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Name: Crusard
Date: May 11, 2006 at 16:14:42 Pacific
OS: Windows XP
CPU/Ram: Athlon 2600+ / 512 Mb
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What would you recommend?



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Response Number 1
Name: jboy
Date: May 11, 2006 at 17:00:41 Pacific
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See the 'More' button above?

Clicking it does this

Surprisingly, that question has come up before (once or twice)

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Response Number 2
Name: Ghostman 1
Date: May 12, 2006 at 06:51:02 Pacific
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There are about 4 or 5 of them you can get for free.. AVG,Comodo ,Bitdefender and antiVir...
AVG and Bitdefender are real good...
If you want both AV and firewall ,then go with
Comodo....Comodo has a real good firewall.



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Response Number 3
Name: jboy
Date: May 12, 2006 at 19:19:31 Pacific
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Bitdefender might be good - I don't recall it being free (beyond the evaluation version)

Comodo? If you say so:

Comodo AntiVirus will be available for user in the first week of May 2006. Comodo AntiSpyware is still under development which may take couple of months.

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Response Number 4
Name: Ghostman 1
Date: May 13, 2006 at 06:48:23 Pacific
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Bitdefender v 8.0 is free and you can find it on the net,just like I did. Also Comodo has been out for awhile already, I downloaded last week from its site ,and I am testing it as
I speak. The Antivus is not bad,But the firewall is real good and passed Shields UP
Test... Bitdefender Pro Plus I am testing on one of my other computers,And it is real good,In fact it is the 2006 antiVirus winner.


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Response Number 5
Name: jboy
Date: May 13, 2006 at 18:44:39 Pacific
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"and you can find it on the net,just like I did"

Gosh - really? Thanks, I'll do my very best

Ah,well, here we go (took almost .8 seconds) from their Evaluation page: Bitdefender 8 Free Edition

I gather the 'Pro' version you mention is actually version 9, and not free

As already stated in the discussion from the previous link, 'Comodo' is barely a week old (in this incarnation) and can only be considered as new & untried

thanks for playing along at home

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Response Number 6
Name: Ghostman 1
Date: May 13, 2006 at 20:27:06 Pacific
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Well I am glad to see you had no problems
finding Bitdefender 8.0.. the FREE version..
And yes, I am using the 9.0 pro plus version.
And Most versions of anything that is a Pro Version is not free..And as I said I have had Comodo for over a week or two testing it..
And I will say it is not bad.
Thanks for your opinion jBOy ...


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Response Number 7
Name: Jim Beau
Date: May 13, 2006 at 22:09:05 Pacific
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AntiVir has the better detection rates,but no mail scanner.Avast has the mail scanner.BitDefender free is a scanner only,probably has the best detection rates for a free program.
I would take AntiVir myself.

hth,
JB.


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Response Number 8
Name: The Riot Act (by Mystik_TK)
Date: May 18, 2006 at 06:02:25 Pacific
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I'm suprised no ones has suggested avast. I'd certainly go with that.


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Response Number 9
Name: computerwiz
Date: May 27, 2006 at 21:41:05 Pacific
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try useing avg antivirus
you can get it from
www.grisoft.com

its free and i have been useing it for several months now its one of the best antivirus programs you can have


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