Best free antivirus?

McBeck · 11-20-09, 04:56 AM

Whats your thoughts?
I need it for Win7

AVGWarhawk · 11-20-09, 09:01 AM

Avast. I use it for Vista 64 without issue. I believe it covers 7 as well.

http://www.avast.com/

Get the free home version. You will send in your email address and they send you a registration number good for a year. You can re-up in a years time. It is a good free AV.

Castout · 11-21-09, 03:50 AM

Try COMODO Internet Security.

or Avira.

Hylander_1314 · 11-21-09, 01:04 PM

Antivir is pretty good. Don't have to shut it off before loading up any sims or games, and the support is great too. Although the cost of paying for it isn't bad, as I originally paid about 60 USD for a 3 year service, and a week later they sent an email and applied a bunch of coupons and rebates and knocked it down to around an actual price of 14 USD per year for a 3 year service. So I really can't complain about the cost of it, and it works well with my other software, and hasn't caused any interference with games or anything else.

Just my .02 cents

Gerald · 11-21-09, 02:15 PM

can have AVG,but the best I use is F-Secure Client Security, it cost a bit but you can be relax and calm for unhappy thing...

McBeck · 11-21-09, 03:57 PM

Have used AVG...but will give Avast a try

Highbury · 11-21-09, 04:03 PM

I am using Panda Cloud on Win 7 64bit. Very low resource use (the lowest usage process on my PC) and it never bugs me with crap, just sits there blocking viruses.

I came to trust Panda years ago during the whole "blaster.worm" thing. I got the worm on my PC, as did a friend.. Norton, McAfee etc etc all wanted you to use removal tools, reboot in safe mode and back and forth 3 - 4 times. Panda just auto-removed it, no fuss and no work from me. That is what I want in an AV, one that does it's job and doesn't make me do it.

FIREWALL · 11-21-09, 04:04 PM

@ McBeck Take a look at other Avast and other anti virus threads posted here.

I've used Avast for a year on all 5 of my computers and no problems.

Avast is considered one of the best.

JSLTIGER · 11-21-09, 05:44 PM

Avast is fantastic. I've been using it for more than 3 years with no problems whatsoever. It has no problems working with Win 7 Pro x64, as that's the setup I have running on my laptop.

Arclight · 11-21-09, 05:48 PM

Aye, another vote for Avast. Never have any infections, so it must be doing it's job.

Raptor1 · 11-21-09, 06:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arclight

Aye, another vote for Avast. Never have any infections, so it must be doing it's job.

Either that or you're filled with them and Avast doesn't detect anything...

But I'll vote for it as well.

McBeck · 11-22-09, 01:33 PM

Yeah...its trust tests that actully show the level detection rather than "I have never had any problems"

I have looked around and avast seems to score pretty high...

Arclight · 11-22-09, 02:34 PM

I know, that's why the grin at the end of my previous post.

Still, it came highly recommended, I'm satisfied and it alerted me 2 or 3 times in the past 2 years or so; it's at least doing something.

AVGWarhawk · 11-22-09, 05:53 PM

At the very lest Avast is at the top three. I run malwarebytes, firewall from the Vista OS and run Windows Defender once a week.

FIREWALL · 11-22-09, 06:16 PM

There's always NORTON.

11-20-09, 04:56 AM	#1
McBeck Admiral Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,027 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Best free antivirus? Whats your thoughts? I need it for Win7 __________________ "I like subcommanders...they dont have time for bull**!" Proud member of the Subsim army of zombies Becks website

11-20-09, 09:01 AM	#2
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Avast. I use it for Vista 64 without issue. I believe it covers 7 as well. http://www.avast.com/ Get the free home version. You will send in your email address and they send you a registration number good for a year. You can re-up in a years time. It is a good free AV. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

11-21-09, 03:50 AM	#3
Castout Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Jakarta Posts: 4,794 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 6	Try COMODO Internet Security. or Avira. __________________ My blog: http://exposingsingapore.wordpress.com/

11-21-09, 01:04 PM	#4
Hylander_1314 Sea Lord Join Date: May 2006 Location: 5 Miles Inland West Of Lake Huron Posts: 1,936 Downloads: 139 Uploads: 0	Antivir is pretty good. Don't have to shut it off before loading up any sims or games, and the support is great too. Although the cost of paying for it isn't bad, as I originally paid about 60 USD for a 3 year service, and a week later they sent an email and applied a bunch of coupons and rebates and knocked it down to around an actual price of 14 USD per year for a 3 year service. So I really can't complain about the cost of it, and it works well with my other software, and hasn't caused any interference with games or anything else. Just my .02 cents __________________ A legislative act contrary to the Constitution is not law. -John Marshall Chief Justice of the Supreme Court ---------------------

11-21-09, 02:15 PM	#5
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	You.... can have AVG,but the best I use is F-Secure Client Security, it cost a bit but you can be relax and calm for unhappy thing... __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

11-21-09, 03:57 PM	#6
McBeck Admiral Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,027 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Have used AVG...but will give Avast a try __________________ "I like subcommanders...they dont have time for bull**!" Proud member of the Subsim army of zombies Becks website

11-21-09, 04:03 PM	#7
Highbury The Old Man Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: 51.557, -0.102 Posts: 1,311 Downloads: 177 Uploads: 0	I am using Panda Cloud on Win 7 64bit. Very low resource use (the lowest usage process on my PC) and it never bugs me with crap, just sits there blocking viruses. I came to trust Panda years ago during the whole "blaster.worm" thing. I got the worm on my PC, as did a friend.. Norton, McAfee etc etc all wanted you to use removal tools, reboot in safe mode and back and forth 3 - 4 times. Panda just auto-removed it, no fuss and no work from me. That is what I want in an AV, one that does it's job and doesn't make me do it.

11-21-09, 04:04 PM	#8
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	@ McBeck Take a look at other Avast and other anti virus threads posted here. I've used Avast for a year on all 5 of my computers and no problems. Avast is considered one of the best. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

11-21-09, 05:44 PM	#9
JSLTIGER The Old Man Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Parkland, FL, USA Posts: 1,437 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Avast is fantastic. I've been using it for more than 3 years with no problems whatsoever. It has no problems working with Win 7 Pro x64, as that's the setup I have running on my laptop. __________________ Thor: Intel Core i7 4770K\|ASUS Z87Pro\|32GB DDR3 RAM\|11GB EVGA GeForce RTX 2080Ti Black\|256GB Crucial M4 SSD+2TB WD HDD\|4X LG BD-RE\|32" Acer Predator Z321QU 165Hz G-Sync (2540x1440)\|Logitech Z-323 2.1 Sound\|Win 10 Pro Explorer (MSI GL63 8RE-629 Laptop): Intel Core i7 8750H\|16GB DDR4 RAM\|6GB GeForce GTX 1060\|128GB SSD+1TB HDD\|15.6" Widescreen (1920x1080)\|Logitech R-20 2.1 Sound\|Win 10 Home

11-21-09, 05:48 PM	#10
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	Aye, another vote for Avast. Never have any infections, so it must be doing it's job. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

11-22-09, 01:33 PM	#12
McBeck Admiral Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,027 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Yeah...its trust tests that actully show the level detection rather than "I have never had any problems" I have looked around and avast seems to score pretty high... __________________ "I like subcommanders...they dont have time for bull**!" Proud member of the Subsim army of zombies Becks website

11-22-09, 02:34 PM	#13
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	I know, that's why the grin at the end of my previous post. Still, it came highly recommended, I'm satisfied and it alerted me 2 or 3 times in the past 2 years or so; it's at least doing something. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

11-22-09, 05:53 PM	#14
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	At the very lest Avast is at the top three. I run malwarebytes, firewall from the Vista OS and run Windows Defender once a week. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

11-22-09, 06:16 PM	#15
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	There's always NORTON. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???