Tech free virus protection?

free virus protection?

yep, anyone know where i can download a free virus protection? my subscription ran out for Norton Anti virus.

hmmm well IF you have AOL they give it to you for free with the service and well I have no idea if maybe www.downloads.com might have something in that matter....

edit: try this link, they have a choice of antiviruses.... http://www.download.com/Antivirus/3150-2239_4-0.html?tag=dir

I used AVG free version for a while.

so out of all those, which one is the best and easy to use? any idea?

well I've always ran the anti-virus that AOL offers and pretty good so far and well I'd go with SkyAce anti-virus sounds like a good one

just go download a pirated version of norton or something, its easy....see with a free copy your subscription never runs out becuase you can just reinstall with a new cd key, and bingo, you are good for another year....stay away from norton 2005, its got some bugs, its doesnt really work well with office 2003 pro....stick to norton 2004 pro.....

don't install norton... causes so many problems... i personally use pc-cillin on mine, and i heard good things about avast also...

Norton Anti-Virus is 100% trash :thumbsdow .... I wouldn't recommend it either

alright, i'll give this Avast a try. and plus, its free hehehe

Just gave Avast a try and wow, never knew that I had that much shit on my comp. Took almost 40 mins for it run.

alright norton isnt that great....it really does remove nothing, it just detects it.....but PC cillin? that program is awful, piece of junk.....
anti virus software altogether is junk come to think of it.....its useless, it just tells you the virus is there, what it should do is stop it from getting in your computer, which no antivirus software ive encountered can do, by the time the virus is on your comp, its already to late, what you need is a personal firewall.....like norton personal firewall, there are many others.....but it will actually stop people from getting into your comp, not let them do it and tell you about it later

if you just want to remove spam and crap, get ad-aware personal, nothing beats it

yep, i gave it a try also. works great! ^_^

and i dont have to worry about any virus or adware anymore. i already have Spybot search & destroy and Ad Aware SE personal and now Avast!

ok its not that great. it slow down my internet, real slow.

I have had no slowing of my internet and I manged to download Quicktime Player finally

yep, i did a scan with it and took it right off. it really did slow my internet down, real slow.

yep, i did. wasnt working right for me, and im using IE.

Man, I'm glad I don't have the problems that normal people have when it comes to protecting your computer from virus, and hackers. I work for a security software company, and my software is free. To top that, it never needs an update to fight new viruses. It stops what security people call 0-day exploits. That means if I was to create a virus at this very instance, and launch it against a machine that has our software on it, the virus first off, would not run, secondly it would be eradicated, not quarantined. Unfortunately, it's not available for the public yet. We are to busy with the government sector.

Not true anymore.... Firewalls work to an extent. They can be circumvented. And by all means you should have something that monitors network traffic. But there is a security software that does what you described. It's more than just another AV product. It goes far beyond the capabilties of traditional AV software. However, the government sector must be tackled before we go into the commercial world. Take a look.. http://bbxtechnologies.com/

I've used AVG too and I do like it. Another one that is really good, I do not know if they have a free version anymore but Panda makes a decent Antivirus suite.