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Old 06-01-2008, 11:07 PM #1
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I have used Norton 2005 for the last few years and been pleased with it. It is time for renewal now and I am wondering about the free antivirus available.

Does anyone know which one is the best? If so, please let me know. I just hate to pay for something if I can get it for free. I keep hearing that there is no need to pay but I can't find which free one is rated the best.
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I used to use AVG but I'm not sure if they offer a free service anymore, but I've also used Avast and that's pretty good, and also free. Here's the link to that one so you can check it out: http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

I personally don't like Norton, but that's just me. I have McAfee running at the moment, and I'm happy with that.
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I looked at AVG but it only offers 30 email protection. I downloaded Avast for the time being. I may try McAfee because my ISP offers it for free, I think.

Thanks for the info.

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I used to use AVG but I'm not sure if they offer a free service anymore, but I've also used Avast and that's pretty good, and also free. Here's the link to that one so you can check it out: http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

I personally don't like Norton, but that's just me. I have McAfee running at the moment, and I'm happy with that.
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Becky,

I have been using Norton AntiVirus and Norton System Works for many years and am really happy with them.

You can subscrube for a nominal fee to getting free updates as often as you want.

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Hi Victor,

I have been using Norton for about 5 years and I am happy with them too. I feel very comfortable with it and know exactly what everything means. I was just wondering about all the free antivirus offers out there.

I may give in and renew it since I am too darn old to try to figure out all this new stuff. Avast has these spinning balls in the tray and settings that I have no idea what the heck they mean. Norton is plain and simple. LOL

Thanks for your input on this.

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I have been using Norton AntiVirus and Norton System Works for many years and am really happy with them.

You can subscrube for a nominal fee to getting free updates as often as you want.

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I have been a Symantec (Norton) user for many years. I'm comfortable with it. I recently purchased Norton Internet Security 2008. I'm very satisfied with it. Along with anti-virus, it has a fire-wall and spy-ware protection. Some of the options took a bit of getting used to, but it's fairly intuitive. And it came with a year's worth of updates included.
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At the advice of the folks who recovered my hard drives, I also have free AVG -- so far so good and I haven't felt the need to upgrade to the paid version.

I also installed CCleaner at their recommendation -- haven't used it for a while so thanks for the reminder!

Re: anti-virus, I do NOT recommend Panda. That was the last one I purchased. I found it difficult to navigate and their tech support was not great.
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Here is a website with all kinds of neat free things including antivirus.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/
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