freeware

skier · Post by **skier** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 8:35 am

im pretty sure there was already a thread about this somewhere(at LR) but i cant find it.. what is the best free anti-virus software(preferably downloadable)

Darkstar · Post by **Darkstar** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 8:53 am

http://www.clamwin.com/ is a free open source one for windows.

in the forum a couple more are listed under the links http://forums.legitreviews.com/viewtopic.php?t=2234

there are a bunch of programs out there, i have enterprise McAfee, so i haven't checked them out in awhile.

skier · Post by **skier** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 9:09 am

how good is clamwin?

Sparky · Post by **Sparky** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 9:14 am

I like AVG

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1

Razorbacx · Post by **Razorbacx** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 11:51 am

I like AVG myself. Would highly recommend it.

camaroguy1998 · Post by **camaroguy1998** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 12:16 pm

I use AVG also and have never had any problems!

pcrobot · Post by **pcrobot** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 6:30 pm

Sparky wrote:I like AVG

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1

I use this and it works great!

Post by **dicecca112** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 6:39 pm

AVG to me was bloated and bogged down the system AntiVir is one I use

and the thread you were looking for was here http://forums.legitreviews.com/viewtopi ... are+therad

Indignity · Post by **Indignity** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 7:42 pm

skierkid450 wrote:how good is clamwin?

ClamWin was actually pretty decent until they did an update to the app & when applied, it locked up the system I had it on... Shortly afterwards, a few people brought their sytems back to me for the same reason & I uninstalled it.. Think it was a bork on their behalf & they didn't fix it until about a week later.. I moved everyone over to Avast since.

I have an edition of Kaspersky installed on my system, but it's the pro version(which can't be beat). You can get a personal edition for FREE Here if you trust AOL.

Nandro · Post by **Nandro** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:04 am

I agree with dicecca112, AntiVir is nice, pretty lean and updated daily. I keep it at max heuristic's and it pretty much catches everything.

Post by **Illuminati** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:13 am

I'm using avast on my VIsta Ultimate machine and have no complaints so far. Seems to work a lot like Norton to me and that's what I was used to.

Nandro · Post by **Nandro** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:23 am

But Avast always seemed to be updated allot more frequently to me than Norton. Sometimes I have seen Avast updated twice a day where norton is weekly for the most part unless a serious issue comes around. I like up to the minute protection.
Also: Dice and Illum... Nice to see some familiar faces here!