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Thread started 01/01/07 3:18pm

Sdldawn

AVG will stop bein free!

on January 15th of this month!

any other good anti-virus programs that are free?


Thanks in advance
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Reply #1 posted 01/01/07 3:19pm

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How about McAfee?

Check out www.microsoft.com too.
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Reply #2 posted 01/01/07 3:31pm

jerseykrs

This is free and rated highly from Laptop Magazine.

http://www.avast.com/eng/...tware.html
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Reply #3 posted 01/01/07 4:16pm

Handclapsfinga
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no, it isn't. i've got AVG on my computer and there hasn't been any sorta pop-up saying that the free edition's gonna expire.
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Reply #4 posted 01/01/07 4:19pm

Spookymuffin

NOD32 is the best antivirus. Daily updates, low memory usage. It's not hard to get free, if you know what I mean. smile

you're also wrong -

New Free Anti-Virus

GRISOFT is announcing a new version of the AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition. This new 7.5 version with improved performance and full compatibility with the latest Windows Vista version is available. Users that are using AVG Free 7.1 will be provided with a specific dialog, within the next few weeks, with the opportunity to choose the right option fulfilling their needs. AVG Free 7.1 version will be discontinued on 15th of Jan 2007.


--taken from their website.

Still free, but older version discontinued.

http://free.grisoft.com
[Edited 1/1/07 16:21pm]
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Reply #5 posted 01/01/07 5:02pm

Nikster

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

no, it isn't. i've got AVG on my computer and there hasn't been any sorta pop-up saying that the free edition's gonna expire.


Yeah, they've done this before...it's not gonna stop being free, you're just gonna have to re-download the program.
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Reply #6 posted 01/01/07 5:44pm

Handclapsfinga
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Nikster said:

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

no, it isn't. i've got AVG on my computer and there hasn't been any sorta pop-up saying that the free edition's gonna expire.


Yeah, they've done this before...it's not gonna stop being free, you're just gonna have to re-download the program.

exactly.
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Reply #7 posted 01/01/07 5:46pm

VoicesCarry

Spookymuffin said:

NOD32 is the best antivirus. Daily updates, low memory usage. It's not hard to get free, if you know what I mean. smile

you're also wrong -

New Free Anti-Virus

GRISOFT is announcing a new version of the AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition. This new 7.5 version with improved performance and full compatibility with the latest Windows Vista version is available. Users that are using AVG Free 7.1 will be provided with a specific dialog, within the next few weeks, with the opportunity to choose the right option fulfilling their needs. AVG Free 7.1 version will be discontinued on 15th of Jan 2007.


--taken from their website.

Still free, but older version discontinued.

http://free.grisoft.com
[Edited 1/1/07 16:21pm]


Nod32 is so good that I actually paid for it. lol
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