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Is AVG no longer free?
If so, is there any good FREE anti virus out there? TIA. |
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Advanced Warrior
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Hi Dena
Try Avast: avast! - Download antivirus software for spyware and virus protection They have a free version that only requires an annual registration to get the software key. Another one (that also works on Windows servers as well as workstations) is ClamWin: Free Antivirus for Windows - Open source GPL virus scanner Bill |
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try commodo - Firewall and AntiVirus Free Software Download from Comodo . It won't hog your resources.
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Greg Schueler
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AVG is still free. They also have a paid upgrade, but the basic level is still no cost.
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Bum Marketer
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NOooooo Not Avg... Get Avira..
The charts on download.com say a lot for Avira, and I praise it like I do life. |
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The entrepreneur builds an enterprise; the technician builds a job."
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AVG is still free - download it here: www.free.grisoft.com.
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I'm currently using AVIRA and I've to say that it's a "great WARRIOR" in defeating trojans and viruses.
Free antivirus - Avira AntiVir |
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I used to use AVG, but once I switched to Avast I never looked back.
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-Liam
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AVG is still free. It is good for marketing and brand awarness just like iTunes. Everyone got the software now I think..
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becareful with free anti-virus software, you get what you, erm, downloaded for free.
Get Kasperksy, best software out there, operated by professional russian hackers. |
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Here is the site for the free version of AVG. I just downloaded it this morning again to make sure. free.avg.com/download-avg-anti-virus-free-edition
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Avira all the way. I ditched AVG last year.
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We run the free Avira on one system and paid Norton on another. I don't really see that Norton is all that much better than Avira, if it is anyy better at all.
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I could not, for the life of me find the free link. I only saw 2 different price options! Now I have to decide which one to go with..... You Avira guys are making it sound quite attractive! Do I have to uninstall the version of AVG before installing something else or does it not really matter since it's not working anyway? Thanks! | |
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I actually have a paid version of Norton but I stopped using it years ago because it prevented me from ftp'ing. Drove me completely nuts.
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If you are running a business, and have a lot of information (critical or not), passwords, etc. you should certainly buy an anti-virus.
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As far as I know the basic version is still free, but there is an upgrade I seem to remember.
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Free is nice, but when it comes to quality tools that dramatically affect business operations, I'd rather bite the bullet and pay for service and updates. We have Norton's A/V Corporate Edition and it's saved us countless times - well worth every penny spent.
The last thing I want is significant downtime due to being a little cheap about something so vital. |
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I installed Avira btw.
Thanks. You guys are all great!! |
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I used to recommend the free AVG although with the latest 8.x version it seems to have gotten really fat and slow.
Now I recommend Avira Antivir if you're needing to go the free route. It seems to be much easier on the system resources. Free antivirus - Avira AntiVir. As for paid antivirus programs, Kaspersky and Nod32 are both quite good. Also, I have read that the latest Norton 2009 is lighter and faster than the previous versions. I haven't used Norton for about 5 years because it became bloatware so perhaps they've finally seen the light.. ...software that is. ![]() Wendell |
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Yes, AVG is still free |
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Avira Antivir Free is an incredible package.
Not only is it a perfect malicious code preventer/killer, it preserves the speed of you machine as well. Anyone I know is amazed about this kind of power, and "NO" I am not affiliated with Avira. (I just happen to know a lot of IT people) |
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After all this discussion I have decided to ditch AVG and go with Avira.
AVG does seem to have slowed my machine incredibly recently. |
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AVG usually make you jump through hoops to continue using the anti-virus for free. I think about once every one or two years, they say something like "This version of AVG is no longer free", to encourage people to get the paid version. All you actually have to do is download the latest free version and upgrade to that -- you don't even have to uninstall the old version, if I remember correctly.
I personally use Comodo. It's a free firewall and anti-virus in one package. |
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Personally, I've had great success with AVG. I used to use a major name brand paid anti-virus, and one of my sons managed to bring a virus home from a free MMORPG site.
I could see the virus (just not all the parts of it), my high dollar paid anti virus couldn't see it. A few weeks passed and the high dollar paid anti virus could finally SEE it, but not remove it. I went to AVG in hopes of finding a solution. Installed it, and it immediately recognized the virus and was already prepared to remove it. Later, I went to AVG's site to find that the free AVG had been able to remove this virus for several months before my son brought it to my computer. I've noticed some slowing of my systems with the current version, but only during scheduled full system scans. Also, I tend to not like to use 'all in one' packages, since a vulnerability in one component of the all in one could make the rest of the all in one package useless against a threat. (just my personal opinion) You know that's part of why there are so many security updates for MS products. Almost every security update for each of their products is to 'close a vulnerability that could permit a remote attacker to take control of the target system' interwoven products work well together, but also allow overlapping vulnerabilities. |
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It is actually very easy to get very worried when you start reading about computer security. I was reading there was a security hole in Apple's browser Safari, and Apple's advice, apparently, was to turn javascript off. They didn't fix it for a month, I believe. Edit: I wasn't quite right. Here's the story if anyone is interested: http://db.tidbits.com/article/10352 | |
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OK i didnt read even half the posts in this topic as i know what they contain anyways.
Well AVG i have seen many times used to exploit computers running it. Avast is good but a pain in the A**. 2 i recommend that are free is Comodo and avira. Comodo has defense plus and firewall to wich is nice Avira detecs amazingly well unknown viruses and spywares. that concludes my proffesional imho
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Trend Micro has done pretty well for me, I installed that in my office and as long as you were patient in the morning when booting up it was pretty much un-noticed. And really anti-virus at $40 per year is way better than spending 5 days restoring your computer.
I think Google offers spybot and a norton in their Google pack for free. |
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Well i have had clients whit MCafee installed and had to clear up the mess of things detected by other software and Well sometimes even clear up the mess after mcafee.
And well the word norton is forbidden in my world enough said. |
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