Free anti-virus software - help plz

rockbabe

I have just recieved a notifictaion from AVG that from the end of December they will be charging for their anti-virus software and I wondered if anyone knew of any other good free anti-virus software I could use?

Thank you very much for your help in advance

RB

superscaper

Not another post. This was the previous one this morning, http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=309100

Welliesorter

Are you sure? I recently had a notification that the old version won't be supported for much longer and I needed to upgrade to 7.5 (free). I've done so and haven't been nagged since.

spacker_2

superscaper wrote:

Not another post. This was the previous one this morning, http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=309100

I quite agree this has been discussed on numerous occassions and absolutely no-where on the AVG pop-up can I see where it says AVG will be charging only and no free AV?

From http://free.grisoft.com/doc/21/lng/us/tpl/v5


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.

rockbabe

sorry i should have searched 1st

thanks 4 ur help anyway

superscaper

rockbabe wrote:

sorry i should have searched 1st

thanks 4 ur help anyway

Hope I didn't seem too rude, just that there's been so many threads about it all started in the same way.

imho

Am i the only one that uses Avast ? i tried AVG and never liked it,half the time it wouldnt update for me,yet Avast always updates and never had any problems with it .

superscaper

imho wrote:

Am i the only one that uses Avast ?

Yes, didn't you get the memo? "Let's all fool imho to be the only one to use Avast" Personally I use McAfee Enterprise which does quite a good job.

Welliesorter

It seems quite a few people have taken he message to mean that AVG Free is going:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/21/avg_stays_free/