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Surfer Joe February 22nd 10 12:09 AM

Best free antivirus software?
 
Can anyone please suggest a good free antivirus?
I'm tired of paying for norton.

Twayne[_3_] February 22nd 10 01:40 AM

Best free antivirus software?
 
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Surfer Joe typed:
Can anyone please suggest a good free antivirus?
I'm tired of paying for norton.


AVG

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Twayne[_3_] February 22nd 10 01:40 AM

Best free antivirus software?
 
In ,
Surfer Joe typed:
Can anyone please suggest a good free antivirus?
I'm tired of paying for norton.


AVG

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Ken Blake, MVP February 22nd 10 02:07 AM

Best free antivirus software?
 
On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:09:42 +0000, Surfer Joe
wrote:

Can anyone please suggest a good free antivirus?
I'm tired of paying for norton.



Besides the cost of Norton, it's probably the *worst* anti-virus
program available.

The two best freeware programs are Avast and Avira. Avg is another
choice that isn't too bad, but is much inferior to either Avast or
Avira.

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Ken Blake, MVP February 22nd 10 02:07 AM

Best free antivirus software?
 
On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:09:42 +0000, Surfer Joe
wrote:

Can anyone please suggest a good free antivirus?
I'm tired of paying for norton.



Besides the cost of Norton, it's probably the *worst* anti-virus
program available.

The two best freeware programs are Avast and Avira. Avg is another
choice that isn't too bad, but is much inferior to either Avast or
Avira.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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Leonard Grey[_3_] February 22nd 10 03:07 AM

Best free antivirus software?
 
And you going to use an antivirus program just because we say so?
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Surfer Joe wrote:
Can anyone please suggest a good free antivirus?
I'm tired of paying for norton.


Leonard Grey[_3_] February 22nd 10 03:07 AM

Best free antivirus software?
 
And you going to use an antivirus program just because we say so?
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Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

Surfer Joe wrote:
Can anyone please suggest a good free antivirus?
I'm tired of paying for norton.


Nil[_2_] February 22nd 10 03:26 AM

Best free antivirus software?
 
On 21 Feb 2010, Leonard Grey wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize:

And you going to use an antivirus program just because we say so?


And you make mangle sentance like typewriter monkey?

Nil[_2_] February 22nd 10 03:26 AM

Best free antivirus software?
 
On 21 Feb 2010, Leonard Grey wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize:

And you going to use an antivirus program just because we say so?


And you make mangle sentance like typewriter monkey?

Roy Smith[_6_] February 22nd 10 03:41 AM

Best free antivirus software?
 
On 2/21/2010 6:09 PM, Surfer Joe wrote:
Can anyone please suggest a good free antivirus?
I'm tired of paying for norton.


There are several to choose from. Best thing is to download them and
try them out for yourself and decide which is right for you. Here's a
list of some popular free antivirus programs:

Microsoft Security Essentials: http://www.microsoft.com/Security_Essentials/
Avast!: http://www.avast.com/index
AVG: http://free.avg.com/us-en/homepage

I'm sure that you will get recommendations for other programs as well...

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Timestamp: Sunday, February 21, 2010 9:41:29 PM

Roy Smith[_6_] February 22nd 10 03:41 AM

Best free antivirus software?
 
On 2/21/2010 6:09 PM, Surfer Joe wrote:
Can anyone please suggest a good free antivirus?
I'm tired of paying for norton.


There are several to choose from. Best thing is to download them and
try them out for yourself and decide which is right for you. Here's a
list of some popular free antivirus programs:

Microsoft Security Essentials: http://www.microsoft.com/Security_Essentials/
Avast!: http://www.avast.com/index
AVG: http://free.avg.com/us-en/homepage

I'm sure that you will get recommendations for other programs as well...

--

Roy Smith
Windows 7 Home Premium

Timestamp: Sunday, February 21, 2010 9:41:29 PM

Tom Willett[_2_] February 22nd 10 01:59 PM

Best free antivirus software?
 
Lern grammer and speling befor you criticizse otherz.

"Nil" wrote in message
: And you make mangle sentance like typewriter monkey?



Tom Willett[_2_] February 22nd 10 01:59 PM

Best free antivirus software?
 
Lern grammer and speling befor you criticizse otherz.

"Nil" wrote in message
: And you make mangle sentance like typewriter monkey?



Ken Blake, MVP February 22nd 10 03:02 PM

Best free antivirus software?
 
On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:41:34 -0600, Roy Smith
wrote:

On 2/21/2010 6:09 PM, Surfer Joe wrote:
Can anyone please suggest a good free antivirus?
I'm tired of paying for norton.


There are several to choose from. Best thing is to download them and
try them out for yourself and decide which is right for you.



Trying them yourself and deciding which is right for you is excellent
advice for almost all kinds of software. But the one kind of software
where I think it's poor advice (very poor advice) is security
software. The don't all work equally well, and it's very difficult to
determine for yourself how well each of them works.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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Ken Blake, MVP February 22nd 10 03:02 PM

Best free antivirus software?
 

On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:41:34 -0600, Roy Smith
wrote:

On 2/21/2010 6:09 PM, Surfer Joe wrote:
Can anyone please suggest a good free antivirus?
I'm tired of paying for norton.


There are several to choose from. Best thing is to download them and
try them out for yourself and decide which is right for you.



Trying them yourself and deciding which is right for you is excellent
advice for almost all kinds of software. But the one kind of software
where I think it's poor advice (very poor advice) is security
software. The don't all work equally well, and it's very difficult to
determine for yourself how well each of them works.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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