Any Free Anti-Virus for Charity / NFP Use?

Scunge

Hello.

I do IT support for a not-for-profit organisation and we want to provide a number of PCs for local residents to use. Naturally, we need to put anti-virus software on these PCs and I am finding that the free versions of such software are for "home / personal use only" and usually "on one PC".

However, to keep costs down I would rather not have to buy a product which is otherwise being offered for free. I'm not talking about full "Internet Security" solutions, just basic anti-virus protection.

Does anyone know of any decent free anti-virus software whose EULA allows for use by charities and not-for-profit organisations, and ideally on more than one PC.

Many thanks for any suggestions.

oldtoolie

Microsoft Security Essentials should do the job

http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/default.aspx?mkt=en-gb

BargainGalore

Avast

http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download

direct link which came from avast

http://download.cnet.com/Avast-Free-Antivirus/3000-2239_4-10019223.html?part=dl-85737&subj=dl&!!!!!button

qwerty112

I 100% recommend AVG Free. Never had a virus in the years I've been using it

esuhl

oldtoolie wrote: »

Microsoft Security Essentials should do the job

http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/default.aspx?mkt=en-gb

There are only two categories of use with MSE - "home use" and "small business". The former allows you to install the software for use by people who reside in your household, and excludes use in any commercial, non-profit or revenue generating business activities. So I guess the product would have to be licensed for "small business" use, which allows you to install and use the software on up to 10 devices.

BargainGalore wrote: »

Avast

http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download

direct link which came from avast

http://download.cnet.com/Avast-Free-Antivirus/3000-2239_4-10019223.html?part=dl-85737&subj=dl&!!!!!button

Avast wouldn't be suitable as it's only free for "personal and non-commercial use", and installing the software for others to use as part of the activities of a non-profit organisation probably wouldn't be considered "personal" use.

qwerty112 wrote: »

I 100% recommend AVG Free. Never had a virus in the years I've been using it

AVG Free definitely isn't suitable!

It states that it is licensed for "private, non-commercial, single home computer use only" and that use "within any organization or for commercial purposes is strictly prohibited".

casper_g

Quite right, none of the products mentioned so far seems to be suitable. The FAQs on Avast's site clarify "commercial" as meaning "ANY work done for a commercial aim (money is not the only issue, nor is profit so, for instance, non-profit charity work would be commercial in nature.)"

nodiscount

Have you tried CTX? (for charities only)
Won't be free but around a fiver per computer.
http://www.ctxchange.org/

ian_h

Try Clamwin its Open Source so totally free and I used it for 5+ years and never had a single problem

hethmar

Strictly speaking if you are providing these pcs for one home users, wouldnt any of the freebies be ok?

Norman_Castle

http://www.cloudantivirus.com/en/download/cloud-antivirus/free

Bottom of the page says it's free for non profit organisations

Scunge

Thanks for the suggestions so far, I'll have a look into them.