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 millzy
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just bought a newish, cheapish laptop with vista on it,

whats the best free antivirus to get for it?

cheers


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 11:49 am
 uplink
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Avast is free & effective


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 11:51 am
 Drac
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Avast.


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 11:51 am
 wwaswas
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avast + 1


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 11:51 am
 druidh
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Microsoft Security Essentials


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 11:52 am
 tomdebruin
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Microsoft Security Essentials +1


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 11:57 am
 GrahamS
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Avast +1

Microsoft Security Essentials

i.e. trusting Microsoft to plug the security holes in Microsoft software with more Microsoft software.


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 12:02 pm
 Aristotle
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[b]NOT Norton[/b]


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 12:05 pm
 Bimbler
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I've been using Avast for years but recently it's started to bloat a bit on my PC and started hogging over 100meg of RAM - even after a clean install. So looking for alternatives I installed MSE and seems to work.

[url= http://www.av-comparatives.org/comparativesreviews/main-tests ]AntiVirus Comparisons[/url]

Avira seems to be well thought of


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 12:08 pm
 bigbloke
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Microsoft security essentials for me.


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 12:46 pm
 doctornickriviera
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[b]DEFINATELY NOT NORTON[/b]


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 2:26 pm
 nbt
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AVG Free. Microsoft Security Essentials is good too.


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 2:28 pm
 duntmatter
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AVG is nice


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 2:28 pm
 stumpyjon
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I've been using AVG, got sick of MacAfee making it feel like my desktop had a virus. WOn't be renewing subscriptions this year.


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 2:30 pm
 tomdebruin
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FYI, only have [b]one[/b] anti virus program installed.


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 2:43 pm
 Shakey
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Probably ought to have a weekly thread like the A&A to discuss this subject!! 😉


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 2:48 pm
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