Hi all,

Been ages since I actually started a thread on HWA

Anyhoo, just bought a new laptop and gifted my old PC to my daughter, it currently has the flawless Trend Micro Internet Security Suite on it but I am not going to be shelling out £40 for a new subscription so looking to move back a free option here.

The machine specs are basic:

AMD Duron 1.2 Ghz
768 Mb RAM
XP Pro SP2 (full specs on prof)

Security:
Adaware SE
Spybot SD
Spywareblaster
Ccleaner

Can anyone recommend a free antivirus download - used to be that AVG and Antivir were the boss in this department but I'm sure this has changed.

Look forward to your recommendations.

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Edit due to less than flawless spelling

I recommend Avast! antivirus.

Free (requires you to register once a year though)
Also light on resources and automatically updates itself.

Mark Curtis said:
Quoted for emphasis.

Excellant service - a reply within 5 minutes - HWA still has what it takes!

Any more suggestions greatly appreciated - going to research the top 3 this weekend. TA

Take a look @ Avira AntiVir:

http://www.free-av.com/en/download/1/download_avira_antivir_pe...virus.html

Not much has changes Avira and AVG are still top notch, you'll be fine with either two.

Cheers,

Will take a look at:

Avast
AVG
Antivir

5 Star Service from HWA.

The best anti virus you can get is called.....

Stay off the internets dodgy sites 2008.


Hehe, I vote AVG also.

I found these 'free' Anti-Virus/Spyware software absolutely incompetent and useless against latest and dangerous threats.

I can either recommend Kaspersky or NOD32 (ESET).

Supreet Virdi said:

Same here...........

I run Kaspersky on 2 computers and BitDefender on the other one. They use very little of your system resources even while running a scan.

That's my fear - I used AVG up until 3 years ago when I moved to a paid sub with trend. never had an infection with AVG or Trend. things have moved on and that's why i posted the thread to get all POV.

Cheers for chippin' in all.