I use the free Avira and it works this way.
The key is automatically renewed 1 month before the subscription ends and you're good to go for another year.
The renewal is transparent to the user you don't have to do anything.
And its a real good antivirus, better than avast and among the top when competing with commercial solutions.
In fact I ditched Avast for Avira and didn't regret it.

Oh poo I was just downloading Avast to give it a try!:lol: I'm trying to find one where you can select a single folder to scan!:yep:

to scan one folder?

normally it would be ''right-click'' on the folder and the ''scan with....''

Good morning! :D

Thanks HunterICX, I always select not to install shell integration, now I know why they ask it!:doh: The things you learn!:yep: Thanks again!!

Just found this: Add/Remove/Avira/Modify ... all fixed & happy!!

Finally: Thanks to all for the help!!

When it comes to antivirus software i personaly use Kaspersky which isnt free, but from the free ones Antivir and Avast work well ennough.

I use AVG anti virus and had no problems along with ZoneAlarm firewall, Spybot search and destroy, Ccleaner and finally Ad-Aware SE Personal. All them are free and as long as you remember to DL the updates your be find.

AVG is not free???:oops:

Edit: I could be wrong, I went to the Australian site & no mention of any free product, I just found this http://free.grisoft.com/ and it's free there, thanks Steed!

^ That's the right site. Norton was great way back when, but with Internet Security Suite I thought it turned into a memory monster ("It's aliiiiiive!"). It may have improved some lately but I wouldn't know; I'm happy with free AVG and Ad-Aware. And (depending on whom you ask) - common sense.:D

I was a longtime user of NAV 2005 until recently I swapped to NOD32 which I am entirely satisfied with. If nothing else it has a drastically smaller footprint than norton.

Some time this week I hvae to go and 'fix' a friends copy of norton internet security 2007 as it continually fails to detedt program and definition updates, despite following all of the symantec instructions to reinstall the live update module and force a program update. This coupled with the repeated failure of the live protection component is why I will be removing norton IS and replacing it with the windows firewall or ZoneALarm, and the antivirus changed to either NOD32 or AVG free http://free.grisoft.com/doc/download...virus/us/frt/0.

I just found another virus with AVG, Avira couldn't see it, but before I installed AVG Avira found 4, and prior to that McAfee didn't find any of them, So I am quite happy now with Ad-Aware, AVG, Avira & SuperAntiSpyware, I will see over the next 6 months or so as to what finds what.:yep: I haven't installed Avast but I figure I have enough for now!:lol:

there is always a small chance for false alerts. check before deleting!

I do a on line scan every other month and if my AVG detects something I deal with it and then DL another free Anti Virus run it once then delete it then run AVG again, more to do with peace of mind there's no harm in a cross check as well.

Better safe than sorry.

I must say that I haven't actually had a virus take control of my machine for a few years now, I have become very wary of certain files & email attachments, the last one I had destroyed the whole system, lucky for ghost! something Norton done right.:yep: