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4/6/06 at 7:27am

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Hi, can anyone recommend a decent free anti-virus software (Windows XP) ?

thanks

Philip

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4/6/06 at 7:36am

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AVG works well. Some detractors say it doesn't catch everything but I haven't ever had a problem with it myself. It's the least resource-hogging and updates pretty much daily.

http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Vir...ml?tag=lst-0-2

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4/7/06 at 6:03am

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I personally like Avast Anti-Virus better. Registration is free, been using it for around two years.

http://www.avast.com/

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4/7/06 at 6:27am

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I use Spybot- Search and Destroy, CCleaner, and a couple others. those two can be found on www.downloads.com.

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4/7/06 at 6:40am

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I prefer AVG over Avast simply because avg runs in a smaller footprint. AVP is also a good anti-virus that I use daily.

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4/7/06 at 12:40pm

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I should probably mind my own business, but l think there should be a forum based on anti-virus protection. It's just as vital as any other part of a notebook

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4/7/06 at 1:20pm

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Originally Posted by Swarfy

I use Spybot- Search and Destroy, CCleaner, and a couple others. those two can be found on www.downloads.com.

Thats antispyware, not antivirus.

Under free Antivirus, I prefer Avast. One reason is the free version of AVG can not handle taking care of a virus in a single file, it requires a full system scan in order to do anything. At least, that's how the version I used worked, maybe they've improved it since then.

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4/7/06 at 2:26pm