Comments on: Free Antivirus Software

By: buster

buster — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 17:45:17 +0000

well with AVG it’s like having free insureance!

so in that case it’s definitely worth having. after all the positive comments, “it’s not a resource hog”, “it catches viruses that the big boys miss”, “it’s been around a while” and “ITS FREE” knowing about it and not having it just doesn’t seem to make much sense.

By: Casey

Casey — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 13:36:51 +0000

Yeah, I’ve been using AVG for several years now too. Sometimes it detects threats the big boys miss. And as far as not needing an antivirus program. . .it’s like insurance. . .you (hopefully) don’t need it 99% of the time, it’s that 1% of the time that if you don’t have it, you REALLY wish you had. I make it a point to have both a firewall and an antivirus, just in case something slips through, or I download something I shouldn’t have.

By: buster

buster — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 23:32:57 +0000

so 04… haha

well at least zonealarm can boast some serious protection… cause I’ve seriously never needed antivirus software until i was cornered into needing to disable my firewall from time to time. if i had to i’d rather pay zonelabs than norton or mcafee… thank goodness i have to do neither!

By: Dubz

Dubz — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 22:03:12 +0000

yeah… good job catching on. AVG is so 2004.

haha

Dubz

By: buster

buster — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 21:33:29 +0000

wow and all this time u guys have been using it… go figure! well, like i’ve said i’ve never needed an antivirus program before. glad to know that it’s not junk too.

By: theMaab

theMaab — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 20:59:06 +0000

AVG is great! I’ve been using it for about 3 or 4 years now since my buddy Jake introduced me to it.

I agree it beats the hell out of McAfee and Norton. And did you mention it’s F*R*E*E? I have never had a problem with viruses, so it must do a good job.

It really doesn’t hog any resources either. I’m a big gammer so that is a pretty important part to me. I hate having to go kill all these running programs before playing a game, with AVG, I don’t have to.

It offers basically all the same features that the others offer, as far as real time scanning and email scanning (prob the most important).

AVG’s got my vote!

By: Corey

Corey — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 20:20:29 +0000

Yea AVG is a pretty good anti virus program, IMHO i think it beats the crap out of norton or mcafee. AVG is not that much of a memory hogger. So my experience with it has been pretty good. I am using it right now as we speak and haven’t had any problems with it so far. Everyone else should check it out..