A Good Free Antivirus

ThE_HeRo · September 2004

<div class="IPBDescription">where can I find one?</div> Topic says all.

Thansal · September 2004

google AVG

and if you need more malware killers there are adaware and spy bot search and destry

Isamil · September 2004

www.grisoft.com

SloppyKisses · September 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Thansal @ Sep 27 2004, 02:01 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> google AVG

and if you need more malware killers there are adaware and spy bot search and destry  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
quoted for truth

Dubers · September 2004

Grisoft's AVG, it's pretty much the best virus scanner at the moment.

kuperaye · September 2004

www.trendmicro.com

X_Stickman · September 2004

I'll chip in with another thumbs up for AVG. And spybot S&D. Also adaware, and CWShredder is always handy to have (can't be bothered to find link though). It's something designed specifcally for the coolwebsearch string of... spyware/malware or whatever it is. it's gotten rid of it more times than spybot or adaware for me, at least. But it's not really needed if you use Firefox.

jumpingjoda · September 2004

I used <a href='http://www.free-av.com/' target='_blank'>http://www.free-av.com</a> before i switched to Kaspersky AV (it costs).

X_Stickman · September 2004

Just out of interest, what does the paid version of AVG do that the free version doesn't?

Thansal · September 2004

you get productsuport, and it is against the licence to use it for nonpersonal machines (aka buissnes machines)

ThE_HeRo · September 2004

Thanks, I love you guys.

Vash_Fourty_Five_Lc · September 2004

Just sneaking in another thumbs up for AVG. I currently use AVG and Spybot Serach & Destroy to clean out the nasties, and have ZoneAlarm running to keep em out. Good stuff. Still too stubborn to switch to SP2 and use it's firewall. =p

Cold_NiTe · September 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Vash TS .45L.C. @ Sep 27 2004, 10:47 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Just sneaking in another thumbs up for AVG. I currently use AVG and Spybot Serach & Destroy to clean out the nasties, and have ZoneAlarm running to keep em out. Good stuff. Still too stubborn to switch to SP2 and use it's firewall. =p  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
I really wouldn't put much faith in Windows Firewall anyway...

BobTheJanitor · September 2004

For quick and dirty virus removal, try housecall.trendmicro.com. It's not a terribly fancy virus scanner, but it finds all the little bugs that even full versions of Norton AV tend to overlook. We use it all the time at the PC shop I work in. It's convenient, because it's online and doesn't require the install of anything more than a browser plugin. They keep it pretty well updated, too.

CommunistWithAGun · September 2004

AVG caused alot of problems for me and ended in a format but some swear by it. If you want no bloatware and no downloading, google Housecall. its great.

Vahn_Paktu · September 2004

<a href='http://housecall.trendmicro.com/' target='_blank'>HouseCall</a> doesn't like to run in opera. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /> But it does work in IE. And if by any chance you have Road Runner, they provide ETrust Antivirus.

CommunistWithAGun · September 2004

Sadly housecall is IE only compatable. So you can say I do use iexplore. To run virus scans, other than that its firefox <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' />

Vash_Fourty_Five_Lc · September 2004

I tried Trend Micro's online scan once, was a bugger to get it up and running. Maybe because I had Opera at the time...

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>I really wouldn't put much faith in Windows Firewall anyway... </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>

I really wouldn't put much faith in Windows in general... <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' />

Zaggy · September 2004

ThE_HeRo · October 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Vahn_Paktu @ Sep 27 2004, 11:45 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <a href='http://housecall.trendmicro.com/' target='_blank'>HouseCall</a> doesn't like to run in opera. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /> But it does work in IE. And if by any chance you have Road Runner, they provide ETrust Antivirus.  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
I have roadrunner, but I've never heard of them providing anti-virus software. How do I find this out?

BigMadSteve · October 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CommunistWithAGun @ Sep 28 2004, 05:00 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> AVG caused alot of problems for me and ended in a format but some swear by it. If you want no bloatware and no downloading, google Housecall. its great.  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Same here. I got Panda Anti Virus Platinum for £15 and it's working great.

BaconTheory · October 2004

<a href='http://www.grisoft.com' target='_blank'>AVG Antivirus</a>

You should also get Spybot S&D and ZoneAlarm Firewall if you don't have them. They are both free, btw.

ThE_HeRo · October 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Skidzor @ Oct 10 2004, 06:23 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <a href='http://www.grisoft.com' target='_blank'>AVG Antivirus</a>

You should also get Spybot S&D and ZoneAlarm Firewall if you don't have them. They are both free, btw.  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
My router has a built in firewall...that I hate.... <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' />

EEK · October 2004

avast!

AVG sucks, I ran AVG about a billion times, up-to-date, and found no reason why my computer was being a piece of crap. Ran housecall and avast! and both found like 10 malware items neither AVG nor SBS&D or adaware found.

Vahn_Paktu · October 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (ThE HeRo @ Oct 10 2004, 04:14 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Vahn_Paktu @ Sep 27 2004, 11:45 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <a href='http://housecall.trendmicro.com/' target='_blank'>HouseCall</a> doesn't like to run in opera. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /> But it does work in IE. And if by any chance you have Road Runner, they provide ETrust Antivirus. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
I have roadrunner, but I've never heard of them providing anti-virus software. How do I find this out?  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Go to <a href='http://www.rr.com' target='_blank'>RR.Com</a>. Click on rr benefits from the left hand menu. Then open view on e trust.

ThE_HeRo · October 2004

Uh, wow. I'm trying to uninstall AVG and use another program, but there IS NO UNINSTALL. Wtg? I tried add/remove programs, failed. Tried deleting the whole folder, and I cannot. HOW DO I UNINSTALL IT?

0blique · October 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (EEK @ Oct 10 2004, 07:49 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> avast!

AVG sucks, I ran AVG about a billion times, up-to-date, and found no reason why my computer was being a piece of crap. Ran housecall and avast! and both found like 10 malware items neither AVG nor SBS&D or adaware found.  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Well, just because one program didn't find stuff that other anti-virus programs found doesn't mean that they're no good. Since virus/malware writers tend to want to avoid detection, its very common to have viruses/malware that are detected with some programs and not by others.

On another note, one program that I seem to hear about is "Pest Patrol". It's not free, so I'm quite sure how good it is though.

That_Annoying_Kid · October 2004

didn't cforresters sig used to have links to avg/spybot/zonealarm/adaware

thats about all you need

The_Spectre · October 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (ThE HeRo @ Oct 10 2004, 09:58 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Uh, wow. I'm trying to uninstall AVG and use another program, but there IS NO UNINSTALL. Wtg? I tried add/remove programs, failed. Tried deleting the whole folder, and I cannot. HOW DO I UNINSTALL IT?  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
There's an uninstall shortcut in AVGs start menu folder.

It just runs this:
"C:\Program Files\AVG6\SETUP.EXE" /UNINSTALL

So if the shortcut isn't there, just do that yourself from start -> run, with the correct path to the setup.exe of course.

A Good Free Antivirus

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