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free virus protection bob 04-21-2007
Posted by David H. Lipman on April 21, 2007, 8:11 pm
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| Actually I have found some of the free ones to be better then some of
| the pay for ones.
|
| I personally use Avira Antivir and AOL Antivirus which is based on
| Kaspersky.

I think ALL of the free ones are far superior to Microsoft's AV product, OneCare.

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Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm



Posted by User66 on April 21, 2007, 8:27 pm
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> David H. Lipman wrote:
>>
>> | I have been using for couple of years now, the free version
>> | of AVG. Seems like a good anti-virus program. The free
>> | version updates daily. The e-mail setting is slightly clumsy,
>> | but works OK.
>> | http://free.grisoft.com/doc/Get+AVG+FREE/lng/us/tpl/v5
>> |
>> | I am testing now another one. It is called BitDefender.
>> | http://www.bitdefender.com/site/Downloads/
>> | Fairly simple to set it up. Not sure how long the free
>> | version will remain free.
>> |
>>
>> The free BitDefender is good. However it is only an "On Demand" scanner and
does not
>> support "On Access" scanning. Thus you can use it with another fully
installed anti virus
>> product but not as the primary anti virus application. The primary anti
virus application
>> needs to perform both "On Demand" and "On Access" scanning.
>>
>> Therefore BitDefender can supplement AVG but not replace it.
>>
> Actually I have found some of the free ones to be better then some of the pay
for ones.
>
> I personally use Avira Antivir and AOL Antivirus which is based on Kaspersky.

May be you can look at this web site and leave some comments here.
I am still looking for a free version that has both OD and OA scanning.
http://www.heise-security.co.uk/articles/74892



Posted by User66 on April 21, 2007, 8:21 pm
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>
> | I have been using for couple of years now, the free version
> | of AVG. Seems like a good anti-virus program. The free
> | version updates daily. The e-mail setting is slightly clumsy,
> | but works OK.
> | http://free.grisoft.com/doc/Get+AVG+FREE/lng/us/tpl/v5
> |
> | I am testing now another one. It is called BitDefender.
> | http://www.bitdefender.com/site/Downloads/
> | Fairly simple to set it up. Not sure how long the free
> | version will remain free.
> |
>
> The free BitDefender is good. However it is only an "On Demand" scanner and
does not
> support "On Access" scanning. Thus you can use it with another fully
installed anti virus
> product but not as the primary anti virus application. The primary anti virus
application
> needs to perform both "On Demand" and "On Access" scanning.
>
> Therefore BitDefender can supplement AVG but not replace it.
>
> --
> Dave
> http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
> http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
>
>

I have used Norton for more than 10 years, but can't afford it anymore.
Is there any free version that has both "On Demand" and "On Access" scanning?



Posted by What's in a Name? on April 21, 2007, 9:03 pm
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After much thought,User66 came up with this jewel:

> >
> > > I have been using for couple of years now, the free version
> > > of AVG. Seems like a good anti-virus program. The free
> > > version updates daily. The e-mail setting is slightly clumsy,
> > > but works OK.
> > > http://free.grisoft.com/doc/Get+AVG+FREE/lng/us/tpl/v5

By using a decent email client you can safely turn off email scanning.


> > >
> > > I am testing now another one. It is called BitDefender.
> > > http://www.bitdefender.com/site/Downloads/
> > > Fairly simple to set it up. Not sure how long the free
> > > version will remain free.
> > >
> >
> > The free BitDefender is good. However it is only an "On Demand"
> > scanner and does not support "On Access" scanning. Thus you can
> > use it with another fully installed anti virus product but not as
> > the primary anti virus application. The primary anti virus
> > application needs to perform both "On Demand" and "On Access"
> > scanning.
> >
> > Therefore BitDefender can supplement AVG but not replace it.
> >
> > -- Dave
> > http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
> > http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
> >
> >
>
> I have used Norton for more than 10 years, but can't afford it
> anymore. Is there any free version that has both "On Demand" and "On
> Access" scanning?

AntiVir has both.
max
--
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Keeping Windows Clean http://home.neo.rr.com/manna4u/keepingclean.html
Change nomail.afraid.org to gmail.com to reply. nomail.afraid.org is
specifically setup for USENET.Feel free to use it yourself.

Posted by David H. Lipman on April 21, 2007, 9:07 pm
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| I have used Norton for more than 10 years, but can't afford it anymore.
| Is there any free version that has both "On Demand" and "On Access" scanning?
|

Yes, I suggested it early on in this thread.

Avira AntiVir -- http://www.free-av.com/

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm



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