what free anti-virus program????

[y2blade]

my 2nd year subs are due for Norton, it has never picked up a virus or warned of anything!!!!!


so is it any better or worse than a free one ???

can anyone recomend a free program or should i stick with Norton

 

[Steve]

can anyone recomend a free program or should i stick with Norton

Scrap Norton (unreliable and causes more problems than it fixes) and get Avast or AVG.

 

[y2blade]

Scrap Norton (unreliable and causes more problems than it fixes) and get Avast or AVG.

will i have to uninstal Norton first??? Avast is the one a few people have recomended so prob go for that,do you know if it will run ok with my McAfee firewall???

 

[cookie]

Avast? sounds a bit nautical to me, is it a pirate program?

 

[Parky]

AVG free edition for me, and Zone Alarm free edition if you want a firewall, easy to find using Google..

 

[centaur]

Wot Steve and Parky said...and YES, bin Norton asap and with extreme prejudice !

Pity someone chose to misuse one of the 'biking world's' most illustrious names for such a lame-brained interfering computer utility !!

 

[Mr K]

Avast!

 

[wessie]

I have the free version of AVG running all of the time.
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1

A recent discussion about the latest Windows vulnerability pointed me towards Bitdefender. It does well in reviews and was one of the first to get a fix out for the latest big threat. Unlike the AVG free version it will not protect your system "on the fly" but you can set it to do a scan at certain times. This to me is an ideal way to verify that AVG has caught everything. The fully functional version is not costly if you like it. http://www.bitdefender.com/site/Main/view/Download-Free-Products.html

Whilst I'm at it, you can get free anti-spyware software from:
Ad-ware SE http://www.download.com/3405-8022-5153545.html?part=dl-ad-aware&subj=dl&tag=top5
Microsoft anti-spyware http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...a2-6a57-4c57-a8bd-dbf62eda9671&displaylang=en
Spybot http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/

 

[y2blade]

ok Avast or AVG

 

[Cheesy Mike]

Download the new Google Pack and you get Norton free for 6 months.

http://pack.google.com

Mike

 

[Iain Hogg]

Download the new Google Pack and you get Norton free for 6 months.

http://pack.google.com

Mike

All the more reason not to do so

Bin Norton - search the web on how to do it properly as it doesn't uninstall itself completely using the utility provided

Any program that doesn't do that deserves to be ignored, especially if they want £££ for it.

Iain

 

[y2blade]

All the more reason not to do so

Bin Norton - search the web on how to do it properly as it doesn't uninstall itself completely using the utility provided

Any program that doesn't do that deserves to be ignored, especially if they want £££ for it.

Iain

right im going to get rid of Norton 2003 and instal Avast or AVG

cant i just get rid of Norton 2003 using the add/remove programs from the control panel

please talk me through it step by step

 

[cookie]

please talk me through it step by step

1) type www.google.com into your browser

2) type "removing norton" (no commas) into google

3) choose one of the many step by step guides shown

4) read it



no need to thank me

 

[bustah]

avg good

 

[samwise]

I'm thinking along the same lines as Avast or AVG for my second-hand laptop when it arrives, and will probably use the same one when I re-build my desktop as a home file/print server. Not sure on Server 2003 or XP Pro yet though for the desktop

 

[Iain Hogg]

Like Cookie said

 

[Macca2321]

All Progammes

There have been many threads here asking where can i get this and that etc.

www.bearshare.com and download the free sponsored version. Install and get everything you want.Music,Movies,Software,Games all for free.....Great.

Even get Long Way Round,Sure you have it anyway.

Dont share your files though. That will be naughty..

Macca

 

[Iain Hogg]

Dont share your files though. That will be naughty..

Macca

Just as naughty as using the B*W roundel without permission

 

[y2blade]

all done

i fully removed Norton 2003 as per instructions found on google using "norton removal tool 2003"

i installed AVG FREE EDITION ans updated it ,then ran a full scan and all is good



cheers guys

 

[Big Lad]

Another AVG AND ZONEALARM 'puter here