doppelkorn Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 My PC has been playing up for about 2 weeks and I finally diagnosed the issue as AVG which I've uninstalled. Do you reckon I need to bother with a new AV or not and if so can anyone recommend another free one. I'm not paying. Cheers users, Dopp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 I haven't used third party anti-virus software for years, but I wouldn't necessarily recommend that other people do that. I have Microsoft Security Essentials installed, but I only use it on-demand and I don't have it running all the time. One option is the free version of Avira's AntiVir: - http://download.cnet.com/Avira-AntiVir-Personal-Free-Antivirus/3000-2239_4-10322935.html?part=dl-10322935&subj=dl&tag=button&cdlPid=11012914 It always does very well in tests. Another free one to consider is Panda's Cloud Anti-Virus: - http://www.cloudantivirus.com/en/ AV definitions are stored in the cloud rather than locally on your machine and it's supposed to be nice and light on resources, only using about 15 MB of RAM when idle and about 60 MB when doing a scan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas pete Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 Avira just failed me big time.... it let a massive virus through wile i was using bit torrent. i couldnt connect to the internet or restore my computer. I had to literallz delete everzthing on mz hard drive that was possible to delete before it would let me reformat Im going to give panda a go.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdiggla Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 I always used this for recommendations:http://lifehacker.com/395046/five-best-antivirus-applicationsI have a computer with nothing, a couple with AVG freeware and one with Avast. I have thought of switching all to Avast or Kaspersky. I tried Avira and didn't really like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kian Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 i use ESET for anti virus, its free if you know where to get the keys online to update your subscription, its just high maintaince. using a lot of anti virus software for many years, ESET is the fastest and uses the least windows system resources. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wax On Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 I haven't used third party anti-virus software for years, but I wouldn't necessarily recommend that other people do that. I have Microsoft Security Essentials installed, but I only use it on-demand and I don't have it running all the time. One option is the free version of Avira's AntiVir: - http://download.cnet.com/Avira-AntiVir-Personal-Free-Antivirus/3000-2239_4-10322935.html?part=dl-10322935&subj=dl&tag=button&cdlPid=11012914 It always does very well in tests. Another free one to consider is Panda's Cloud Anti-Virus: - http://www.cloudantivirus.com/en/ AV definitions are stored in the cloud rather than locally on your machine and it's supposed to be nice and light on resources, only using about 15 MB of RAM when idle and about 60 MB when doing a scan. can either of these be used on a standalone machine with no web access? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Just get your porn from a newsagent and skip the 'genuine Rolex' offers. Over the last few years, I've been called in to fix many people's computers that have 'a virus'. More often than not it's just something they've messed up. "user32.dll? I couldn't possibly need that. I'll free up some space!" *click* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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