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Which FREE Antivirus Software?

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lnmnky

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Avast in my opinion, having used AVG and avast, avast is better.

It's auto update is much slicker than AVG. If AVG misses an update it will wait until tomorrow to get it. Avast will update at more regular intervals.

I have also had AVG NOT remove known viruses, that it has detected itself.

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ZappBrannigan

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Avast.

Actually how you guys rate an AV program to be the best? Unless you are constantly being infected with viruses...

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Surely that should be, NOT constantly being infected with viruses. That would indicate a good AV

I use AVG

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wicker_man

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If you look at VB test result history, neither of those three (AVG, Avast! or Anti-Vir) stand out. They all have been failing pretty badly, and all have straightened out more or less recently. So I would assume there's no win-win situation in your case, although from my personal experience I would recommend Avast!. It has a lot less memory footprint than Anti-Vir and especially AVG, which has turned into a bit of a memory hog compared to the previous versions and other free AVs. It also has a more flexible configuration and the program itself looks a lot more user-friendly.

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