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Name: jcjcjc
Date: January 10, 2005 at 02:15:39 Pacific
Subject: Best free AV?
OS: XP
CPU/Ram: P3-450/256
Comment:

Anyone want to suggest their favorite free AV?

I've been running AVG6, but I was not thrilled at all with AVG7 (bloatware, phantom detections).

So, where should I go from here, as AVG6 has about three weeks of life left?


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Response Number 1
Name: SallyG
Date: January 10, 2005 at 07:17:30 Pacific
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Just do a site search....TONS of ideas

Happy Holidays to all


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Response Number 2
Name: najitech
Date: January 10, 2005 at 08:52:57 Pacific
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As someone noted, there is no perfect antivirus program, whether free or not. I have read a number of posts in different forums, and have seen a wide variety of opinions. Recently I started using a free program called AntiVir, and have found it to be satisfactory up to this point. You might want to check it out.


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Response Number 3
Name: Mark.UK
Date: January 10, 2005 at 09:28:41 Pacific
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To cut down on phantom detections switch off heuristics.

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Response Number 4
Name: Bill McMinn
Date: January 10, 2005 at 23:23:27 Pacific
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Avast is free and works with non-microsoft e-mail client software. www.avast.com


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