Anyone know of a decient anti-virus software besides AVG? I had AVG on my computer and it would not receive the updates. I uninstalled the program, deleted any folders left in explore, ran a reg mech., then restarted the computer. I attempted to reload AVG but it said there was an active program on the computer when there wasn't. Maybe I missed something. I want to put a program on and if it won't accept AVG, what else could I use? Thanks for the help.
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03-16-2005, 05:08 PM #1
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Free anti-virus software besides AVG?
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03-16-2005, 05:24 PM #2
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03-16-2005, 07:26 PM #3
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Re: Free anti-virus software besides AVG?
Im not sure what the exact error you are seeing is but if you want to make sure that the old AVG was completely removed you should run regedit (Start->Run->regedit).
In regedit navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services
If any of the following folders are there delete them:
Avg7Alrt
Avg7Core
Avg7RsNT
Avg7RsW
Avg7UpdSvc
AvgTdi
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run and remove:
AVG7_CC
AVG7_EMC
Reboot and try reinstalling again.
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03-16-2005, 08:14 PM #4
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Re: Free anti-virus software besides AVG?
Well, the member recommended links are missing two free AV Programs (besides AVG):
Avast! -- http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home2.html
AntiVir -- http://www.free-av.com/
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03-16-2005, 10:44 PM #5
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Re: Free anti-virus software besides AVG?
AntiVir PE use the less system resource (thanks to it's win95-ish interface).
Who care for a pretty antivirus anyway? We just need the protection ain't we?
nonags.com said "The software always does well in comparison tests performed by various computer magazines and online journals."Mozilla Firefox 2.0: Easy to use, simple yet customizable, and it's FREE. (Well, 2.0 is kinda suck actually, I went back to 1.5)
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03-17-2005, 02:41 AM #6
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Re: Free anti-virus software besides AVG?
i put my hand in fire for antivir
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03-20-2005, 06:36 PM #7
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Re: Free anti-virus software besides AVG?
will free anti-viruses play nice with norton? I have norton 2003 on my system and it ran out a few months but i dont feel like uninstalling it (talking about folks comp, not mine)?
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03-20-2005, 07:04 PM #8
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Re: Free anti-virus software besides AVG?
If the subscription is dead, just uninstall it. It's not doing any good at all and it can interfere with other AV programs. Still uses clock cycles too. Just the performance issue alone is enough reason to can it.
Originally Posted by DarkEgo
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03-21-2005, 04:30 AM #9
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Re: Free anti-virus software besides AVG?
isn't until nav2003 you could uninstall and then reinstall to 'renew' the subsricption?
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03-21-2005, 05:18 AM #10
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Re: Free anti-virus software besides AVG?
Yup, sometimes that works.
Symantec is trying to patch all of those loopholes. I don't think you can install a 2003 version anymore and get any subscription time. I've seen weird things happen sometimes though.
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03-23-2005, 04:17 PM #11
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Re: Free anti-virus software besides AVG?
Avast has not let me down yet.
I also use (in case anybody is interested )
Winpatrol (for catching spyware trying to edit your startup)
A"squared" (for Trojans and the like)
Spybot (That'll be for spyware then
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Spambully (anti spam, works well for me)
Barrett M82A1 (For those spammers that just DON'T get the message)
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