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29-06-2010, 21:06
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Whats a good free anti virus program
Been using Norton for years and my renewal date is coming up soon , seem to remember reading awhile back that one of our "tech" members saying these pay sites were a rip off , .......anyone reccomend a good site to use thats free and easy for a computer idiot like me to download and install
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29-06-2010, 21:24
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Re: Whats a good free anti virus program
AVG Free - Download Free Antivirus Software
Most people I know use it. I have used it for many years and recommend it.
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29-06-2010, 21:40
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Re: Whats a good free anti virus program
avast is what I use
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29-06-2010, 21:55
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Re: Whats a good free anti virus program
I have used AVG free fer years steely n i'm a complete numpty, a guy who worked at blackburn job centre told me they used it, so i reasoned if its good enough fer them.
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29-06-2010, 21:58
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Re: Whats a good free anti virus program
Hello John, long time no speak x
I´ve used AVG free for years too and it´s well reliable x
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29-06-2010, 22:59
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Re: Whats a good free anti virus program
Love AVG, couldn't stand Norton as it made the PC slow, ages to start up and shut down
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29-06-2010, 23:13
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Re: Whats a good free anti virus program
I used AVG for years too, but recently it has become advert laden & overbloated so now I use Avast and IMO it is less obtrusive & works extremely well.
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29-06-2010, 23:13
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Re: Whats a good free anti virus program
ive got avira at the minute the free version ... before that it was avast and before that it was AVG ...
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29-06-2010, 23:23
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Re: Whats a good free anti virus program
ok folks , just installed AVG , took a bit of tweaking to get the toolbars sorted at one point I had 6 of them taking up half the screen , will see how it goes
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29-06-2010, 23:28
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Re: Whats a good free anti virus program
yeh can set it to do a daily scan at whatever time mate, i do.
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30-06-2010, 04:33
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Re: Whats a good free anti virus program
There are plenty of free antivirus and other software on this site
Home PC advice in plain English - Computeractive this is also a magazine you can buy in the shops |
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30-06-2010, 06:02
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Re: Whats a good free anti virus program
avast or avira
avg isnt the bad boy it once was and will reduce system performance greatly just as badly as what norton does. absolute garbage and i stopped using it and instaling it on systems years ago after it got turned into a profit making company
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30-06-2010, 11:53
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Re: Whats a good free anti virus program
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30-06-2010, 14:25
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Re: Whats a good free anti virus program
Dont upset him or he will get all grumpy
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30-06-2010, 16:57
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Re: Whats a good free anti virus program
We changed from AVG to Avast when they changed AVG to version 9. It was great before that.
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