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What anti-virus should I use?
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Choice Votes Percent  
BitDefender 1 6%
AVG 7 46%
Avast 3 20%
Avira 1 6%
Other [please specify] 3 20%
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( Nalexandra09 )


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I was reading a sticky on here, and it listed these programs:


Bit Defender [free edition]
AVG
Avast
Avira


I don't have paypal or a credit card to pay for antivirus, so what is the best FREE one to use? BTW i'm on Vista.

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AVG.

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Avast works great, but so does any other anti-virus when you pair it with common sense.

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AVG

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AVG

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aVG gave me a virus.
Ironic I know.
but it did.

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AVG and Avast are good for the money (free).

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Avast is good

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Quote: from Wynterr at 1:58 pm on Nov. 6, 2009

aVG gave me a virus.  
Ironic I know.
but it did.

how bad was the virus?

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Quote: from Lally at 4:58 pm on Nov. 6, 2009

aVG gave me a virus.  
Ironic I know.
but it did.

I've never heard of AVG giving people viruses.

That said, http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html, would definitely be the best bet if you're not looking to pay. It's quite amazing, and easy to use. :)

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Quote: from Eklipse at 8:04 pm on Nov. 6, 2009

Quote: from Lally at 4:58 pm on Nov. 6, 2009

aVG gave me a virus.
 Ironic I know.  
 but it did.

I've never heard of AVG giving people viruses.

That said, http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html, would definitely be the best bet if you're not looking to pay. It's quite amazing, and easy to use. :)



I actually got it on Livewire. there was a time where David had these stupid popups coming up, and some of them had trojans.
One of them was an AVG Popup, and it gave me a trojan.

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OHHH I remember that.
It was so fucking annoying.

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Either Bitdefender free version or Avast. The only two I would use and therefore recommend.

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