Freeware antivirus programs

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Justin Dustin wrote on Thu, 25 Sep 2003 15:46:50 GMT
Which is best - AntiVir Personal Edition, AVG, or Avast?
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I was an avid AVG user, but moved to Firebird/Thunderbird which AVG does
not handle. Now I use Avast which worked a treat during the recent MS-
type viruses.
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Jim Scott said:
Justin Dustin wrote on Thu, 25 Sep 2003 15:46:50 GMT


I was an avid AVG user, but moved to Firebird/Thunderbird which AVG does
not handle. Now I use Avast which worked a treat during the recent MS-
type viruses.
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I also just moved from AVG to AVAST!. Primarily because of the email
checking. Works very well. I must state though, that I never had a problem
with AVG, other than the email checking was very sub-standard for OE6
HK
 
Justin Dustin wrote on Thu, 25 Sep 2003 15:46:50 GMT


I was an avid AVG user, but moved to Firebird/Thunderbird which AVG does
not handle. Now I use Avast which worked a treat during the recent MS-
type viruses.
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In my opinion they are all pretty much the same ...avast being the most
bloated id say though , and AVG being the fastest scanner.AVGs email
scanner isnt that good (version 7 is much better though not free yet)...
but then again is an email scanner really much use?.Your av will
(heuristically or if its in virus database)detect and stop virus
executing when opening email anyway , so personally i dont see any
advantage in email scanners other than it sounds good.
me
 
bassbag said:
In my opinion they are all pretty much the same ...avast being the most
bloated id say though , and AVG being the fastest scanner.AVGs email
scanner isnt that good (version 7 is much better though not free yet)...
but then again is an email scanner really much use?.Your av will
(heuristically or if its in virus database)detect and stop virus
executing when opening email anyway , so personally i dont see any
advantage in email scanners other than it sounds good.
me
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Yeah, my problem was that I'm using POPFile, evertime I got one of those
stupid recent virus laden messages, AVG alerted me to the fact that the
POPFile history folder was infected. Then I had to go and clean it out, or
else the next time OE retrieved messages, I had to click on the stupid OK
button for every message in the folder. I was getting in the order of 100
per day, this was a royal pain. With Avast, the email is cleaned before
POPFile gets it and therefore I can simply click to delete the attachment as
it comes in.
HK
 
(e-mail address removed) (Justin Dustin) wrote in
Which is best - AntiVir Personal Edition, AVG, or Avast?
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I will toss my .02 in...

www.free-av.com Anti-Vir

I have been very very happy with it.

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El Gee said:
(e-mail address removed) (Justin Dustin) wrote in


I will toss my .02 in...

www.free-av.com Anti-Vir

I have been very very happy with it.

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El Gee

Did you hear the one about the dyslexic, agnostic, insomniac?
He would stay up late every night and wonder if there was a dog.
Remove yourhat to reply ... but it may take a while.
Best to go to www.mistergeek.com and reply from there.
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Thanks to all who responded. It was interesting that of those who
expressed a preference, 5 favored Avast, 1 preferred AntiVir, and 0
voted for AVG.
 
bassbag said:
Yeah, my problem was that I'm using POPFile, evertime I got one of those
stupid recent virus laden messages, AVG alerted me to the fact that the
POPFile history folder was infected. Then I had to go and clean it out, or
else the next time OE retrieved messages, I had to click on the stupid OK
button for every message in the folder. I was getting in the order of 100
per day, this was a royal pain. With Avast, the email is cleaned before
POPFile gets it and therefore I can simply click to delete the attachment as
it comes in.
HK
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Thats a good reason to switch :)AVG 6mail scanner scans the inbox .dbx
file or after the virus has landed so to speak , so no good in your
circumstances, but avg7 uses same sort of scan as avast,but not free as
of yet
me
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Justin said:
Thanks to all who responded. It was interesting that of those who
expressed a preference, 5 favored Avast, 1 preferred AntiVir, and 0
voted for AVG.
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A question I have is "Which one requires the fewest system resources
to run in the background?" Not that this would be the deciding factor
for me of course. And currently I'm using AVG 6. Works for me.
 
jmd821 said:
Thanks to all who responded. It was interesting that of those who
expressed a preference, 5 favored Avast, 1 preferred AntiVir, and 0
voted for AVG.
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Well as someone who has tried all 3 i do prefer avg 6, simply because ive
had some crash issues with avast in the past , and also system freezing
where i have to physically power off my machine.It mau have been
incompatability issues so im not blaming avast.Antivir i found a bit slow
, and didnt like the shell extension scanner or lack of it compared with
avg.If i remember correctly antivir doesnt have an email scanner either
does it?....AVGs is a waste of space too in my opinion , but if like h-
man you use applications that need an email scanner then avast would be
the choice to make i think.
me
P.S anyone using latest version of avast with w98/se and having no
problems?
tia
me
 
bassbag wrote on Fri, 26 Sep 2003 14:15:09 GMT
P.S anyone using latest version of avast with w98/se and having no
problems?
tia
me
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Yep. I am.
Automatic update is nice too.
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I've read lots of false positives when using AVG. Perhaps, that's just
because so many people use AVG, or maybe AVG is just too twitchy.
 
I've read lots of false positives when using AVG. Perhaps, that's just
because so many people use AVG, or maybe AVG is just too twitchy.
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Any Freeware Anti Virus software that works on Windows 2000 Server ?
 
Well as someone who has tried all 3 i do prefer avg 6, simply because
ive had some crash issues with avast in the past , and also system
freezing where i have to physically power off my machine.It mau have
been incompatability issues so im not blaming avast.Antivir i found a
bit slow , and didnt like the shell extension scanner or lack of it
compared with avg.If i remember correctly antivir doesnt have an email
scanner either does it?....AVGs is a waste of space too in my opinion
, but if like h- man you use applications that need an email scanner
then avast would be the choice to make i think.
me
P.S anyone using latest version of avast with w98/se and having no
problems?
tia
me
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The newer version (not sure which it is...I am at work now) is much faster
than the older versions. The old version seemed to take forever to scan.

YOu are correct that it does not scan e-mail, but since I only receive
text e-mail and scan any attachment I get anyway, this si s a moot point
for me.

Anti-Vir will not allow you to save any attachment that has a virus in it.
I also like the internet update feature. The fact that new defintion
files come out 2-3 times a week is very reassuring.

I guess in the end it comes down to choice. I have never had any problems
with it, either with Win 98SE, Win Me, or Win 2000. It has been a very
good piece of software.

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El Gee

Did you hear the one about the dyslexic, agnostic, insomniac?
He would stay up late every night and wonder if there was a dog.
Remove yourhat to reply ... but it may take a while.
Best to go to www.mistergeek.com and reply from there.
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Any Freeware Anti Virus software that works on Windows 2000 Server ?
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Anti-vir will.

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El Gee

Did you hear the one about the dyslexic, agnostic, insomniac?
He would stay up late every night and wonder if there was a dog.
Remove yourhat to reply ... but it
may take a while. Best to go to www.mistergeek.com and reply from
there. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 
Just downloaded..

and the free version won't work on Windows 2000 Server !

Any other VIR software that will ??

Thanks
 
Just downloaded..

and the free version won't work on Windows 2000 Server !

Any other VIR software that will ??

Thanks
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I am very sorry about that. I was sure it did. I stand corrected.
Regards,

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Did you hear the one about the dyslexic, agnostic, insomniac?
He would stay up late every night and wonder if there was a dog.
Remove yourhat to reply ... but it
may take a while. Best to go to www.mistergeek.com and reply from
there. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 
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