anti virus

rabialiones

my avg trial has finished, there was a thread about another better one somewhere recently but i cannot find it,
any help would be appreciated
thanks

Rex_Mundi

AVG do a completely free version (no trial period). Find it HERE .

Or try Avast. It's also a free antivirus. Find it HERE .

Remember to uninstall the antivirus you have on your computer before you install a new one. It can cause problems if you don't.

Wombat

Yep, Avast was the one highlighted in the thread. I'm using it now and it's good.

Best way to go about installing it is to connect to the Internet, download Avast, disconnect from the Net, uninstal AVG, instal Avast, reconnect to the Net.

This way you're never connected without anti-virus protection. It only takes less than a second to become infected.

boogiemaster

I have never bought any virus software because it came free with my motherboards.
I don’t intend to buy any virus software ever! You too can get virus software free if you know how.
If you know where to look you can get free virus soft too? Just click on the link and use the free trials until they run out.

I’m just a money saver http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/viruses/wsc/en-us/default.mspx

rabialiones

Wombat wrote:

Yep, Avast was the one highlighted in the thread. I'm using it now and it's good.

Best way to go about installing it is to connect to the Internet, download Avast, disconnect from the Net, uninstal AVG, instal Avast, reconnect to the Net.

This way you're never connected without anti-virus protection. It only takes less than a second to become infected.

i typed avast into search engine and it came up with lots of options.
can you point me in the right direction and tell me which one i should select.
thank you
I have followed boogiemasters link and found EZ antivirus from computer associates with a free 12 month trial.

which one is best????????/

sra

you can get it through download.com:
http://www.download.com/Avast-Home-Edition/3000-2239_4-10375520.html?tag=lst-0-1

rather than trawling through Avast's homepage

Kimberley

Avasti is so slow though, I downloaded it about an hour a go and it's still scanning..hopefully it will be finished by 6pm ...

Wombat

You're right that Avast takes longer to scan your PC than, say, AVG. I like to think it's because it's doing a more thorough job. It certainly detected more pests on my PC than AVG did.

Kimberley

Wombat

It's quite weird, how do i ask it to scan the entire PC? I mean at the moment it's doing a standard scan It's going to take some getting used to. I wanted it as i keep getting pop up adverts and i want them squished

sra

I prefer using the quick avg.

I let it scan every night and then once or twice a week I use a different online scanner -

e.g.
mcafee
trend
BitDefender

so I figure if one misses something, another will find it

Kimberley

The scanning has just finished and it said was unable to scan files..i don't get it, i know i have bugs on my computer as i keep getting pop up ads, so what now?