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Old 09-26-2009, 11:40 AM   #1
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Exclamation Info on FREE anti-virus program?

I just downloaded a spyware programcalled Malware......it got great ratings from several sites.
It was FREE.

Now I am hoping to find a FREE anti-virus program.
Any recommendations out there?

Some have recommended AVG which I am going to start reading about.

Any other thoughts?

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Old 09-26-2009, 11:45 AM   #2
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Jody:
Try Avira Anti-virus -- Personal Edition . It is also free and highly recommended.
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Old 09-26-2009, 12:35 PM   #3
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Excuse my ignorance,
but there is a lot of it where it
concerns me and computers,
but,
is the Malware spyware
and the AVG 8.5 anti-virus the
same thing?
I get 'mixed' up reading some of this stuff.......
never been a technical wizard........

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Old 09-27-2009, 12:59 PM   #4
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Jody, the two anti spyware programs that I use are "Malwarebytes" and "Spybot", both are free (sorta) and both do a great job of ridding your computer of trojans and the like. Spyware today has become so sophisticated that it's hard to say that it's not a virus, in fact I don't use an anti-virus program at all, just the two anti-spyware programs and I keep them updated and run them at least on a weekly basis.
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Old 09-28-2009, 06:03 AM   #5
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What I ended up doing was uninstalling the norton anti-virus that came with my laptop 4 years ago.

and downloading malwarebytes - for spyware
and downloading AVG 8.5 - for anti-virus.

Now I hope I am proctected (at least to some extent)

Trying to get things squared away so IF the house thingee goes thru
& we hit the road in the RV for a while then I have all my ducks in a row.

Just started paying bills on-line, so I am working through that and it
is going well so far. I was a late comer to the on-line banking thing as
far as paying bills, but now I think I've got the hang of it!

Jo

Thanks for all the help everyone!
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Old 10-03-2009, 03:56 PM   #6
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Microsoft just within the last week released a new anti-virus software that is free. It is getting good reviews. Doesn't hog your system resources.

You can find it here
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Old 10-07-2009, 08:50 PM   #7
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The Microsoft Product is called "Security Essentials" you can read about and download it here. It has been getting really good reviews and its free, give it a try, it cant hurt.
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Old 10-09-2009, 04:06 PM   #8
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I've been using Security Essentials from Microsoft for a week or so and have nothing bad to say about it.
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Old 01-15-2010, 07:35 AM   #9
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After discovering my problems with Vista were caused by McAfee and then Norton, I downloaded AVG on the recommendation of a computer geek friend. I have used it for the past 3 years without a hitch, no problems with Vista.
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Old 01-16-2010, 04:39 PM   #10
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After my last 2 virus encounters I bought a Imac. But I ended up buying netbooks for the girls and running Malwarebytes and AVG. I had CA on my last two infected computers, ?was it worth it.
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Old 03-28-2010, 04:36 AM   #11
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I switched over to "Microsoft Security Essentials" this past week and I am impressed with it! It was free from Microsoft, integrates with my XP operating system, satisfy’s the virus protection of the security shield, and has automatic updates from Microsoft. I find that it doesn't load down the OS and slow down the computer. I hit one infected site while browsing (no Hank, it was not a "Hoochi Coochi" site!) and it stopped the transfer of infected files and immediately started to clean the files (NICE!).
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