Microsoft to give away anti-virus software

[pzz76077]

Shame they are phasing out OneCare though as i've used it for a while and its very good. Its other features such as central backup, printer sharing and scheduled tuning are handy and but guess they'll be gone in the new thing.

As long as the new AV is as unobtrusive as OneCare then i'll happily accept the freebie.

I would agree- not had a single issue since I started using OneCare, hope the new product lives up to the experience that I have had with it or Ill be back to Norton!

PZZ

[pzz76077]

One more thought - how about Microsoft simply fix all of the defects in their products and we would not need this kind of thing in the first place??


PZZ

[Sausage Surprise]

I've been using AVG and Zone Alarm for years at no cost and with no problems, so it makes no difference to me.

[voodooflux]

Neowin are reporting that a beta of Microsoft Security Essentials has been released with an initial cap of 75,000 downloads.

[original PM]

So what is the best free AV software then?

could do with some new stuff as Norton is about to run out of its free trial period

[voodooflux]

So what is the best free AV software then?

could do with some new stuff as Norton is about to run out of its free trial period

I find Avira AntiVir to be very good.

And here's a thread from last year with some more suggestions.

[d000hg]

One more thought - how about Microsoft simply fix all of the defects in their products and we would not need this kind of thing in the first place??


PZZ

Lame attempt at trolling. You really think it's possible to make an OS not susceptible to ANY virus? The only way to do that is to stop users installing or running any programs not verified by MS...

[Clippy]

Neowin are reporting that a beta of Microsoft Security Essentials has been released with an initial cap of 75,000 downloads.

Nice one - thanks for the heads up. Grabbed a copy to install later.

I find Avira AntiVir to be very good.

First time I have heard of this product - what is so good about it? Does it have a low resource overhead?

May install this if the MS beta proves problematic.

[voodooflux]

First time I have heard of this product - what is so good about it? Does it have a low resource overhead?

Seems to have a low resource overhead compared to AVG and Avast, along with very regular updates and good coverage. It does lack email client integration though.

[Clippy]

Seems to have a low resource overhead compared to AVG and Avast, along with very regular updates and good coverage. It does lack email client integration though.

I've been running AVG for severla months and find it a pain in the ar*e when it updates itself - too intrusive.

Don't really need the email client integration as the threats would only come from attachments so if you save them locally and scan before opening, you should be OK. Right?