Reliable, Free Anti-Virus Software?

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?

Comments

Re:Easy

[binarylarry]

Wow, I just tried it and not only did it get rid of my virus problem, but it made my computer run faster and more reliably.

Thanks again, anonymous coward!

Re:For perverse definitions of Easy

[blue l0g1c]

I'm going to ignore for a moment that you are ignoring all logical arguments contrary to your opinion.

Decompile

[EmperorOfCanada]

I just decompile every application and examine the assembler code line by line. Only problem is that I still haven't finished looking over Windows ME before I dare install it.