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Review: Free Antivirus Software
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Hi!
Looking for something like Free AV software for Win32 S's. If u r using
something
good - pls let me know!
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Arsen,

Grisoft AVG has a free edition for home use
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1

cheers
Ivan

5/11/06, ArsenKirillov <softm (AT) yandex (DOT) ruwrote:
Hi!

Looking for something like Free AV software for Win32 S's. If u r using something
good - pls let me know!

Arsen Kirillov

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5/11/06, ArsenKirillov wrote:
Hi!

Looking for something like Free AV software for Win32 S's. If u r using something
good - pls let me know!

5/11/06, Ivan wrote:
Arsen,

Grisoft AVG has a free edition for home use
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1

cheers
Ivan

I have used AVG and also Avast! Antivirus Home Edition:

And also AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic:

http://www.free-av.com/

They all have seemed to me to work well.
-Eliah

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Hi!
Looking for something like Free AV software for Win32 S's. If u r using something
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Review: Free Antivirus Software

I believe I've seen Mary post here before, so if you're reading Mary, how
come this time you didn't test removal capabilities? Lots of times people
don't actually go looking for a free AV program until they need to scan and
clean their machine so removal is an important feature.

Geo.

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Hi Geo,

I do removal tests for spyware/adware only. The virus detection scores come
from AV-Test.org and at the time, removal results for those particular
products weren't readily available to me. (This doesn't mean that
AV-Test.org does not have them or did not at the time - please interpret my
limited answer as *my* limitation and not a reflection of AV-Test.org). West
Coast Labs performs removal testing as part of their Anti-Virus Level 2
certification (all ItW viruses are included in these tests according to
their documentation). You can find a list of Anti-Virus Level 2 certified
products at:

AV-Test.org is a project of the Business-Information-Workgroup at the
Institute of Technical and Business Information Systems at the
Guericke University Magdeburg (Germany) in cooperation with
AV-Test GmbH. For details, visit: http://www.av-test.org/

I agree that virus removal tests would be a nice addition to the review -
unfortunately my resources (time) only allow for spyware/adware.
-- Mary

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Review: Free Antivirus Software

I believe I've seen Mary post here before, so if you're reading Mary, how
come this time you didn't test removal capabilities? Lots of times people
don't actually go looking for a free AV program until they need to scan and
clean their machine so removal is an important feature.

Geo.

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Hi Arsen, hi all

there is Clamwin like Randall M sais, also AVAST for personnal use is
free

Cheers.

ArsenKirillov a :
Hi!

Looking for something like Free AV software for Win32 S's. If u r using something
good - pls let me know!

Arsen Kirillov

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Sorry, the link :

Not only AV :

Antivirus kernel
Automatic updates
Simple User Interface
Virus Chest
Resident protection
System integration
P2P and IM Shields
Integrated Virus Cleaner
Network Shield
Support for 64-bit Windows
Web Shield
Internationalization

and mores try it now !! :)

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I vouch for AVAST.

It's a little hysterical when it founds some suspicious but works fine
and I hardly notice it's running. Norton uses far more CPU.

Wed, 28 Jun 2006 16:31:44 +0200
Julien GRSJEAN - Proxiad <j.grosjean (AT) proxiad (DOT) comwrote:

JG-PSorry, the link :
JG-P
JG-P
JG-P
JG-PNot only AV :
JG-P
JG-PAntivirus kernel
JG-PAutomatic updates
JG-PSimple User Interface
JG-PVirus Chest
JG-PResident protection
JG-PSystem integration
JG-PP2P and IM Shields
JG-PIntegrated Virus Cleaner
JG-PNetwork Shield
JG-PSupport for 64-bit Windows
JG-PWeb Shield
JG-PInternationalization
JG-P
JG-P
JG-Pand mores try it now !! :)
JG-P
JG-PCheers.
JG-P
JG-P
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I have used AVG from Grisoft before.

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1

Dereck Martin
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Cell: 812-374-2727

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Cardoso wrote:
I vouch for AVAST.

It's a little hysterical when it founds some suspicious but works fine
and I hardly notice it's running. Norton uses far more CPU.

Wed, 28 Jun 2006 16:31:44 +0200
Julien GRSJEAN - Proxiad <j.grosjean (AT) proxiad (DOT) comwrote:

JG-PSorry, the link :
JG-P
JG-P
JG-P
JG-PNot only AV :
JG-P
JG-PAntivirus kernel
JG-PAutomatic updates
JG-PSimple User Interface
JG-PVirus Chest
JG-PResident protection
JG-PSystem integration
JG-PP2P and IM Shields
JG-PIntegrated Virus Cleaner
JG-PNetwork Shield
JG-PSupport for 64-bit Windows
JG-PWeb Shield
JG-PInternationalization
JG-P
JG-P
JG-Pand mores try it now !! :)
JG-P
JG-PCheers.
JG-P
JG-P
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JG-PCharter:
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Dereck Martin wrote:
I have used AVG from Grisoft before.

I used to think AVG were good guys until the domain
park site www.clamav.co.uk appeared.

Dereck Martin
Desktop Support
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Cell: 812-374-2727
-Nigel

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Interesting didn't know that.

Dereck Martin
Desktop Support

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What makes you think Grisoft registered that domain?

Just visit http://www.clamav.co.uk/ , then you'll see redirection.

moto kawasaki <moto (AT) kawasaki3 (DOT) org>

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That doesn't look like an official GriSoft site. In fact the domain
it redirects to is not owned by GriSoft (nor is there a link the
official site). See the following whois lookup at www.nic.uk:

It's most likely and opportunistic squatter trying to squeeze clam-av
as in "Pay up, or we'll keep redirecting potential users to
information about a competitor"

You would think the an official site would be a little more
sophisticated than a text page. Plus the grammar "Grisoft say:"
rather than "Grisoft says:"

And this little tidbit:
"The following information is provided by Spice New Media and is for
your reference only."

6/28/06, moto kawasaki <moto (AT) kawasaki3 (DOT) orgwrote:

What makes you think Grisoft registered that domain?

Just visit http://www.clamav.co.uk/ , then you'll see redirection.

moto kawasaki <moto (AT) kawasaki3 (DOT) org>

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