Free Anti-Virus - simple to use!!

macman

Errors? You mean alerts?
Ah, that means you probably had McAfee or Norton installed before...
Did you use the relevant removal tools to remove your old AV product completely?-if not then your new one may not function properly.

chrisjw37

I setup machines and teach new users
I find
AVG to be the simplest solution

http://free.avg.com/gb-en/homepage

no hassle setting up
it just works
and updates automatically.

Efficiency
It beat Mcafeee and norton (symantec) by near half again in detection

Sunshine_and_Roses

macman wrote: »

Errors? You mean alerts?
Ah, that means you probably had McAfee or Norton installed before...
Did you use the relevant removal tools to remove your old AV product completely?-if not then your new one may not function properly.

Norton was installed originally but I did not renew this. So I un-install norton then re-install avast again?

macman

chrisjw37 wrote: »

I setup machines and teach new users
I find
AVG to be the simplest solution

http://free.avg.com/gb-en/homepage

no hassle setting up
it just works
and updates automatically.

Efficiency
It beat Mcafeee and norton (symantec) by near half again in detection

Beating Norton and MCaffee is not exactly a guarantee of good performance. I used to use AVG, but the free version has gone downhill in the last couple of years and I would never use or recommend it now.
Avira, Avast or MSE are much better free products

macman

clareski wrote: »

Norton was installed originally but I did not renew this. So I un-install norton then re-install avast again?

Uninstall Norton, then use the Norton Removal Tool (Google it) to flush out all the carp it leaves behind.
Avast should then work OK, but do a clean reinstall if unsure.
But Kaspersky is better IMHO.

GeoffX

If you really want anti-virus software that requires minimal interaction you should follow i8Change's advice and install Microsoft's Security Essentials. It has performed extremely well in group tests. The reason I don't use it - I'm using Comodo's at the moment, but may switch back to Avira - is because I like to have as much control over my PC as possible.

hethmar

Yes, I havent used AVG for the last couple of years, it really went down hill and I didnt trust it any longer

Clair, get your banking stuff sorted because you get the whole Kaspersky suite rather than just an anti virus program