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Anti Virus Software

Aril
Aril Posts: 1,877 Forumite
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Please could I pick some techie brains here? We currently have Nortons anti virus on our machine which is up for renewal on 7th March. Our machine has Windows 98 on it. We wondering whether it was better to just renew our subscription or is there a better anti virus software out there at a cheaper cost?
Many thanks
Aril
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  • wolfman
    wolfman Posts: 3,225 Forumite
    AVG which is free.

    Or if you don't mind paying £25-30 Nod32 is very good.
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  • gunneradt
    gunneradt Posts: 245 Forumite
    nod32 is one of the few antivirus products that still brings out a version specifically for win98/ME. It does not slow down a win98 pc at all and is definitely the best option for pentium II win98 pcs.
  • -TangleFoot-
    -TangleFoot- Posts: 4,673 Forumite
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    Besides AVG Free, there's also Avast! Home Edition and AntiVir PE Classic to consider if you're not too keen on paying for updates.
  • LULUBELLE_2
    LULUBELLE_2 Posts: 1,103 Forumite
    Aril wrote:
    Please could I pick some techie brains here? We currently have Nortons anti virus on our machine which is up for renewal on 7th March. Our machine has Windows 98 on it. We wondering whether it was better to just renew our subscription or is there a better anti virus software out there at a cheaper cost?
    Many thanks
    Aril

    If you like Norton (I don't ;) ), you can get 6 months subscription for free with the Google pack HERE . You only download the elements of the pack that you actually want.
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  • suziewuzie
    suziewuzie Posts: 727 Forumite
    Thanks. We had AVG which has now expired (the free period) - can you just do it again? - if not will try one of the other free suggetions. Ta to all you clever techie peeps.
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  • gunneradt
    gunneradt Posts: 245 Forumite
    AVG is permanently free - just redownload and reinstall if you have an old version.
  • Browntoa
    Browntoa Posts: 49,612 Forumite
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    you must have downloaded the trial "Pro" version of AVG

    this is the free version

    http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5

    does not expire
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  • roadsidetree
    roadsidetree Posts: 172 Forumite
    A word of caution on AntiVir -

    Till date this product used to be extremely good. Unfortunately their latest free version (PersonalEdition Classic 7) is full of bugs. I had so much difficulty in installing this update, now I have moved away to AVG.

    Free version of AVG is good.
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