Which FREE Antivirus Software?

[Lucida]

What is the best free Anti-Virus/Spyware Cheker?

[migo]

AVG doesn't have residen protection?  I think that you're mistaken.  AVG Free has the AVG Resident Shield component which is installed with every installation of AVG Free.

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I guess I'm using a different definition of resident, I consider resident scanners to catch viruses before they're opened or run.

[migo]

Sometimes, you have to see the name of the file and mainly the extension and have to delete them by YOURSELF.

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That's lame, especially if the file is multiple directories deep in a protected system folder.

[Slimy]

I guess I'm using a different definition of resident, I consider resident scanners to catch viruses before they're opened or run.

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well, according to that, i can tell you that avast has a resident scanner, just yesterday my dad put in a floppy in the drive and avast popped 2 secs after :D cleaned the file fine

[MLIFE]

Nod32 Beta

http://www.nod32.com/download/downbeta.htm

[render218]

Avast is very good. The free edition is very nice, frequently updated, and they've got a great support forum.

[grueeue]

AVG all the way!!! :yes: :yes: :yes:

[Gowcra]

USE TEH SEARCH FUNCTION !

[Si Veteran]

Threads merged

[Asmo]

Avast! is definetly the best free antivirus scanner.

[Brandon Live Veteran]

I guess I'm using a different definition of resident, I consider resident scanners to catch viruses before they're opened or run.

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AVG's resident scanner will find viruses when a file is opened/accessed/enumerated/downloaded/etc - It found viruses on my roommate's network share as soon as I browsed to it.

That's how most resident scanners work.

It will also set itself up to run a scan in the middle of the night of your entire system.

What else would you possibly want it to do?

[JoeBonJoey]

Ive tried only AVG, avast! & AntiVir and to say, AVG is the most convenient.

[HistoricalNeowin]

USE TEH SEARCH FUNCTION !

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PRESS THE CAPS-LOCK BUTTON :|

[migo]

AVG's resident scanner will find viruses when a file is opened/accessed/enumerated/downloaded/etc - It found viruses on my roommate's network share as soon as I browsed to it.

That's how most resident scanners work.

It will also set itself up to run a scan in the middle of the night of your entire system.

What else would you possibly want it to do?

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Funny how it didn't do that for me. I guess that's no small surprise since it can't even remove all the viruses that it finds, and it doesn't find all the viruses to start with.

[McLaren_F1]

Avast :cool:

[yanowhiz]

AVG is ok for the small weak viruses. Howeverif you want to protect your self against worms/trojans etc.. the best thing to do is get Avast! Free and A-Squared. :)

[Si Veteran]

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