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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.

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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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.

"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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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 ...

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.

I'm suprised no ones has suggested avast. I'd certainly go with that.

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