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Best Free Anti-Virus


Which One:  

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  1. 1. Which One:

    • AVG
      61
    • Kapersky
      22
    • Avast!
      31
    • Other
      13


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I need a new antivirus software, since his expired, best would be if it was free. It needs autoupdate since he never updates it. Same with with Spyware/adware protection, disk cleanup... :rolleyes:

I curently have Kapersky Installed, but i dont like the looks, and its prety slow but probably its just my bros PC :rolleyes:

So any sugestions...?

Oh, yeah and it should have Active Shield Thing.

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Well my bro (or dad) wont buy an AV software :p

for a while, mcafee was *giving* away 100% fully working, 100% legal copies of their av, firewall and anti-spyware apps in accordance with some class-action lawsuit... i snagged free copies of each, directly from them, when it was going on...

not sure if they're still offering it, but it's worth a shot. it's what i give to friends/family when they need some up-to-date av software, but get uneasy when you mention something that isn't either norton or mcafee. sometimes despite your best recommendations, they're still scared of anything that they haven't seen in stores or heard about from friends.

as for things that are normally free, i like avg. does a good job and stays out of the way.

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For me Kaspersky is the best ... but it's not Free

Yeah but i got it on CD, from a mgazine (with Anti-Hacker)

I just really dont like the looks (any way to skin it? :D ), but he might as well use that one since its not my PC.

My bros PC is really slow now, i dont kno if its cuz we just installed SP2 or if he got a virus or he just ****** it up...

Well its about time for a HD format, disk filled with crap :rolleyes:

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