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.