Which is the Best Free Antivirus?

Solaris17 · Feb 22, 2010

DonInKansas said:
Oh look; a week has passed, because another one of these threads was started. :shadedshu

i love how the title said whats the best FREE antivir. implying that he doesnt want to buy one. and yet they still get reccomended. ontop of the norton bashing. which isnt necissary as

1. its paid.

and

2. no one said anything about liking norton to begin with.

AsRock · Feb 22, 2010

Solaris17 said:
i love how the title said whats the best FREE antivir. implying that he doesnt want to buy one. and yet they still get reccomended. ontop of the norton bashing. which isnt necissary as

1. its paid.

and

2. no one said anything about liking norton to begin with.

Not if your a Comcast customer ( it's FREE ) which we do not know if he is or not.

http://security.comcast.net/norton/resi/?CID=33_230

Mussels · Feb 22, 2010

AsRock said:
Not if your a Comcast customer ( it's FREE ) which we do not know if he is or not.

http://security.comcast.net/get-smart/protect-your-computers/viruses-trojans-invaders.aspx
http://security.comcast.net/get-smart/protect-your-computers/firewalls.aspx

and i reccomended kaspersky, which can be had for $10 on ebay (which is almost free)

AsRock · Feb 22, 2010

Mussels said:
and i reccomended kaspersky, which can be had for $10 on ebay (which is almost free)

All good if you trust ebay. never again.

Solaris17 · Feb 22, 2010

Mussels said:
and i reccomended kaspersky, which can be had for $10 on ebay (which is almost free)

almost isnt free.

as for asrock i stand corrected. as for wicked super cool comcast norton.

youll have better protection pouring water on your PC.

or covering the ethernet jack with a condom.

AsRock · Feb 22, 2010

AsRock said:
Well i have been using it for about a month with 0 performance issue this was with version 3.5. Only reason i got rid of the it is the firewall is not up to my standards which to be fair most are not i might how ever try to just use the anti virus on it's own...

Solaris17 said:
almost isnt free.

as for asrock i stand corrected. as for wicked super cool comcast norton.

youll have better protection pouring water on your PC.

or covering the ethernet jack with a condom.

Hence why i said what i did in another post. But all so doing what your on about would beat any Anti virus \ firewall program to be honest.

valtopps · Feb 22, 2010

really try avast. its free try it for a couple of days if you dont like it try another one.

Lazzer408 · Feb 22, 2010

I just repaired my friend's niece's computer that was full of infections that corrupted the OS. She had Avast.

valtopps · Feb 22, 2010

Lazzer408 said:
I just repaired my friend's niece's computer that was full of infections that corrupted the OS. She had Avast.

sure you did :laugh:

Lazzer408 · Feb 22, 2010

valtopps said:
sure you did

b-b-but

Solaris17 · Feb 22, 2010

Lazzer408 said:
b-b-but

i run avast if i google clitoris and go to 123virus.com id eventually get one that couldnt be detected too.

valtopps · Feb 22, 2010

Lazzer408 said:
b-b-but

im just playing with you

AsRock · Feb 22, 2010

Lazzer408 said:
I just repaired my friend's niece's computer that was full of infections that corrupted the OS. She had Avast.

Are you sure all providers were setup right in the 1st place ?. And even if it was no anti virus is fail safe thats why it's better to use 2 and have one disabled for startup.

Mussels · Feb 22, 2010

AsRock said:
Are you sure all providers were setup right in the 1st place ?. And even if it was no anti virus is fail safe thats why it's better to use 2 and have one disabled for startup.

or just have one, and leave UAC on...

valtopps · Feb 22, 2010

or stop going to the porn sites :laugh:

ok every time someone post something here i get a email about it how do i stop this?

Lazzer408 · Feb 22, 2010

valtopps said:
or stop going to the porn sites
ok every time someone post something here i get a email about it how do i stop this?

http://forums.techpowerup.com/profile.php?do=editoptions

valtopps · Feb 22, 2010

Lazzer408 said:
http://forums.techpowerup.com/profile.php?do=editoptions

million options

copenhagen69 · Feb 22, 2010

Solaris17 said:
i run avast if i google clitoris and go to 123virus.com id eventually get one that couldnt be detected too.

LMAO!

i used comodo AV and firewall for awhile it was not too bad .... just getting the options set up were a complete pain in the ass! :banghead:

Mussels · Feb 22, 2010

valtopps said:
million options

your counting abilities are worse than mine. i estimate about 5,000 options.

that wont work for threads you've already subscribed to, you'll need to chaneg that on a per thread basis

valtopps · Feb 22, 2010

lol i did that and im still getting them?

Mussels · Feb 22, 2010

see edit.

ERazer · Feb 22, 2010

Solaris17 said:
almost isnt free.

as for asrock i stand corrected. as for wicked super cool comcast norton.

youll have better protection pouring water on your PC.

or covering the ethernet jack with a condom.

lol my new sig :roll:

valtopps · Feb 22, 2010

Mussels said:
your counting abilities are worse than mine. i estimate about 5,000 options.

http://img.techpowerup.org/100222/Capture525.jpg

that wont work for threads you've already subscribed to, you'll need to chaneg that on a per thread basis

http://img.techpowerup.org/100222/Capture526.jpg

thanks buddy

copenhagen69 · Feb 22, 2010

valtopps said:
million options

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Melvis · Feb 22, 2010

Avast Home Edition 100% id never touch AVG its just a big pain in the ass.

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Which is the Best Free Antivirus?

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