My free trial of McAfee on my laptop is just about up and i dont feel like paying the $40 per year renew fee. So i was wondering if there are any really good free virus blockers out there? Cm or post them here.
Avira is my current selection for best free AV.
[YG]Wildthing
September 8 2009 12:47 AM EDT
AVG is free to home users, or if you run a small business there is a small fee. Been using this program for years now and have had no problems. It will find stuff that others do not. Number 1 in my opinion
kevlar
September 8 2009 1:10 AM EDT
I'm interested in the one Nov mentioned, never heard of it. I used to use AVG until I was one of those who was unable to uninstall it off my system without formatting. Google "unable to uninstall AVG" and you'll see some other testimonials. I did load AVG on my parents old computer, and it has been fine, so hit or miss I guess.
Avast is much better than AVG. Never heard of the other one but I know avast is really good and looks nice.
AdminShade
September 8 2009 2:30 AM EDT
looking nice is not a priority for anti virus software for me.
I just want one which works without doing anything else.
IndependenZ
September 8 2009 2:34 AM EDT
I used Avast for quite some time, but since six months I've been using Avira. Really, it's great. Gone are the trojans that try to look in my poker hands :P
Avira - "Get Antivir Premium
Full Version - NOW FREE"
Oooohh! =P
I used AVG, now have Avast. Thinking about this Avira thing.
Flamey
September 8 2009 4:40 AM EDT
I have avast, it only consumes little rescources.
Avira is great, but sometimes their advertisements bugged me. I, however, found a great way to fix that:
http://www.tipsfor.us/2009/03/18/avira-antivir-updates-to-version-9-make-it-more-usable/ .
Ohhh. No more interrupting my games with annoying notifications. Thanks!
Also, after trying about every free anti-anything software there is, I think Avira is one of the best. (If not the best for every day users.)
Second place goes to Avast, which is also a nice tool. With the added bonus of a slick interface :P
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