nathy_87
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Registered: 14th Aug 08
Location: West Mids. Drives: Škoda Fabia VRS 5J
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Can someone recommend me any free anti-virus software that i could install so i can get rid of McCaffe, and get to a pc shop to get decent software.
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Simon
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Registered: 24th Apr 03
Location: Oxfordshire
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avg free
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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avast
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N3CRO
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Registered: 12th Apr 07
Location: Sandy, Bedfordshire
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quote:
Originally posted by mwg
avast
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Richardhhha
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Registered: 29th Sep 07
Location: Croydon, Greater London
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avast security suit is pritty good, and has been rated top of all the free antiviruses/firewals/anti spywere ect
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nathy_87
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Registered: 14th Aug 08
Location: West Mids. Drives: Škoda Fabia VRS 5J
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Never heard of 'avast' before?
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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If you had you probably wouldn't be in asking what one to use.
avast and avg are popular choices.
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dannymccann
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Registered: 9th Aug 06
Location: Doddington, Lincolnshire
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www.free-av.com
[Edited on 26-08-2009 by dannymccann]
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Nismo
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Avast!
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Daveskater
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Registered: 29th Apr 08
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AVG and Avast are popular, but Avast is the one that works. AVG is only still popular because it used to be good and it got a good reputation but now it has gone massively down hill.
Off the top of my head, AVG now installs a "security toolbar" which is actually just Yahoo toolbar in disguise, and it lets in masses of Trojans. It has also become resource hungry.
There are more things wrong with it but I'm too shattered to remember them 
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
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quote:
Originally posted by Daveskater
AVG and Avast are popular, but Avast is the one that works. AVG is only still popular because it used to be good and it got a good reputation but now it has gone massively down hill.
Off the top of my head, AVG now installs a "security toolbar" which is actually just Yahoo toolbar in disguise, and it lets in masses of Trojans. It has also become resource hungry.
There are more things wrong with it but I'm too shattered to remember them
  interesting. My IE/Firefox is slow as anything.
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Welsh Dan
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I didn't install the AVG Toolbar and i've had no problems.
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MarkM
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Registered: 11th Apr 01
Location: Liverpool
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AVG. I didn't install the toolbar either and it is fine.
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nathy_87
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Location: West Mids. Drives: Škoda Fabia VRS 5J
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I've downloaded the Avast software cheers gys had to get rid of that McCaffe lol.
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Daveskater
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Registered: 29th Apr 08
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Not installing the toolbar doesn't mean that AVG works fine
Deano - try Avast out and see how it runs then. Don't really have much to lose seeing as they're both free programs 
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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Scotty_B
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Registered: 11th Jun 03
Location: East Kilbride
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Avast for me.
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
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Avast seems to be ok at the moment. Need to do a full scan mind.
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Daveskater
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Registered: 29th Apr 08
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Feeling any zippier Deano?
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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jamied
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Registered: 27th Oct 03
Location: Marbella,Spain Drives: C63
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quote:
Originally posted by Simon
avg free
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
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quote:
Originally posted by Daveskater
Feeling any zippier Deano?
Marginally.
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FlaFFy_91
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Registered: 30th Sep 08
Location: Formby, Merseyside
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deffo avg
ive been using it for years and ive had no problems
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Daveskater
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Registered: 29th Apr 08
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That's fine bit if it's the only thing you've used for years and nothing else, you don't know what could be on there that it has missed.
Obviously no program finds every single infection, but some are much better than others. There are plenty of tests on the internet where someone has put a variety of infections on a PC and tested the same PC with various programs and documented which programs found the most.
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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Jas
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Registered: 13th Oct 04
Location: Mid Wales
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quote:
Originally posted by Simon
avg free
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BlueCorsa
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Registered: 14th Jan 04
Location: Midlands Drives: MB SLK250 CDI
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quote:
Originally posted by dannymccann
www.free-av.com
[Edited on 26-08-2009 by dannymccann]
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AlunJ
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
Location: Newport
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buy a mac 
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