virus protection

farm boy
farm boy Posts: 210
edited June 2007 in The Crudcatcher
Can anyone recommend a free virus protection software to put on my laptop its a dell 6400 if that makes any difference i have just got it back from being fixed and want to check if the wireless works and the internet and that sort of thing.
cheers for any help[:)]

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  • euan_333
    euan_333 Posts: 667
    AVG.

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  • jamiejim
    jamiejim Posts: 244
    AVG for virus, you should have spyware protection such as spybot
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  • roj279
    roj279 Posts: 579
    get avg anti spyware, and just run it ever now and then, works for me

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  • ben.m
    ben.m Posts: 162
    AVGFTW/10

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  • mbukjames
    mbukjames Posts: 240
    Well I did download a Virus scanner and couldn't remove the bloody thing so watch what your downloading.
    Anyways AVG is always good but it takes so long.

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  • Big Red S
    Big Red S Posts: 26,890
    Common Sense

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    mbukjames Posts: 240
    [:D]

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  • rubber side up
    rubber side up Posts: 2,150
    avg isn't free any more. or at least it wasn't last time i checked.

    The avg virus and spyware utility's are good, but the firewall is utter sh*t

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  • jamiejim
    jamiejim Posts: 244
    <blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by rubber side up</i>

    avg isn't free any more. or at least it wasn't last time i checked.

    The avg virus and spyware utility's are good, but the firewall is utter sh*t

    <hr noshade size="1"><center><blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by EvilAlex</i>

    Something round here tastes bad. Could be plain old bad taste.
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    The basic one is, I got it a couple of days ago. But doesn't include spyware
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    AVG sucks balls. Try something like Antivir, which is free for personal use.
    I've had to fix loads of computers that were riddled with viruses, but AVG hadn't picked any of them up.

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  • jamiejim
    jamiejim Posts: 244
    <blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by yeehaamcgee</i>

    AVG sucks balls. Try something like Antivir, which is free for personal use.
    I've had to fix loads of computers that were riddled with viruses, but AVG hadn't picked any of them up.

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    I've never had any problems with it, neither has anyone I know. Sure it was up-to-date?
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    yup.

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  • jamiejim
    jamiejim Posts: 244
    fair enough [:)]
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  • Big Red S
    Big Red S Posts: 26,890
    I don't think any A/V software is ever all-encompassing. And, obviously, the last one you use is always the one that looks like it is.

    The best protection against virii is to not get them in the first place. Yes, this does involve a little bit of thought, but thinking's a good habit to get into.

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