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UnknownError
February 23rd, 2011, 04:46 PM
So yeh, my norton trial ran out. So best anti-virus for laptops thats free?
I knew there's loads, so just wondering what you'd recommend.
Thanks. (:
KaelKaos
February 23rd, 2011, 05:18 PM
Norton is worthless, in my opinion.

Try AVG (http://free.avg.com/us-en/homepage)

or Malwarebytes (http://www.malwarebytes.org/)

I have both, and together, my computer is invincible! :showoff:
1_21Guns
February 23rd, 2011, 05:28 PM
I use AVG, seems pretty good to me :)
JackOfClubs
February 23rd, 2011, 05:36 PM
My favorites are AVG Free and avast!. I've never had problems with either of them.
suza23
February 23rd, 2011, 05:51 PM
If you have a 32 bit operating system id suggest nod32 but you gotta get it from nod325.com to get it for free
scuba steve
February 23rd, 2011, 06:20 PM
I use AVG after my Norton ran out, there's absolutly no difference to the average internet user apart from the interface, plus this one's free rather than like £60 per system.
lengthy_brochure
February 23rd, 2011, 06:20 PM
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Donkey
February 23rd, 2011, 06:24 PM
NOD32 is pretty good.. oh wait, it's not supposed to be free.

In that case, AVG!
Nilnoc
February 23rd, 2011, 07:57 PM
Check these out:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/30/technology/personaltech/30basics.html?src=me&ref=technology&nl=technology&emc=techupdateema4


Also, if you use COMCAST, you are able to get Norton Interne tSecurity Suite FOR FREE
lengthy_brochure
February 23rd, 2011, 08:33 PM
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suza23
February 24th, 2011, 12:41 AM
NOD32 isnt meant to be free but they willingly let you get it for free so its all good
UnknownError
February 24th, 2011, 01:12 PM
Going to try AVG. Thanks everyone. (:
drac
February 24th, 2011, 06:01 PM
Also try comodo - its free for personal use.
Stevo 69
February 24th, 2011, 06:18 PM
I don't like AVG, it let some viruses through

The one I use now is Avira
http://www.avira.com/en/support-download-free-antivirus
TheMatrix
February 26th, 2011, 02:26 AM
Or you could just run a Linux operating system. It's free, much faster than windows, and you generally don't have to worry above malware.
i vote that as the best answer. (+REP)

i would reccomend arklinux (http://www.arklinux.org) or ubuntu (http://www.ubuntu.com) if you're not very computer-skilled, or openSuSE (http://www.opensuse.org) or fedora (http://www.fedoraproject.org) if you are.
lengthy_brochure
February 26th, 2011, 02:35 AM
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TheMatrix
March 2nd, 2011, 02:02 AM
oh - i just remembered...

2 of our windows machines run "Kaspersky" which i hate, but it /seems/ to run okay...
Jess
March 2nd, 2011, 11:00 AM
Avast is one I use. that one's pretty good
Maximus84
March 3rd, 2011, 04:48 PM
Well It's hard for me to answer this question sometimes, to define what is the best free anvitirus software for you to download, you have to study your computer performance. For example my computer has a lot of data and files and it's an old one, therfore it's slow, so the best antivirus software for me to use is a lighter one, I use ZenOK free antivirus (http://www.zenok.com/free-antivirus/) for example. If you have enough space and a fast machine. there are quite a lot of free antivirus to use. It's good to ask for some advice when it comes to learn about online protection agains viruses. Remember there are a lot of malware sites that can infect your websites with a lot of viruses and collect your data and files using spyware tools. and It's hard to get rid of this infections where they're already running in your computer. I recommend you to keep looking on the web for tutorials and reviews and what people have to say about free antivirus.