Reply to: Any free antivirus left ?

[BolshieBastard]

That's what I have on all my machines

AVG is rubbish. It consistently comes bottom of the benchmarks for free av software.

I wouldnt have it on my kids pc's never mind business pc's!

Avast is one of the best and if you want a freebie, I'd use that or something else but deffo not avg.

[Fred Bloggs]

I recently replaced AVG with Avast on one of my laptops to give it a go.

Avast found 3 trojans that AVG had missed

I'm not surprised. Avast! is very, very good software.

[blacjac]

AVG
Avast!

I recently replaced AVG with Avast on one of my laptops to give it a go.

Avast found 3 trojans that AVG had missed

[miffy]

Not dissing Kaspersky but the latest version of Spybot alerts you to registry change attempts.

Sorry. Kaspersky has done this for a while.

The overall Kaspersky package is pretty damb good. For example, try stopping the AV service and see how far you get with that!

The free AV products don't scan web content which is why I won't use or trust them. You can pickup a license that protects three computers for peanuts now. Free doesn't mean it's any good.

[voodooflux]

I made the switch from Avast to Antivir yesterday. No real reason other than I saw a lot of recommendations for the latter and thought I'd give it a go. Bored? Who, me?

[cojak]

Well I've just put on

ESET NOD32 Antivirus (comes with the Asus machine registration);
SUPERAntiSpyware
Comodo v3 firewall.

[FarmerPalmer]

AVG

That's what I have on all my machines

[Board Game Geek]

Big fan of F-Prot Internet Security here. Kept my system (and Halo's) clean for several years now.

[Ardesco]

Been using Kaspersky for a few years now and it seems to keep me clean. Have been nosing around as Sophos' offers recently as they seem to have some very nifty stuff for controlling networks and it's pretty quick, but I'll wait until my Kaspersky licence runs out before I get anything else

[cojak]

Not dissing Kaspersky but the latest version of Spybot alerts you to registry change attempts.

[Ardesco]

I use Kaspersky. Checks my e-mails and checks for virus'. Removes/deletes everything and also notifies me of any registry changes so that I can refuse to accept them. Does the job for me and 1 licence allows you to put it on three machines.

[daviejones]

That test was at the beginning of 2007. Microshaft were frantically writing updates for months after that report. They covered all the main issues, except for one that I complained to them about- The email check delay on opening.

Yep, you are probably correct, but this is Microtulipe we are talking about though.....

[Diver]

Onecare didn't get a good review here...

That test was at the beginning of 2007. Microshaft were frantically writing updates for months after that report. They covered all the main issues, except for one that I complained to them about- The email check delay on opening.

[daviejones]

Onecare didn't get a good review here...

[voodooflux]

I use SUPERAntispyware (Yes they have a free version).

Yeah, I've used that in the past - worked very well.