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GenerationX
03-31-2009, 03:44 PM
My AVG decided to start being fucking retarded and say the update requests computer restart every god damn day, even though I have like 20 times.

What software do you guys recommend that's free?
FreakinPrince
03-31-2009, 03:50 PM
AVAST is one of my personal...give that a shot
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Thaco
03-31-2009, 03:53 PM
AVG free :D

I use it on every system i work on (unless the owner has another preference)


Not sure why you're having problems but i have never experienced that.
alloroc
03-31-2009, 03:56 PM
Avira9 is the best free version and AVG is shit.

www.youtube.com/mrizos
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=mrizos&view=videos

Have fun.

Edit I forgot to mention that comodo is good too, but it is not very user friendly.
GenerationX
03-31-2009, 03:58 PM
Know anywhere to get the professional version for free?
Thaco
03-31-2009, 03:58 PM
Originally posted by alloroc
AVG is shit.

Care to back that up with some legitimate reasoning? like i said, i use it on every system i work on including my own personal systems and have never had a problem (other than the odd time it cant connect to the update server)
alloroc
03-31-2009, 04:08 PM
Originally posted by Thaco


Care to back that up with some legitimate reasoning? like i said, i use it on every system i work on including my own personal systems and have never had a problem (other than the odd time it cant connect to the update server)

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jswankster
03-31-2009, 04:09 PM
i have used AVG and a trojan fucked my computer.. installed Kaspersky on another machine and put my old hard drive in as a secondary. Kaspersky found the Trojan and i havent had any other problems..

i will never use AVG again, as i dont think it detects everything
alloroc
03-31-2009, 04:11 PM
Originally posted by jswankster
i have used AVG and a trojan fucked my computer.. installed Kaspersky on another machine and put my old hard drive in as a secondary. Kaspersky found the Trojan and i havent had any other problems..

i will never use AVG again, as i dont think it detects everything

Totally, I clean computers on the side and AVG seems ok with viruses but is absolute crap when it comes to stopping rogues and trojans.
GenerationX
03-31-2009, 04:12 PM
Can someone post the links to the download for Avira / Kaspersky?
Eibbus
03-31-2009, 04:13 PM
NOD32 FTW
alloroc
03-31-2009, 04:19 PM
There is also this ...

http://forums.beyond.ca/st/252503/vbulletin-virus-testing/
GenerationX
03-31-2009, 04:22 PM
Possibly link me to Avira download link?
I found the site but none of them were free.
And when I did manage to find it on download.com, it was downloading at 25 kb/s.
jswankster
03-31-2009, 04:22 PM
here is the 30 day trial of Kaspersky

http://usa.kaspersky.com/trials/home-users/anti-virus/
alloroc
03-31-2009, 04:25 PM
Right now for protection I am using both avira and drive sentry.

I use comodo for cleaning pc's if there is no root kit installed. If there is I then use what I call the triple threat ... gmer, malwarebytes antimalware, and superantispyware.
Thaco
03-31-2009, 04:25 PM
Lol, you guys are all knocking AVG based on a couple of bad experiences, and then then the guy asks for a FREE one, you're suggesting paid options...
alloroc
03-31-2009, 04:28 PM
you can get avira free here ... http://www.free-av.com/

drive sentry here http://www.drivesentry.com/

Comodo here http://www.comodo.com/products/free_products.html
schocker
03-31-2009, 04:28 PM
Originally posted by FreakinPrince
AVAST is one of my personal...give that a shot
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:werd: I have been using avast for years with no issues.
alloroc
03-31-2009, 04:29 PM
Originally posted by Thaco
Lol, you guys are all knocking AVG based on a couple of bad experiences, and then then the guy asks for a FREE one, you're suggesting paid options...

Avira, drive sentry, avast, comodo are all free and they all work better than avg.
Mitsu3000gt
03-31-2009, 04:30 PM
I've used AVG in the past and now use AVAST, as does pretty much everyone I've helped set up their computer. Not a single problem to date, works perfectly. People ignoring the prompt to renew the free license every now and then is one reason some people think these programs suck, because then they stop getting updates, but its their fault.
alloroc
03-31-2009, 04:30 PM
Originally posted by GenerationX
Possibly link me to Avira download link?
I found the site but none of them were free.
And when I did manage to find it on download.com, it was downloading at 25 kb/s.

you can also use softpedia
http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/AntiVir-Personal-Edition-Download-6527.html
GenerationX
03-31-2009, 04:54 PM
Thanks!
SO much faster than download.com
alloroc
03-31-2009, 05:00 PM
Originally posted by GenerationX
Thanks!
SO much faster than download.com

Ya download.com is more popular and the Avira9 release is kind of new. Add that to the conficker panic and I am willing to bet there are at least a few hundred people trying to use the download.com link at any one time.