Best Free Virus Scanner
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Vimacs
Don't be evil!
i realy like fprot its free for *nix and dos www.f-prot.com
or for windowze antivir http://www.free-av.com/
or for windowze antivir http://www.free-av.com/
Axeman
Axemeister
Isn;t AVG antivirus supposed to be good?
bringoutthegimp
Nova is a dumbass
avg kicks ass its what i use. i dunno if it was free or if i got a crack. either way its a proper good piece of software
trooper
Trooper`s watching you !!!
finty
what is this
Can someone suggest a good free firewall?
DarkMetroid
Member
You should check this one out its a pretty good anti virus scanner give it a try
http://uk.trendmicro-europe.com/enterprise...usecall_pre.php
http://uk.trendmicro-europe.com/enterprise...usecall_pre.php
Josquius
Member
trooper
Trooper`s watching you !!!
Jeffery Mewtamer
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And throw in Mozilla for web browsing to help the firewall and antivirus to not be overworked.
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sebastian_insua
Guest
NOD32 isn't free but i think it is the best...
NOD 32 Info
NOD 32 Info
raven
Active Member
Most free virusscanners catch all (normal) virusses by now. The only way the expensive guys can distuingish themselves is by adding a ton of features (internet filters, bad spyware blockers) nobody ever wanted or needed and by using slicker interfaces (they also bring your system to a halt doing so 
)
One of the most important differences between virusscanners is the abillity to scan inside different compressed files (example: most scan zip-files but not all can scan rar-files). If you are just carefull and scan again after extraction you should be fine.
In recent tests the big boys did not do very well, their responses to new virusses (database updates) are not very fast, recovery tools for XP that cannot read NTFS and lots of other minor flaws. Not very acceptable for programs that will cost you about 50$ a year :angry:
)One of the most important differences between virusscanners is the abillity to scan inside different compressed files (example: most scan zip-files but not all can scan rar-files). If you are just carefull and scan again after extraction you should be fine.
In recent tests the big boys did not do very well, their responses to new virusses (database updates) are not very fast, recovery tools for XP that cannot read NTFS and lots of other minor flaws. Not very acceptable for programs that will cost you about 50$ a year :angry:
Good firewall (free for non-commercial use): www.zonealarm.com
Good Antivirus (again, free for non-commercial use): www.avast.com
I use Avast since it's not well known... and well-known virus protectors are most likely be overridden by some news viruses...
Good Antivirus (again, free for non-commercial use): www.avast.com
I use Avast since it's not well known... and well-known virus protectors are most likely be overridden by some news viruses...
frolik
Bass Invader
NO! I strongly disagree with AVG virus checker, I used to use it and managed to get my machine infected even with the resident scanner. And the viruses I got weren't new ones.
Furthermore, 3 other people have experienced the same thing since then....
a good online virus checker can be found at www.pandasoftware.com
Furthermore, 3 other people have experienced the same thing since then....
a good online virus checker can be found at www.pandasoftware.com
Yea, I use that but I like Antivirus programmes that I can run when the computer is in Safe mode...
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bringoutthegimp
Nova is a dumbass
ive decided that AVG SUCKS. i got infected with some killer virus that reset my pc, didnt allow me to run any exe's and destroyed my drivers. it managed to find it AFTER the damage has be done so i had to do a fuckin system restore. thanks avg
Dolfhin
Militaire Madness Junkie
Common sense... it's free powerful and i've been using it for more than 6 years now and never got caught by a virus.
As a side note I want to ad that I've been using the ultra secure Opera Browser for also 6 years now (no opera doesn't come with common sense) and have been firewalled (hardware) since the first time I went on internet.
As a side note I want to ad that I've been using the ultra secure Opera Browser for also 6 years now (no opera doesn't come with common sense) and have been firewalled (hardware) since the first time I went on internet.
