[WinPartners] anyone know about AVG Antivirus?

[Kerem B Limon]

I've not used it long-term, but I've installed AVG Anti-Virus from Grisoft on
machines as a favor for friends who didn't qualify/couldn't afford a full-blown
license. That said, the price of anti-virus software isn't too much (even
though I despise the subscription model for updates), so it'd be one place
where you might want to actually spend the money while looking at open-source
and/or free alternatives for other applications/uses. Some distributors also
sell discounted previous versions of anti-virus software; while the engine may
not be the latest, I usually find one version prior of something like Norton AV
tends to be decent and as long as it is updated regularly, it could be OK in a
low-risk environment.

There is also Avast Home Ed, see
http://www.avast.com/eng/programs.html

and AntiVir Personal Edition at
http://www.free-av.com/

Neither of which have I actually used for any length of time. YMMV.

Kerem


Quoting selene victor <selene at csail.mit.edu>:

> Does anyone have any experience with AVG Anti-Virus software?  And more 
> specifically the free edition?
> 
> Are there any free antivirus software that you would recommend, if not 
> AVG?  If it's the case that 'you get what you pay for' and you don't 
> recommend any of the free altiernatives, is Norton Antivirus still the 
> recommended solution?
> 
> I'm trying to help someone who is not part of MIT, so the VirusScan 
> software we have a license for here  is not an option.
> 
> Thanks for any help.
> selnee
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Kerem B. Limon
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