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RogerJones

Hi all,

Looking for a free AV program for home use. Any recommendation? E-mail me.

Roger
 
From: "RogerJones" <[email protected]>

| Hi all,
|
| Looking for a free AV program for home use. Any recommendation? E-mail me.
|
| Roger
|

The objective of posting to a News Group is to get a wide audience to receive and answer and
for others to benefit form the answer as well. If you post to a News Group the answer
should be replied to the thread, not email, unless there is private information contained
within.

AVAST -
http://www.avast.com/i_idt_1016.html - FREE

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

AVG -
http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5 - FREE

CA eTrust was free for one year but that offer expired on August 1.
 
David said:
From: "RogerJones" <[email protected]>

| Hi all,
|
| Looking for a free AV program for home use. Any recommendation? E-mail me.
|
| Roger
|

The objective of posting to a News Group is to get a wide audience to receive and answer and
for others to benefit form the answer as well. If you post to a News Group the answer
should be replied to the thread, not email, unless there is private information contained
within.

AVAST -
http://www.avast.com/i_idt_1016.html - FREE

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

AVG -
http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5 - FREE

CA eTrust was free for one year but that offer expired on August 1.
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It looks like CA hasn't pulled the offer yet. The link still appears to
be live.

http://store.ca.com/dr/v2/ec_main.e...lient=ComputerAssociates&sid=55939&CID=190471
 
From: "DaVinci" <[email protected]>


| It looks like CA hasn't pulled the offer yet. The link still appears to
| be live.
|
|
http://store.ca.com/dr/v2/ec_main.e...lient=ComputerAssociates&sid=55939&CID=190471

Quote from that URL....

"Exclusive offer for Microsoft customers. Free 12-month software subscription to CA's eTrust
EZ Antivirus. Valid for new users only. Limit 1 per household. Not to be combined with any
other offer. Annual subscriptions can be renewed after first year at current renewal rate.
Free software offer expires 8/1/05. "
 
David said:
From: "DaVinci" <[email protected]>


| It looks like CA hasn't pulled the offer yet. The link still appears to
| be live.
|
|
http://store.ca.com/dr/v2/ec_main.e...lient=ComputerAssociates&sid=55939&CID=190471

Quote from that URL....

"Exclusive offer for Microsoft customers. Free 12-month software subscription to CA's eTrust
EZ Antivirus. Valid for new users only. Limit 1 per household. Not to be combined with any
other offer. Annual subscriptions can be renewed after first year at current renewal rate.
Free software offer expires 8/1/05. "
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I'm aware of the disclaimer at the bottom of the page. Nonetheless, the
link for the 12 month free trial is still live and usable. It's
possible CA is extending the offer and hasn't updated the page yet.
 
RogerJones said:
Hi all,

Looking for a free AV program for home use. Any recommendation? E-mail me.

Roger
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My friends use AVG at home.
I use Bitdefender at work.
 
From: "DaVinci" <[email protected]>

| David H. Lipman wrote:
| I'm aware of the disclaimer at the bottom of the page. Nonetheless, the
| link for the 12 month free trial is still live and usable. It's
| possible CA is extending the offer and hasn't updated the page yet.

I thought of that. It was extended 6 months after the klast deadline of 2/1/05. However,
the disclaimer was changed on or about 2/2/05 and I would think if the offer was again
extended the page would be updated as quickly as the last time.
 
RogerJones said:
Hi all,

Looking for a free AV program for home use. Any recommendation? E-mail me.

Roger
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Another vote for avast. I've been using it on this laptop for about a
month, and I may even install it on my desktops once my ZoneAlarm w/
antivirus subscription expires.

If you want a free personal firewall reccomendation, this laptop (I'm
trying to use all free software on it) has Kerio. So far so good.


---
avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean.
Virus Database (VPS): 0531-4, 08/05/2005
Tested on: 8/6/2005 1:21:15 AM
avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2005 ALWIL Software.
http://www.avast.com
 
Shadowman said:
Another vote for avast. ...
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Good program...
---
avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean.
Virus Database (VPS): 0531-4, 08/05/2005
Tested on: 8/6/2005 1:21:15 AM
avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2005 ALWIL Software.
http://www.avast.com
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...but please turn off this outbound message. Scanning outbound mail
and news is generally pointless these days, as modern viruses don't
use your email anymore. They have their own smtp engines, that send
silently in the background.
 
Beauregard said:
Shadowman wrote: [snip]
avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean.
Virus Database (VPS): 0531-4, 08/05/2005
Tested on: 8/6/2005 1:21:15 AM
avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2005 ALWIL Software.
http://www.avast.com
Click to expand...

..but please turn off this outbound message. Scanning outbound mail and
news is generally pointless these days, as modern viruses don't use your
email anymore. They have their own smtp engines, that send silently in
the background.
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and, lest we forget, the text claims the outbound message was clean when
it's not possible for avast to make that determination...

but i thought it was avg that did that - has avast started putting lies
in people's emails now too?
 
kurt said:
but i thought it was avg that did that - has avast started putting
lies in people's emails now too?
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Both of them have the option to add the ad... :-(
(That's all it is, an advertisement.)
 
Shadowman skrev:
Another vote for avast. I've been using it on this laptop for about a
month, and I may even install it on my desktops once my ZoneAlarm w/
Click to expand...

I have used avast! together with the free ZoneAlarm for a long time
now. It's a great combination. Right now I wouldn't change at all!
 
Beauregard T. Shagnasty skrev:
..but please turn off this outbound message. Scanning outbound mail
and news is generally pointless these days, as modern viruses don't
use your email anymore. They have their own smtp engines, that send
silently in the background.
Click to expand...

Or at least make some short for of message :-)

I use this one:

avast! antivirus (0531-4, 08/05/2005), Outbound message clean
 
kurt wismer skrev:
and, lest we forget, the text claims the outbound message was clean when
it's not possible for avast to make that determination...
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Huuu? avast! does scan ougoing mail (that is if you ask it to do so).
And the avast! messages are not inserted of the message is not scanned
 
Lars-Erik Østerud said:
kurt wismer skrev:




Huuu? avast! does scan ougoing mail (that is if you ask it to do so).
And the avast! messages are not inserted of the message is not scanned
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and the avast message claims the email is clean which it can't possibly
know... there's a big difference between 'no viruses found' and 'clean'...

in order to determine if the email was clean avast would have to be able
to detect all possible viruses - as it stands an email could contain a
virus that avast doesn't know about yet and avast would still put the
text in it saying that it was clean...
 
Lars-Erik Østerud wrote:
[snip]
Or at least make some short for of message :-)

I use this one:

avast! antivirus (0531-4, 08/05/2005), Outbound message clean
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it would be better to leave the false claims out entirely... yours is
shorter but still false...
 
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