anti virus software

[chapman12]

i need help in finding a good anti virus programme that will protect my computer from most things and removes them without any fidiling about, could you recomend one please (free if possible) .
thanks in advance

[wooly-back-jack]

NOT AVG - its free but its pap.
if you want a free one alot swear by avast http://www.avast.com/eng/programs.html

I use CA myself http://home3.ca.com/Microsoft/Defaul...?sc_lang=en-GB when I got a 12 month trial on disk then when that ran out I registered by email for another 12month trial :P (only 3 month trial now though )

there is a free online scanner that I use every so often too http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ just to be sure so far it hasnt found anything that CA hasnt but when I used norton or AVG it found loads.

Id reccomend doing and online scan at housecall then install avast

[JohnnyPissoff]

I've used a bunch of them through the years and find "Avast" to be the very best all round...and It's 100% free. You never have to bother with pop-up offers to re-buy your definitions and other commercial crap offers.
http://www.avast.com/

While your at it check out this great free firewall, same deal totally unobtrusive and never a bother with updating game patches and other stuff:
http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/

Get those two programs as well as "Ad-Aware" and "SpyBot Search & Destroy", your good to go.

[[R-DEV]bosco]

I've had bad experiences with free Anti Virus Software - now I'm using Kaspersky and havent had a single problem since I do so.

[chapman12]

thanks for all the replies. Does avast get rid of trojans, worms etc

[JohnnyPissoff]

Originally Posted by chapman12

thanks for all the replies. Does avast get rid of trojans, worms etc

Yea..it will hold it and alert you first though to give you a chance to quarantine it first just in case its not a genuine Trojan. Which to me is very important because some programs appear to be Trojans to some virus scanners. *cough* Norton *cough*.

[chapman12]

thanks again i hate to admit i've been useing AVG for months now after it was recommended my a friend so knowing my luck i'll have hundreds of infections.

[JohnnyPissoff]

Oh yea make damn sure you totally delete AVG from your system. Be sure to go to Start/Search/Files and Folders, and purge anything with AVG tag even after uninstall has been done. Those commercial programs act much like Trojans themselves.

[chapman12]

i think the avast site must be down as i am unable to connect to the site. is spy doctor any good.

[JohnnyPissoff]

I've used Spy Doctor but had a extreamly hard time deleting it when I found it duplicated Spy bot's definitions. I'd stick to Ad-Aware & Spy-Bot they have the most exposeure to the community and should get the most up to date deffinitions.

I had no problem at the download:
http://www.download.com/Avast-Home-E...=dl&tag=button