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Urgent Anti Virus Help
lee_leggett - 4/4/09 at 05:41 PM

Hi all,

I have just had my McAfee annual subscription run out and im now looking for a good free antivirus to download, can anyone provide links for good ones and also let me know what i need to do as im not to good with pc's ect..

imp paul - 4/4/09 at 05:43 PM

you need avast home mate and its free yeh free sweet http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html

[Edited on 4/4/09 by imp paul]

imp paul - 4/4/09 at 05:45 PM

happy days man

lee_leggett - 4/4/09 at 05:58 PM

Started the download now, 31.2 mb, bloody hell it may take a while.

Keith Weiland - 4/4/09 at 05:59 PM

AVG free is also good if you have any problems with Avast

clairetoo - 4/4/09 at 06:09 PM

And dont forget you will need some kind of removal tool from McAfee as you cant just un-install Norton AFAIK .

Staple balls - 4/4/09 at 06:31 PM

quote:
Originally posted by clairetoo
And dont forget you will need some kind of removal tool from McAfee as you cant just un-install Norton AFAIK .


Mcafee != Norton.

You should just be able to uninstall your old AV, reboot, and install the new.

You'll have a little while without protection, so avoid too much interwebbing during that time.

Also, my AV vote goes for Nod32. not free, but IMO well worth the money.

lee_leggett - 4/4/09 at 07:15 PM

I have installed the aboue, It has asked me to register within 60 days, do i need to do this ?

britishtrident - 4/4/09 at 08:15 PM

No just uninstall it and install Avira Free-AV -

RoadkillUK - 4/4/09 at 08:19 PM

quote:
Originally posted by lee_leggett
I have installed the aboue, It has asked me to register within 60 days, do i need to do this ?


If you mean Avante, then yes register it, it's free and they don't spam you either. When you register you will be sent a 'key' to activate it beyond the 60 days.

HTH

Hellfire - 4/4/09 at 09:37 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Keith Weiland
AVG free is also good if you have any problems with Avast


AVG used to be good until version 8 - then it just got too bloated and CPU intensive.

Steve