Is "AVG Free" really a good antivirus software?

I'd like to know if AVG Free really is a good antivirus software, or do you know any better free antivirus software(s) out there? What are your experiences with AVG Free or with the free "Antivir" from Germany or with "AVAST Free"??? What is your view %26 opinion?

Greetings from Germany...

Is "AVG Free" really a good antivirus software?kawasaki

Hi,

AVG free home version with Free Updates is the best and has never let me down.

Greeting from England

Is "AVG Free" really a good antivirus software?nortan antivirus

AVG is totally worthless. It is junk. I recommend active virus shield. It is by far the best free antivirus you can have.
AVG is okay but not the best.

I would recommend either Symantec/Norton or McAfee (but they're not free) if you really want something free AVG is fine
Yes it is. The editors of PC Magazine have rated it right up there beside McAfee, Norton and other leading commercial brand software.
I've been using AVG for a fair while now and I have never had any problems with it, or with my computer for that matter. I definitely like it better than other's I have used.
Here are some other free ones to consider http://www.basicspywaretips.com/freeviru...
its allright.
It's better than nothing... Afterall, it's fast to download and updates everytime... I manna say it's one hell of a credible av software.

so far on my experience it always block every two weeks worms infiltrating my system so yeah, it's one heck of a free av sys. =D
It's not the best but fastest is.

because it launches itself after complete start-up it's toooooo fast.

it also works the best
McAfee anti-virus, and Norton are system hogs, they take up a lot of room, i had McAfee it took almost 50 minutes to do a scan, Have AVG free now and have no problams with it, its a good program.
they might be good but the interface is sooooo not user-friendly! i uninstalled avast after two days of use cos it was extremely annoying
avg and avast are the 2 best free ones

I have avg

I love it

"Best" free antivirus and free firewall program?

I have McAfee now, and subscription is running out.

I don't mind paying for these programs but if there's free ones out there that will give me just as good protection, I don't want to waste my money.

Are the free firewall and antivirus just as good as payed ones and if so which would you recommentd?

I'm thinking the saying "you get what you pay for", meaning you have to pay for something of quality.

I may be wrong.

Please help me decide.

I have Windows XP and not even thinking of converting to Vista.

"Best" free antivirus and free firewall program?live update

avg is pretty good and zone alarm free firewall is as well but make sure you get the zone alarm for xp or vista or your system could crash big time. click on these links...

http://free.grisoft.com/

http://www.filehippo.com/download_zoneal...

"Best" free antivirus and free firewall program?norten

Hello,

I recommend you AVG Free Edition which is very effective :

- More than 90% detecting rate

- Several updates per day

- Very light

- Easy to use
avg is the best
I was in the same boat not too long ago, and I researched for a while and found Avast. This program seems to be the highest rated among the free anti-virus programs, and has worked exceptionally well for me.
go to www.avaist.com its the sht
Avira, Avast! and AVG are good, in that order - in my opinion.

Re: Free AVG free antivirus?

I had the free AVG free antivirus and it would come up on a regular time to update my virus scan. Now I no longer see the icon on the bottom of my screen and it no longer does the updates. It is still located on my desktop though. I had added what I thought was a free firewall, is that AVGw, that is also on my desktop now. Please help, I'm not young and still trying to learn the right way. What has gone wrong, can anybody help me.

Re: Free AVG free antivirus?liveupdate

read following article..i think this will solve your probs

http://michealsoft.blogspot.com/2007/09/...

Re: Free AVG free antivirus?nortin

click on the avg thats on your desktop and somewhere in the box that pops up is the firewall for avg you need to re-enable it. something has knocked it out it happens ocassionaly. when you re-enable the firewall it should put the icon back on the taskbar and once the firewall is active again it will do the auto updates
My icon when Black one time..I had uninstall and reinstall it...it has worked fine since then..

Don't know if this will help,,,but it can't hurt to get it back...
It means the FREE license key has expired, now you need to re-registrate for a new license key. Then it'll update regularly. Registration for a new key is also free.

Avg antivirus (the free one)?

just a question about avg free antivirus....... alot of people recommend it on here...... but is it not aload of rubbish because it is free? just when anything else is concerned people say it crap because it free and u get what you pay for................is avg exempt from this?

Avg antivirus (the free one)?matchless

AVG is free because no support is offered for it, you have to manually update it, think what would happen if you forget, also it has poor detection rates about 80% compare it to Kaspersky 98%, Norton 96% or McAfee 94%

Avg antivirus (the free one)?norton 2008

its free and works well. i use it
CNET: "AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition is the most popular free solution available at no cost to home users and provides the high level of detection capability that millions of users around the world trust to protect their computers."

They make all their money from their Corporate Edition.

Our entire system changed from Norton's Corp. to AVG Network addition. That alone is over 20,000 computers. I guess all of the "noob" technical staff here decided that better performance took precedence over bloatware.
You'll probably get as many opinions as there are anti-virus programs. There is no "one" anti-virus program that will catch everything. It's just the nature of the beast.

I want a free antivirus for my nokia 6500 slide mobile.?

Is there any free antivirus for my phone?

I want a free antivirus for my nokia 6500 slide mobile.?microsoft office

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I want a free antivirus for my nokia 6500 slide mobile.?norton antivirus

hi go to mobile 9 ok go to softwares and pick java loads of antivirus here like kasperspy etc also free themes

Best free and not free antivirus, firewall and spyware sweeper?

What would you say the:

-best antivirus is free version and payed.

-best firewall is free version and payed.

-best antyswpyware is free version and payed.

Best free and not free antivirus, firewall and spyware sweeper?microsoft

Best antivirus (free ver): Grisoft AVG

(paid ver): Symantec (Norton) AntiVirus

Best firewall (free ver): Zone Alarm

(paid ver): Zone Alarm Pro

Best antispyware(free ver): Microsoft Defender (Beta 2)

(paid ver): Webroot Spysweeper 4.5

Best free and not free antivirus, firewall and spyware sweeper?norton ghost

There is always a trade off.

Typically, it does not matter what you decide to choose but will instead be using time on your computer to always be tweaking it and forgetting what you intended to have it for.
Zone alarm is good, but I have found Panda, even though it has to be paid for is well worth the money. You get free 24/7 tech support and $1,500.00 insurance on hardware damage if infected and damaged by virus or other malicious code. Nobody else offers these things. Norton does not catch things Panda catches, such as adware or malicious cookies, and if you try getting rid of Norton the program leaves behind awful mess in Registry. I also use Microsoft sypware defense which is free, not for any spy purpose as Panda gets all that, but for the 49 checkpoints, like guards watching vulerable areas inside computers and doesn't allow any potential harmfull changes unless you first ok them as safe. Free is just ok in my experiance, but purchasing a great Internet Security Suite is well worth the expense. I paid lots for my system why go cheap on security?
norton antivirus(paid)

Good free antivirus program?

Anyone know of a good free antivirus that is not AVG Antivirus?? I was using AVG but it keeps going "update is unsuccessful" and I can't fix it...

Good free antivirus program?network

I recommend Avast home edition. It is completely free, and all you need to do is register for a free activation key each year. It includes automatic DAILY updates, an email shield, im shield, p2p shield, and more. I have used Symantec, McAfee, AVG, and Avast, and Avast uses the least resources, runs the fastest, and is the most user friendly of them all.

Visit http://www.avast.com to download a copy.

Good free antivirus program?norton

Avast is anoying, AVG has time and again found stuff that Avast didn't even see. Use AVG with "Hijackthis" (yes, thats it's name) and "Spybot search and distroy"

But, if you ever want to buy the very best antivirus software, that would be Zonealarm, hands down. If anyone, even on here, try's to tell you different, get thier IP address and send it to me, I'll show them just what a pile of dong any other anti is. Zonealarm, you can't even step on the curb, much less get up to the house, so to speak.
Switching programs may not solve your problem - are you using a limited user account that is being blocked from completing the update? do a google search on the message you are getting, AVG and your OS.

Which free antivirus are u using?

I am using AVG 7.5

yes its the free edition

what about you??

i have the norton antivirus 2003, but i heard that its not that good and stable as AVG

and i am glad that i use AVG for my antivirus software!!

are u using avg?

Which free antivirus are u using?nortan antivirus

I use the free version of AVG and think it works great.

Which free antivirus are u using?nortonantivirus

Ya thanks I use AVG when I had my computer fixed the

tech put it on for me it scans daily I like it a lot.
afraid to answer, are you sending out a virus?
one, two or three antivirus installed on your computer is not enough to stop the viruses so it's good to have more than one antivirus.
Yes or No is depending on the result. I'm using Kaspersky Internet Security 7. I get what I pay for, and everyone does too. But I'm pretty sure that AVG is good for you. My recommendation is that you can use avast! software. It also has free edition.

Good Luck,
Spybot search and destroy is awesome. it finds at least 3 things every time. plus it has tons more tools to use on it.
Keep using AVG. Save the Norton disk for something more useful, like a drink coaster, frisbee, or shim.
i dnt use any antivirus programs because i hav a mac
I have being using AVG for almost three years and don't have any complaints, it is among the top rated freewares in almost all prestigious magazines on the web.
I am using AVG free edition, A-Squared Free, PC Tools Antivirus and Windows Defender all at once. Contrary to what you read on this forum, you CAN run more than one AV program at once with no conflicts or degradation of performance. However, I am running 4 gigs of RAM also, so I have a tremendous amount of RAM overhead to use for programs. The only software conflict I have ever had while running more than one AV program is between Norton and PC Tools on an old Windows 98 SE machine. I suspect I had more troubles than the AV conflict, but didn't care enough to try to fix it. I just trashed Norton instead............it was easier.
PCTools products do get good reviews. The good thing is they have free versions of their products. They work great. Spyware Doctor from the Google pack is a must. I highly recommend it. I bought Webroots Spysweeper and spyware doctor finds stuff spysweeper does not. Having both is a perfect combo and I recommend running two anti-spyware products.

Not free antivirus?

I want an antivirus program but i want one thats is not free the cost dont matter any help anything exept Norton Antivirus

Not free antivirus?norten

hands down panda is the best internet security i ever had. i tried norton, but it had real problems removing viruses and kept showing errors. you have to manually remove them, but they can be difficult. i tried mcafee, but they suck and when you remove them it keeps prompting you to buy their software. its clearly the best since its easy to use with its user friendly graphical interface. and it blocks viruses, scripts, just about everything that is bad. you can block people from using your wireless internet. the firewall, joke detector, virus remover, spyware remover. and their support team is nice. im currently using linux so i don't have to use it anymore. but my license won't expire until october. i once ran a script on my cousins computer, it was a joke, norton didn't even block it. get it here www.pandasecurity.com or pandesoftware.com im not sure so many websites that have panda in it. i would go with the second one since it gives virus monitoring activity. looks more legitamate.

Not free antivirus?panda

AVG internet security

Includes

* Anti-Virus protects from viruses, worms and trojans

Reliable, free antivirus software?

I'm currently paying for McAfee. But it seems silly if there is FREE, reliable antivirus stuff out there. Any suggestions? Also, does antivirus software normally include pop-up blocker? I have pop-up blocker under my "tools." Is that a separate deal?

Reliable, free antivirus software?nortin

http://www.free.grisoft.com

That the best freeware anvirus out there, I,ve used it for years.

http://www.lavasoft.com

That's the best spyware and pop up blocker

Reliable, free antivirus software?pc security

AVG is the best free anti virus program I know of. You can download it from www.grisoft.com

An excellent pop up blocker is Popup Stopper, which you can download from www.panicware.com

While we're on the subject of security, another essential is a good anti spyware program. I would recommend AdAware from www.lavasoft.com
I use AVG, which has a free version and a full version that cost money. It works for me, and I believe it includes popup blockers.
Antivir

free-av.com
Try Virusbuster, it's free and not resource hungry and good enough for everyday needs.
Get Avast! Home Edition, it's much better than McAfee and it's free. It does not slow down your system either.

http://pctonic.blogspot.com/2007/05/anti...
I have had viruses with McAfee, Norton, Panda, and Kapersky but the one I that I have and have had for years and never received a virus since is AVG, this immediately detects when a Trojan gets on your computer and it heals it or deletes it that fast.

Need an good free antivirus?

i need an antivirus that is totally free and also uses less then 224 mb of ram and dont tell me to get more ram i have waitsted 50 dallors on norton 2007 and now i need an antivirus that is totally free and also uses less then 224mb of ram and also need good smyware and adware rmovers if you know and other secuirtys that i did not name please make sure it only uses less then 224mb of ram and also is totally free

Need an good free antivirus?norton 360

I use all of the following programs...they are totally free:

Spyware Tools:

http://www.lavasoft.nu/software/adaware/...

http://www.safer-networking.org

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsdefender

http://www.merijn.org/programs.php

Anti-Virus:

http://free.grisoft.com

Cleanup:

http://www.ccleaner.com

Need an good free antivirus?photoshop

check out

http://computer-probs.blogspot.com/

It not only gives complete solutions but also offers

free downloads of effective softwares which can detect

and eliminate all spy ware /virus /ad ware /Trojans completely.
good and free are oxymorons when it comes to anti viruses but NOD32 is light on the system I dont know how much ram it takes[ it isnt free]
avast ,avg etc etc etc

Good FREE antivirus/anti-spyware?

i need a GOOD FREE antivirus. Or at least a program that can clean out a stupid InternetExplorer virus I have in the trial period. Most of the antivirus programs cost like $20, and I aint payin that kinda $ to fix a minor issue. Yahoo! Anti-spy isnt quite doing the trick. Help anyone??

Good FREE antivirus/anti-spyware?norton 2008

These are all free.

Download Grisoft AVG 7.5 Anti-Virus,Anti-Malware.(free)

AVG is a collection of anti-virus protection tools that gives you full protection against viruses, worms, Trojans and malware. AVG provides you with all that you need to be completely protected: including a tool for scanning your hard drive and e-mail, as well as a real-time shield to prevent infections.

Top Features

禄 Provides automatic update functionality

禄 Its a reliable anti-virus scanning engine

禄 Provides free Virus Updates for life

禄 Options to define file name extensions

禄 Real time protection with resident shield, email scanning

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/...

Spybot - Search %26 Destroy detects and removes spyware, a relatively new kind of threat not yet covered by common anti-virus applications. Spyware silently tracks your surfing behaviour to create a marketing profile for you that is transmitted without your knowledge to the compilers and sold to advertising companies. If you see new toolbars in your Internet Explorer that you haven't intentionally installed, if your browser crashes inexplicably, or if your home page has been "hijacked" (or changed without your knowledge), your computer is most probably infected with spyware. Even if you don't see the symptoms, your computer may be infected, because more and more spyware is emerging. Spybot-S%26D is free.

Free antivirus and antispyware? Plz help!?

I found some good ones, downloaded them, they scanned and then I found out they weren't going to solve the issues until i payed! Which is expensive and I'd rather not.

Please name some GOOD antivirus/antispyware 's that are FREE, if such a thing exists.

Free antivirus and antispyware? Plz help!?norton antivirus 2007

I recommend you to print this out first

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Security Programs:

Free antivirus for machintosh OS 9.2 & 10.2?

Which is the best free antivirus softwere for Mac OS 9.2 and 10.2.7?

Plz anybody to provide me with macofobia?

Free antivirus for machintosh OS 9.2 %26 10.2?norton internet security 2008

try this. its also for 10.2. scroll down the page . i use it its enough for a Mac

http://www.clamxav.com/index.php?page=dl

Free antivirus for machintosh OS 9.2 %26 10.2?spyware removal

I thought MAC's don't get viruses!?!?!?!

Free Antivirus software?

Where can I find free antivirus software for windows vista before my computer has more infections than a cheap whore?

Free Antivirus software?norton internet security

William V, I'd disagree.

I've been an IT Professional for several years, and I'd recommend AVG Free. It's protected my Windows PC very well for a long time. The only disadvantage is that it won't protect you against spyware: for this (and I'm afraid it's paid-for) I'd recommend AVG Internet Security.

However, I'd argue that the solution is more in prevention than in cure:

-Don't use P2P file sharing software.

-Don't open email attachments unless you know what they are.

-Don't run .exe files unless you know what they are.

-Use common sense!

Free Antivirus software?spyware remove

AVG Anti- Virus is pretty good.
go www.download.com and u can find a lot of anti-virus and free
Avast or perhaps AntiVir
Do yourself a favor and make sure you have a REAL virus protector in place and keep it up to date. DO NOT use one of the free registry scrubbers or antivirus tools so many here suggest. Some of these are just ok, but far too many are themselves evilware and most of them are pretty flimsy. Some actually implant other spyware, adware or even viruses or trojans on your system and make things worse--far worse. The problem with a weak antivirus program is that it gives you a false sense of security--like Airborne cold-preventer. Using nothing at all would be better as you would be more careful about where you venture on the Internet.

Free antivirus software for Nokia N95?

Does anyone know a free antivirus software for the nokia n95?

The link on the other answer to this question didn't work

thanks any help would be apprieciated

Free antivirus software for Nokia N95?nortonantivirus

format it if a virus managed to get in .

Free antivirus for n72?

Hi friends i have an n72 and i have formetten its memory card thet had symentec. now i need a free good antivirus for my cell.

if its symentec its great if any other thats also fine.

Free antivirus for n72?noton

get it from http://mobiledownloads4u.webs.com

Free Antivirus program?

i need good,reliable and FREE antivirus program. i currently have AntiVir, but have really warmed to it, plus its licence will expire within the week.i dont want a automatic update downloader, rathe one where i can specifiy when the updates occur.any ideas?

Free Antivirus program?pc security

Free? Probably AVG and Avast. By the way (referring to 鈥渏ibbarjap鈥?answer above) using 鈥渄etection capabilities鈥?as criteria for finding best AV, probably doesn鈥檛 reflect reality, as softwares which uses aggressive (or too aggressive) heuristic rules would produce most positives (out of which most would be however false as well 鈥?even having nothing against Kasperky itself which seems to be good AV). 鈥淔alse positive鈥?stands for incorrect detection where not-malware program is identified mistakenly as malware.

Free Antivirus program?symantic

AVG or Avast

both are free
AVG works good for me

http://www.grisoft.com/doc/1
This site has a good list of free ones. http://www.basicspywaretips.com/getridof...
In my opinion (which is the only one I have!) AVG works best, free or otherwise. It was the only thing that got rid of a kakworm virus my sister sent me; Norton just let it right through. Good luck!
From a recent test at www.virus.gr the top 25 in virus detection capabilities are: ("in the wild" viruses)

Free antivirus software for Nokia N95 8GB?

Does anyone know a good, reliable and free antivirus software for the Nokia N95 8GB?

It will be very good if u can help

Free antivirus software for Nokia N95 8GB?photoshop

Netqin anti virus

download it from-

http://www.4shared.com/file/32893993/fc0...

Free antivirus software pls?

i need a free antivirus program for my computer pls make sure that its not like a 90 day trial or anything

Free antivirus software pls?product key

check these

http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-...

http://www.webroot.com/consumer/products...

http://www.lavasoft.de/products/ad_aware...

the choice is urs..

All are free..

:)

Free antivirus software pls?triumph

It's a good answer though two of those links are for fighting spyware, not virus. I like AVG, it's a good balance of user friendliness and system performance Report It


AVG by Grisoft
AVGFree

www.grisoft.com
well here goes AVG free antivirus is very good

F-prot is also very good

there are many.

hit in your search free antivirus software

or go to tucows.com

totally free not demos
avast! Home Edition is now free of charge for HOME users for NON-COMMERCIAL use. Visit http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.ht... . Or if you do not want to worry about viruses install Linux
AVG

Avast

Antivir

Pc Tools Anti-Virus

Kaspersky Shield Anti-Virus
go to www.download.com they have lots of free ones and they are no trials they are for real.
look in yahoo downloads
Avast, Antivr are both free and works great.
Antivir PE Classic (update servers can be slow depending on your location, license is up to 4 months then renews it before the week of expiration)