What in your opinion is the best free anti-virus for windows 7?
I had avg-free and it worked alright I guess, but the huge problem I had with it was it would block stuff that weren’t viruses. I would tell it not to block files that weren’t viruses and it ignored me and blocked it still! I uninstalled it and installed Avast-free edition. Is Avast alright? Atleast Avast isn’t picking up shit that aren’t viruses! But I want to know if Avast is any good? Or should I update to something else?
December 19th, 2010 at 7:57 pm
NOD32. But I also hear that Microsoft’s security essential suite is pretty good, + it’s free.
December 19th, 2010 at 8:35 pm
I’m really liking the Security Essentials free virus scanner that you can get from Microsoft. It just kind of chills in the background. Doing it’s thing. Though I haven’t put it through it’s paces and I go to pretty safe sites. But this guy whose all into computers and figuring out how they work (as a hobby) recommended it.
December 19th, 2010 at 9:27 pm
Kaspersky is so far the best. I have Mcafee on my laptop, I have no issues at all. All of them free antivirus will bring you issues like this..
December 19th, 2010 at 9:59 pm
Avast is a WONDERFUL anti-virus program. All you need to do is register (which is free). You can do scans, activate firewalls, etc.
http://www.avast.com/index
December 19th, 2010 at 10:36 pm
avast 5 is very good and lite on resources and its free get at cnet.com
December 19th, 2010 at 11:32 pm
Avast is undeniably one of THE best free anti-virus software there is on the internet. However free anti virus’ only have basic types of prevention whilst a paid anti-virus like norton has anti-phishing (to protect against credit card info stealing) and anti-spam. So it’s often best to get paid anti-virus rather than free ones as they offer more protection.
I will include links on how to get kaspersky (a good software for protection).
I also recommend getting Malwarebytes the free version.
December 20th, 2010 at 12:29 am
Hi Joseph –
I’m adding another vote for Microsoft Security Essentials – http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/.
It’s free too!
Cheers,
Cassandra
Microsoft Windows Outreach
August 4th, 2017 at 4:54 am
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thanks and regards