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by narly » Tue May 12, 2009 5:52 pm
Any recommendations for a half decent anti-virus package ? I was using AVG 7.5 free but it is now kaput . I've heard bad reports about AVG 8.5 slowing puters down quite a bit .
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Troy McLure
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by piggyboy » Tue May 12, 2009 8:19 pm
FWIW I use NOD32, and haven't had any problems with it (but its not free).
I've heard the same thing about AVG sucking up resources and slowing down the system
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Ralph Wiggum
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by dodgie » Tue May 12, 2009 10:29 pm
I had problems with AVG so i tried this http://www.avira.com/en/pages/index.php so far so good.
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Carl Carlson
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by SKaVeN » Wed May 13, 2009 12:17 am
AVG 7.5 was the version that made me decide I no longer wanted AVG! I switched over to avast! & have been happy with it. It picked up stuff that AVG never did & even some stuff Norton didn't from back when I used that. Yep, avast! get's my vote!
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Ned Flanders
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by curly_joe » Wed May 13, 2009 12:26 am
Like dodgie I also use avira, I haven't had a problem with it.
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by sharkboi » Wed May 13, 2009 12:27 am
Avast gets my vote...
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Troy McLure
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by SKaVeN » Wed May 13, 2009 12:40 am
avast! ye, me hearties!
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Ned Flanders
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by crackermann » Wed May 13, 2009 8:08 pm
bitdefender 2009 works for me and it doesn't chew up resources like norton etc
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Disco Stu
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by atefooterz » Thu May 14, 2009 10:25 am
AVAST since avg 7.5 & very happy !
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by narly » Thu May 14, 2009 5:36 pm
Thanks guys , I'll check a couple out and see what suits
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narly
Troy McLure
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