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Best of the Free Anti-virus Choices?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the protect-yerself dept.

iamjoltman writes "I've been looking to replace the McAfee anti-virus on my parent's XP machine. So, I've been looking at the three free anti-virus choices, AVG Free Edition, avast! Home Edition and AntiVir Personal Edition. I know there are other options, but I believe any others are only on-demand scanners, and that's not an option. So, what does the Slashdot crowd think is the best of these choices? Keep in mind, I'm only looking in anti-virus, I'll go elsewhere for firewall or malware protection."

3 of 499 comments (clear)

  1. AVG is good by whizkid042 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I've always had good luck with AVG, but YMMV.

  2. Consider Clamwin by wherrera · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Open source. Not realtime, but does integrate with email applications. Check it out at http://www.clamwin.com/

  3. AVG requires periodic reactivation by stankulp · · Score: 0, Redundant

    AntiVir doesn't, which is why I prefer AntiVir.

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