias]

Re: Free antivirus software recommendation

 

Gerry wrote:

> Bruce

>

> One problem with Avast.

>

> Avast stops System Restore from working if you need to go back to an

> earlier restore point.

 

Not on my machine, it doesn't.

 

Alias

[Guest Gerry]

Re: Free antivirus software recommendation

 

Alias

 

It what respect? You can restore to an earlier time in normal mode

without disabling the Self Defense function?

 

Do you have version 4.8.1169? This is the latest version.

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?action=search2

 

There are later betas being tested.

 

 

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Hope this helps.

 

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Alias wrote:

> Gerry wrote:

>> Bruce

>>

>> One problem with Avast.

>>

>> Avast stops System Restore from working if you need to go back to an

>> earlier restore point.

>

> Not on my machine, it doesn't.

>

> Alias

[Guest someone]

Re: Free antivirus software recommendation

 

The paid AVG 8 does its updating silently, in the background, and you don't

even know it is updating unless you check on the processes.

 

"Saucer Man" <saucerman@nospam.com> wrote in message

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> I tried AVG and Antivir. Now I am using Avast and never looked backed.

> Avast never asks me to restart UNLESS it is a full program update.

>

>

> "PD43" <pauld1943@comcast.net> wrote in message

> news:ti7824984k8h00iqk167abroe04mis2fk2@4ax.com...

>> Big Al <BigAl@nowhere.com> wrote:

>>

>>>> I got pissed at all the required restarts it wanted me to do when it

>>>> updated (almost daily).

>>>

>>>Avast or AVG7 did the restarts?

>>

>> Avast. Kept it for about two weeks then went back to AVG7 or 7.5. Am

>> now using AVG 8.0 and am happy with it. Does WAY more than before,

>> including that it has a resident malware shield.

>>

>

>

[Guest Bruce Chambers]

Re: Free antivirus software recommendation

 

Gerry wrote:

> Bruce

>

> One problem with Avast.

>

> Avast stops System Restore from working if you need to go back to an

> earlier restore point.

 

 

Really? I was unaware of that problem, since I usually disable System

Restore, anyways; it's too limited compared to proper backups.

 

> The Self Defense function does not work in safe

> mode.

 

 

Not surprising; most non-essential (to the OS) drivers are not loaded

during Safe Mode. An anti-virus applications drivers would likely be

included in that group, much as we'd wish it were otherwisw.

 

 

 

 

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[Guest PD43]

Re: Free antivirus software recommendation

 

"someone" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote:

>The paid AVG 8 does its updating silently, in the background, and you don't

>even know it is updating unless you check on the processes.

 

So does the free version.

[Guest Bill in Co.]

Re: Free antivirus software recommendation

 

Big Al wrote:

> PD43 wrote:

>> Big Al <BigAl@nowhere.com> wrote:

>>

>>>> I got pissed at all the required restarts it wanted me to do when it

>>>> updated (almost daily).

>>> Avast or AVG7 did the restarts?

>>

>> Avast. Kept it for about two weeks then went back to AVG7 or 7.5. Am

>> now using AVG 8.0 and am happy with it. Does WAY more than before,

>> including that it has a resident malware shield.

>

> See, now that's probably like these SP3 problems we read about. I

> loaded AVG ver 8, as 7.5 kept telling me there was a new version and I

> thought.....heck I like new stuff why not. I'd had 7.5 for years. I'm

> a glutton for punishment. So I put it in. Boy did it find threats,

> and I thought it slowed the PC down. Old programs that were good were

> now threats. I even told my buddies about it and one other had the same

> story. So we both dropped it and moved back to 7.5.

> Now I'm on avast with no apparent reboots like you had. I get a little

> popup and voice saying it has updated the definitions. I gotta look at

> the settings and turn that off. It always pops up at the wrong spot in

> my tv show. I miss why Mike wanted to kill Bob or something. :-)

>

> So just like SP3, Mixed results. Odd how things do that. And I just

> reloaded this machine May 1, so its clean and I've not had the time to

> muck it up with junk yet.

>

> Good hearing your history though, gives me some encouragement to maybe

> try 8.0 again. I used 7.5 for years and have it on all 3 PC's, so its

> not like I hate it. It catches stuff and does its thing. Oh well,

> one more mystery of life to try and solve.

>

> As George Burns said: Goodnight Gracie! I've been up all night and its

> 6am and the insomnia has finally worn off. This lounge chair is

> starting to feel good.

 

AVG 7.0 works like a charm over here.

 

'Night, Gracie'!

[Guest Bill in Co.]

Re: Free antivirus software recommendation

 

You won't get that nagging popup with AVG 7.0.

 

Gerry wrote:

> PD43

>

> Is your AVG 8.0 free or paid for? I am believing you cannot get a free

> version of AVG 8.0 or a free version of AVG 7.5 for that matter now. The

> AVG 7.5 Free is still supported but if you can still get it the download

> link is very well hidden. I am still using AVG 7.5 Free but the nagging

> pop up for updating to AVG 8 appears on every boot.

>

>

>

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>

> Gerry

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>

> PD43 wrote:

>> Big Al <BigAl@nowhere.com> wrote:

>>

>>> Now I'm on avast with no apparent reboots like you had. I get a

>>> little popup and voice saying it has updated the definitions. I

>>> gotta look at the settings and turn that off. It always pops up at

>>> the wrong spot in my tv show. I miss why Mike wanted to kill Bob or

>>> something. :-)

>>

>> I might be remembering the popups, but I'm sure I had reboots.

>>

>> So far AVG 8.0 is great here. I'll keep Avast in the back of my mind

>> if I have a need for change.

[Guest Daave]

Re: Free antivirus software recommendation

 

"Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote in message

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> Daave wrote:

>> There is a free version of 8.0 (I'm using it, but I don't like the

>> false positives):

>>

>> http://free.grisoft.com/ww.download?prd=afe

> Thanks Daave. They do hide these things away.

 

YW, Gerry. I agree these pages aren't the easiest to find. But I usually

use Google to help me get there faster. For starters, I tried:

 

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=free+avg+grisoft

[Guest Nonny]

Re: Free antivirus software recommendation

 

On Fri, 9 May 2008 13:10:50 -0600, "Bill in Co."

<not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote:

>You won't get that nagging popup with AVG 7.0

 

I don't think that version is even being supported anymore.

 

Are you getting any updates to it?

[Guest Bill in Co.]

Re: Free antivirus software recommendation

 

Nonny wrote:

> On Fri, 9 May 2008 13:10:50 -0600, "Bill in Co."

> <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote:

>

>> You won't get that nagging popup with AVG 7.0

>

> I don't think that version is even being supported anymore.

>

> Are you getting any updates to it?

 

Nope. But then again, I'm pretty careful where I go online. (plus the

fact that I'm ONLY connected to the internet when I dial-up, and if anything

suspicious comes in, I can often catch it, since it takes awhile to come in

here. :-)

[Guest Nonny]

Re: Free antivirus software recommendation

 

On Fri, 9 May 2008 14:19:18 -0600, "Bill in Co."

<not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote:

>Nonny wrote:

>> On Fri, 9 May 2008 13:10:50 -0600, "Bill in Co."

>> <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote:

>>

>>> You won't get that nagging popup with AVG 7.0

>>

>> I don't think that version is even being supported anymore.

>>

>> Are you getting any updates to it?

>

>Nope. But then again, I'm pretty careful where I go online. (plus the

>fact that I'm ONLY connected to the internet when I dial-up, and if anything

>suspicious comes in, I can often catch it, since it takes awhile to come in

>here. :-)

 

Understood.

 

I only run an up-to-date a/v program because I have plenty of memory

and a super-fast broadband connection (10+mb) so downloads go

extremely fast.

 

I don't do file sharing, I don't visit hacker sites, and I don't

download from unknown sites, so I'd probably be safe without one.

 

Why are you using dialup when it's possible to get DSL for the same

price or less than a dialup account in most locations? Are you so for

out in the boonies that no such option exists?

[Guest Bill in Co.]

Re: Free antivirus software recommendation

 

Nonny wrote:

> On Fri, 9 May 2008 14:19:18 -0600, "Bill in Co."

> <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote:

>

>> Nonny wrote:

>>> On Fri, 9 May 2008 13:10:50 -0600, "Bill in Co."

>>> <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote:

>>>

>>>> You won't get that nagging popup with AVG 7.0

>>>

>>> I don't think that version is even being supported anymore.

>>>

>>> Are you getting any updates to it?

>>

>> Nope. But then again, I'm pretty careful where I go online. (plus

>> the

>> fact that I'm ONLY connected to the internet when I dial-up, and if

>> anything

>> suspicious comes in, I can often catch it, since it takes awhile to come

>> in

>> here. :-)

>

> Understood.

>

> I only run an up-to-date a/v program because I have plenty of memory

> and a super-fast broadband connection (10+mb) so downloads go

> extremely fast.

>

> I don't do file sharing, I don't visit hacker sites, and I don't

> download from unknown sites, so I'd probably be safe without one.

>

> Why are you using dialup when it's possible to get DSL for the same

> price or less than a dialup account in most locations? Are you so for

> out in the boonies that no such option exists?

 

I can't get DSL at this specific location, but I could get Cable Internet

(but it's more expensive obviously, and I already am paying enough for Cable

TV with HBO :-).

 

But I don't really mind the slower speed of dial-up, since I generally spend

more time on email and newsgroups than surfing the web - and even when

surfing the web, I don't mind waiting a bit (you know - the old school

values of patience, which I'm trying to keep in shape :-)

 

This may surprise you though - on rare occasions I have even had the

patience to download a 50 MB shareware program just to try it out, and that

takes about 5 hours to come in here! (I've been trying to inspire some

like PD43 to develop some old school patience, but it obviously falls on

deaf ears (evidently only some of us old timers still have it :-)

[Guest Nonny]

Re: Free antivirus software recommendation

 

On Fri, 9 May 2008 14:44:13 -0600, "Bill in Co."

<not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote:

>This may surprise you though - on rare occasions I have even had the

>patience to download a 50 MB shareware program just to try it out, and that

>takes about 5 hours to come in here!

 

I haven't had to deal with that slow a connection since 2000.

 

I now have Comcast as my provider... got it without having to

subscribe to anything else because my high-rise has Comcast cable

included in the rent.

 

I am on a 6-month special that only costs me $22/mo for the first six

months. After that it goes to $46/mo. But that's cheaper than the

DSL plus the land line phone service I had with AT&T because I dropped

my land line phone service in favor of keeping my cell phone service

(costs me $5/mo to keep it active and I don't even use that much in

monthly minutes).

 

And its 10+ megabit speed.

 

Eat yer heart out!

[Guest Gerry]

Re: Free antivirus software recommendation

 

Watching the paint dry Bill <G> .

 

 

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Gerry

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Bill in Co. wrote:

>

> This may surprise you though - on rare occasions I have even had the

> patience to download a 50 MB shareware program just to try it out,

> and that takes about 5 hours to come in here! (I've been trying to

> inspire some like PD43 to develop some old school patience, but it

> obviously falls on deaf ears (evidently only some of us old timers

> still have it :-)

[Guest Bill in Co.]

Re: Free antivirus software recommendation

 

Yeah, there ya go!!!

I also enjoy watching the Disk Defragmenter take its sweet time moving

around all those fragmented blocks, too. :-)

I have all the time in the world. Like - where's the fire?

 

Gerry wrote:

> Watching the paint dry Bill <G> .

>

>

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>

> Gerry

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>

> Bill in Co. wrote:

>>

>> This may surprise you though - on rare occasions I have even had the

>> patience to download a 50 MB shareware program just to try it out,

>> and that takes about 5 hours to come in here! (I've been trying to

>> inspire some like PD43 to develop some old school patience, but it

>> obviously falls on deaf ears (evidently only some of us old-timers

>> still have it :-)

[Guest augfl]

RE: Free antivirus software recommendation

 

I have used AVG, Avast, and FreeAntiVir and all work. Link to downloads:

http://www.download.com/1200-2018-5186348.html?tag=vtsplashpc

Ray

 

"John" wrote:

> I would like to install a new free antivirus software with my Windows XP

> SP2 and Microsoft Defender and can't decide between AVG, Avira Antivir or

> Avast.

> Could anyone assist with a recommendation please.

>

>

>

>

[Guest easymike29 via WindowsKB.com]

Re: Free antivirus software recommendation

 

I use all of these and a few more besides. None are configured to actively

scan. I manually scan regularly and alternate among them.

Gene

 

John wrote:

>I would like to install a new free antivirus software with my Windows XP

>SP2 and Microsoft Defender and can't decide between AVG, Avira Antivir or

>Avast.

>Could anyone assist with a recommendation please.

 

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