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Reliable, Free Anti-Virus Software?

Posted by timothy on from the when's-it-positively-gotta-be-windows dept.

oahazmatt writes "Some time ago my wife was having severe issues on her laptop. (A Dell Inspiron, if that helps.) I eventually found the cause to be McAfee, which took about an hour to remove fully. I installed AVG on her system to replace McAfee, but we have since found that AVG is causing problems with her laptop's connection to our wireless network. She's not thrilled about a wired connection as the router is on the other end of the house. We're looking for some good, open-source or free personal editions of anti-virus software. So, who on Slashdot trusts what?" When school required a Windows laptop, I used Clam AV, and the machine seemed to do as well as most classmates'. What have you found that works?

2 of 586 comments (clear)

  1. Re:No Easy by kv9 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Thank you for the sexual objectification of one of the parties as "that woman".

    I didn't know that Dell makes kitchen appliances now.

    She's not thrilled about a wired connection as the router is on the other end of the house.

    how about moving the router to the kitchen?

    We're looking for some good, open-source or free personal editions of anti-virus software.

    get a job, hippies!

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    Stop Computers/Cars Analogies on S
  2. Re:Easy by aliquis · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "Flamebait"? lol? Yeah what a flamebait that I mention that the free version is annoying in some way, no matter what if it's popups, boxes about new upgrades, sounds, lots of yes/no-questions, whatever ...

    It was so fucking annoying that I replaced it fast, I just don't remember what it did!

    Also in some tests back in the days it used to find like around 80% of the viruses or something, but whatever.