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Antivirus

D

db

Flightless Bird
I now use Microsoft's
security essentials

on my systems it has
worked flawlessly in
windows.

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db·´¯`·...¸><)))º>
DatabaseBen, Retired Professional
- Systems Analyst
- Database Developer
- Accountancy
- Veteran of the Armed Forces
- Microsoft Partner
- @hotmail.com
~~~~~~~~~~"share the nirvana" - dbZen

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"Jeff T." <jeftho@nospam.invalid> wrote in message news:e8PsB9xsKHA.6088@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> What is the best free antivirus?
>
 
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20100221

Flightless Bird
1) Microsoft Security Essential (MSE)
2) AVAST

Don't touch anything else.

hth



"Jeff T." <jeftho@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
news:e8PsB9xsKHA.6088@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> What is the best free antivirus?
>
 
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Graham

Flightless Bird
On Feb 21, 6:05 pm, "20100221" <20100...@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> 1) Microsoft Security Essential (MSE)
> 2) AVAST
>
> Don't touch anything else.
>
> hth
>
> "Jeff T." <jef...@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
>
> news:e8PsB9xsKHA.6088@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
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> > What is the best free antivirus?- Hide quoted text -

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> - Show quoted text -


Avast seems to do a good job . I had MSE on the pc but it was
still full of odd things ... avast on boot scan finally sorted
the pc

G ..
 
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20100221

Flightless Bird
"Graham" <g0nbd@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1e671569-d376-483e-abd5-393dddcb5d0c@d27g2000yqf.googlegroups.com...

Avast seems to do a good job . I had MSE on the pc but it was
still full of odd things ... avast on boot scan finally sorted
the pc


Would you care to explain what these odd things were when using MSE? It is
important to explain here so that any rectification necessary can be done
immediately.

hth
 
K

Ken Blake, MVP

Flightless Bird
On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 11:56:50 -0600, "Jeff T." <jeftho@nospam.invalid>
wrote:

> What is the best free antivirus?




You'll get different opinions from different people, but here's my
view: Avast and Avira are both excellent and approximately equal.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
Please Reply to the Newsgroup
 
J

Jeff T.

Flightless Bird
I use Avira. Just checkin'
Thanks,
Jeff
"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
news:0203o596qmjrtrff8msa2vn9jnaf7d0nn1@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 11:56:50 -0600, "Jeff T." <jeftho@nospam.invalid>
> wrote:
>
>> What is the best free antivirus?

>
>
>
> You'll get different opinions from different people, but here's my
> view: Avast and Avira are both excellent and approximately equal.
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
 
D

David H. Lipman

Flightless Bird
From: "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain>

| On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 11:56:50 -0600, "Jeff T." <jeftho@nospam.invalid>
| wrote:

>> What is the best free antivirus?




| You'll get different opinions from different people, but here's my
| view: Avast and Avira are both excellent and approximately equal.

Avast doesn't have as good a detection rate and has instances like when it falsely
detected the VBS:Zulu on various Microsoft web pages and took 2 months to correct it.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
 
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20100222

Flightless Bird
your outgoing email is scanned with Avast, you worthless lying troll. so go
rectify that, prune nose.
find another username. all future dates will be taken ... bwaaaa haaa haa.

"20100221" wrote:

>
> Would you care to explain what these odd things were when using MSE? It is
> important to explain here so that any rectification necessary can be done
> immediately.
>
> hth
>
>
> .
>
 
B

bobster

Flightless Bird
+1, "db"

MSE has worked flawlessly for me for the past few months. Prior to that I
had used AVAST! for several years and it, too worked great. However, MSE
does both the AV and the Anti- spyware jobs nicely with very small resource
usage.

I also use the Windows firewall and do Malwarebytes, SUPERAntiSpyware and
SpyBot S&D weekly late night off-line scans. Sort of a belt, suspenders and
thumbtack approach but it works well for me.

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"db" <databaseben at hotmail dot com> wrote in message
news:-OP3wZBysKHA.6004@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
I now use Microsoft's
security essentials

on my systems it has
worked flawlessly in
windows.

--

db·´¯`·...¸><)))º>
DatabaseBen, Retired Professional
- Systems Analyst
- Database Developer
- Accountancy
- Veteran of the Armed Forces
- Microsoft Partner
- @hotmail.com
~~~~~~~~~~"share the nirvana" - dbZen

>
>


"Jeff T." <jeftho@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
news:e8PsB9xsKHA.6088@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> What is the best free antivirus?
>
 
2

20100221

Flightless Bird
20100222 wrote:
>
> your outgoing email is scanned with Avast, you worthless lying troll. so go
> rectify that, prune nose.
> find another username. all future dates will be taken ... bwaaaa haaa haa.
>


You are a clever little b@stard to notice this. For your added
information, I use Avast and MSE. Nothing else. Does that satisfy you.

Perhaps tomorrow I will have a new username if that is OK with you. Can
you sister s u c k my c0ck now?
 
T

Twayne

Flightless Bird
In news:e8PsB9xsKHA.6088@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl,
Jeff T. <jeftho@nospam.invalid> typed:
> What is the best free antivirus?


avg

--
--
Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered
through personal experience does not become a
part of the moral tissue.
 
A

Anthony Buckland

Flightless Bird
"Jeff T." <jeftho@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
news:e8PsB9xsKHA.6088@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> What is the best free antivirus?



From time to time, I wonder why people enquire for a
_free_ antivirus program. I'd think that second only to
a thoroughly reliable backup and restore program, the
protection of a good antivirus program is something
worth investing actual money in. For instance, if
nobody is being paid to constantly update the software
and the antivirus (and presumably spyware) databases
it uses, where is the assurance of quality and reliability?


MHO.
 
N

Nil

Flightless Bird
On 21 Feb 2010, "Anthony Buckland" <anthonybucklandnospam@telus.net>
wrote in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

> From time to time, I wonder why people enquire for a
> _free_ antivirus program. I'd think that second only to
> a thoroughly reliable backup and restore program, the
> protection of a good antivirus program is something
> worth investing actual money in. For instance, if
> nobody is being paid to constantly update the software
> and the antivirus (and presumably spyware) databases
> it uses, where is the assurance of quality and reliability?


You're quite out of touch. Most of the free anti-virus programs have
for-cost equivalents, and both use the same detection engine and
database.
 
T

The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly

Flightless Bird
Twayne wrote:
>
> In news:e8PsB9xsKHA.6088@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl,
> Jeff T. <jeftho@nospam.invalid> typed:
>> What is the best free antivirus?

>
> avg
>


I second AVG.
 
P

PA Bear [MS MVP]

Flightless Bird
One that works.

Jeff T. wrote:
> What is the best free antivirus?
 
U

Unknown

Flightless Bird
That can only be MSE.
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:edqa4L$sKHA.1708@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> One that works.
>
> Jeff T. wrote:
>> What is the best free antivirus?
 
T

Tom Willett

Flightless Bird
"Unknown" <unknown@unknown.kom> wrote in message
news:-O94pFf$sKHA.6004@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
: That can only be MSE.

You've got to be kidding.
 
U

Unknown

Flightless Bird
Not at all. He said 'one that works'.
"Tom Willett" <tom@youreadaisyifyoudo.com> wrote in message
news:%23EIo8i$sKHA.1560@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>
> "Unknown" <unknown@unknown.kom> wrote in message
> news:-O94pFf$sKHA.6004@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> : That can only be MSE.
>
> You've got to be kidding.
>
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