leoinnj Posted November 7, 2006 CID Share Posted November 7, 2006 I just received a notice from AVG free virus program. Starting in January 2007 it will no longer be free. I believe the next choice will be Avast. It can be downloaded from Cnet @ Download.com here is the URL: http://www.download.com/Avast-Home-Edition/3640-2239_4-10602417.html?v=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparticus Posted November 7, 2006 CID Share Posted November 7, 2006 Aww, I liked AVG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimPawlak Posted November 7, 2006 CID Share Posted November 7, 2006 NO, not true.. its if you do NOT upgrade to their latest release.. it wont be free... avg free will still be free lol.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparticus Posted November 8, 2006 CID Share Posted November 8, 2006 NO, not true.. its if you do NOT upgrade to their latest release.. it wont be free... avg free will still be free lol.. Phew. That was a close one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leoinnj Posted November 8, 2006 Author CID Share Posted November 8, 2006 TimPawlak, You are correct about AVG. Apparantly I was mislead by the AVG popup. I went into the AVG site and did some checking. (I should have done that before posting) Please accept my appology. Here is the information I found: AVG Free Edition is the well-known antivirus protection tool. AVG Free is available free of charge to home users for the life of the product. Rapid virus database updates are available for the lifetime of the product, thereby providing the high level of detection capability that millions of users around the world trust to protect their computers. AVG Free is easy to use and will not slow your system down (low system resource requirements). Highlights include automatic update functionality, the AVG Resident Shield, which provides real-time protection as files are opened and programs are run, free Virus Database Updates for the lifetime of the product, and AVG Virus Vault for safe handling of infected files. Version 7.5.4 includes improved virus detection based on better heuristics and NTFS data streams scanning; a smaller installation and update files; and an improved user interface. The newest version is also compatible with Windows Vista. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimPawlak Posted November 8, 2006 CID Share Posted November 8, 2006 yup, no problem... i read about a crap load of stuff.. i love AVG lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimPawlak Posted November 8, 2006 CID Share Posted November 8, 2006 I forgot!! Welcome to the Forums, leoinnj ! enjoy your stay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan314 Posted November 8, 2006 CID Share Posted November 8, 2006 OMG this scared me i AVG!! by far best anti virus ive ever used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted November 8, 2006 CID Share Posted November 8, 2006 Go here for the updated version 7.1 to 7.5 http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5#avg-anti-virus-free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xx Mazza xX Posted November 8, 2006 CID Share Posted November 8, 2006 I'm going with Avast Free, and Comodo Firewall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimPawlak Posted November 8, 2006 CID Share Posted November 8, 2006 i tried avast before.. didnt care for it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted November 8, 2006 CID Share Posted November 8, 2006 I also tried it and it was a resource hog. It really slowed down my speed test a lot. To much checking stuff going in and out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted November 8, 2006 CID Share Posted November 8, 2006 I just received a notice from AVG free virus program. Starting in January 2007 it will no longer be free. I believe the next choice will be Avast. It can be downloaded from Cnet @ Download.com here is the URL: http://www.download.com/Avast-Home-Edition/3640-2239_4-10602417.html?v=1 You sure know how to scare a lot of folks. :icon_shaking: I was just in there a day or 2 ago. Get the AVG anti Spyware while you are in there. It is free also. You download it for 30 days, then it turns off to a free edition also. It is great! It used to be Ewido antispyware. Those Grisoft guys are the shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
organ_shifter Posted November 8, 2006 CID Share Posted November 8, 2006 Active Virus Shield is also a great AV solution. It's based on Kaspersky's latest engine and it's free. Don't let the AOL name scare you away. It does very well against the most hostile Viruses/Trojans. Get it here: Active Virus Shield See where it ranked during testing here: Virus GR (15-25 August 2006) If I wasn't using a beta version of Kaspersky which works best with Windows XP Professional x64 and needed a free solution, I would use Active Virus Shield. It's impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xs1 Posted November 8, 2006 CID Share Posted November 8, 2006 just bought and installed AVG. what a great program. much better than alot of ones ive tried in the past Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltageman Posted November 8, 2006 CID Share Posted November 8, 2006 just bought and installed AVG. what a great program. much better than alot of ones ive tried in the past They now support x64 XP too...I just installed the trial version. If all goes well, I'll probably buy it in 29 days.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimPawlak Posted November 9, 2006 CID Share Posted November 9, 2006 yeah.. i was tempted to run x64 until i found out that it doesnt support crap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falco Posted November 9, 2006 CID Share Posted November 9, 2006 I uninstalled AVG and tried out Active Virus Shield. It found a trojan that AVG didn't find. I think I'll keep it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dliw Posted November 9, 2006 CID Share Posted November 9, 2006 I'm going with Avast Free, and Comodo Firewall. I also run Comodo Firewall and am very impressed with it. Had AVG Free but after trying Comodo Anti-Virus, which caught a "net worm/trojan" which AVG didn't, I switched. These two products are awesome and now are residing on both computers plus a few of my friends. I highly recommend them along with their other products. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
organ_shifter Posted November 9, 2006 CID Share Posted November 9, 2006 I uninstalled AVG and tried out Active Virus Shield. It found a trojan that AVG didn't find. I think I'll keep it. Wow! That could have easily turned into a serious problem had it not been detected. Good thing you tried it out. Kaspersky is the number one antivirus in the world. I'm happy it didn't turn into just another overrated program after it's popularity skyrocketed (e.g. Norton, McAfee). It's still uses the best methods for handling threats, and that's all that really counts. Being that Active Virus Shield uses the same engine, the protection will be top notch as well. The footprint that it leaves on the system is very light. Only two processes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anchorman Posted November 9, 2006 CID Share Posted November 9, 2006 well what do you guys think about Zonealarm firewall? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roco Posted November 9, 2006 CID Share Posted November 9, 2006 well what do you guys think about Zonealarm firewall? resource hog , especialy on laptops , the old Sygate 5.5 does for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomsday Posted November 10, 2006 CID Share Posted November 10, 2006 I'm ruuning Comodo on my sister's computer cause of the whole norton problem{30 days was coming up,what a headache to uninstall it } After uninstalling Norton and installing Comodo, her machine starts up quicker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted November 10, 2006 CID Share Posted November 10, 2006 After uninstalling Norton and installing Comodo, her machine starts up quicker. Yeah, I think anything is faster than Norton. And more reliable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Mazza I Posted November 10, 2006 CID Share Posted November 10, 2006 Yeah, I think anything is faster than Norton. And more reliable. lol, I agree. Avast+Comodo = good times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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