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Old 07-04-2005
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Suggestion on Free Anti Virus Program

Can someone suggest a good and free Anti Virus program.. Cause i had already used the Kapersky Trial for 30 days and I cant continue using it.. Thx in advance..
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Old 07-04-2005
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AVG free from http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/1

Will do the job nicely. By far the most popular free antivirus programme.

I`ve used it for quite some time, and have always found it to be safe and reliable.

Regards Howard
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Old 07-05-2005
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I see, Thx! Can anyone post more comments please so that I can choose..
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Old 07-05-2005
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I've used the paid for Norton and McAfee and I like AVG free much better. It uses less resources and my internet connections seem to load a lot faster with AVG.
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Is AVG much better than Kapersky?
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Old 07-05-2005
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Kaspersky is supposed to be pretty good, and I've never used it. So I can't say if it's better or not, but AVG is free, Kaspersky's not.
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Old 07-05-2005
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Cant use AVG, there is a problem when im installing AVG into our system.. Is there other Free Anti Prog? -olefarte Yah, Kapersky is a good anti prog but i had used the License key and cant use it anymore..

Is there anybody encountered this kind of problem when installing the AVG Anti Virus "Something bad happened in the application. Error diagnostic file saved to 'C:\DOCUME~1\VALUED~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\avg7inst.err' "

Can someone teach me how to fix this kind of problem.. I dont have Anti Virus program in my system and my brother is always surfing the net, Im afraid that maybe next time my computer will be infested by virus..

Last edited by o2Ly; 07-05-2005 at 09:32 AM.
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Old 07-05-2005
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We've discussed this before, here's a good link to read: http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic14034.html
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Old 07-05-2005
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Originally Posted by o2Ly
Can someone suggest a good and free Anti Virus program.. Cause i had already used the Kapersky Trial for 30 days and I cant continue using it.. Thx in advance..
Try going here they have a list of free anti-virus programs as well as free FireWall, popup blockers etc...


Hope this helps!
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Old 07-06-2005
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Thx.. Im using NAV 2005 now.. I have 15 days to use it... Hope that i can find a good and free AV program this week. 'Cause i cant use AVG at my computer.. Poor me = /
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Old 07-07-2005
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Why are you having problems installing AVG? ?
Do you have the latest ver.& and is it the free Personal Edition ? ?
I have never had a machine that AVG wouldn't install on and i probably do dozens a week...

patio.
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Old 07-09-2005
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I dont know, yah i have downloaded the latest version.. Hope that someone help me...TY
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