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Antivirus for vista
Name: gargca (by Gaurav Arora) Date: May 9, 2008 at 00:49:54 Pacific OS: Windows Vista CPU/Ram: T5300,4GB,office 2007 Product: Toshiba
Comment:
AVG 7.5 is withdrawing its service shortly. What is the best option after that?
Name: btk1w1 Date: May 9, 2008 at 01:34:10 Pacific
Reply:
If you are looking for a free replacement AV program for Vista, Avast is an excellent alternative.
There are others that are equally as good but I prefer Avast for its real-time protection, boot scan and AV screen saver.
It doesn't nag you with pop-ups reminding you there's a paid for version (in fact the free version is as good - it's just restricted for home use) and the heuristic detection built in isn't too sensitive reducing the amount of false positives.
My vote for a Vista AV goes to Avast, but there are plenty to choose from.
"AVG 7.5 is withdrawing its service shortly. What is the best option after that?"
AVG Free 8.0
"And that's the fishing line, because Sharkboy said so!"
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Response Number 3
Name: Sabertooth Date: May 9, 2008 at 06:29:31 Pacific
Reply:
I agree ... you can't go wrong with Avast!
- Compatible with Vista (x86 & x64)
- Doesn't bog down the machine.
- Free
- And as hinted by btk1w1, you get real-time protection, boot scan & AV screen saver, plus an installation/uninstallation routine that doesn't crap itself all over the whole place.
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Response Number 4
Name: KevinS. Date: May 9, 2008 at 15:45:24 Pacific
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