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Noc
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England
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 Posted - 05/02/2010 : 23:54:46
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Which is the best free antivirus system for windows 7??? Oh and while I'm here the best free firewall too  (for girlfriends new laptop).
Also, I've been looking at AVG for her machine seeing as I use it at the moment on mine but with XP. However, I have seen lots of bad reports about the latest edition....... version 9. Aparently it slows your machine down  . Anyone having problems with this? I'm still on 8.5 but have noticed a slowing down of my PC just lately and the virus scans take about an hour and 45 minutes these days!!! Is that about right for everyone else too???
Anyone using Avast??? If so, any good?
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jimmy
Top Rod
United Kingdom
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Posted - 06/02/2010 : 05:31:18
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| I've been using avast for some time now on vista and windows 7 with no problems. |
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mushroom
Top Rod
United Kingdom
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Posted - 06/02/2010 : 08:41:51
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| yep I would go with Avast too, I used to use AVG but the latest versions wer dire so changed to avast, not had any issue with it at all. |
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Noc
Administrator
England
11350 Posts
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Posted - 06/02/2010 : 19:09:23
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Cheers fellas  .
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Doughnut
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England
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Posted - 06/02/2010 : 20:19:52
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| Never heard of Avast so I'll look it up, AVG has been fine for me so far though..XP. |
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mushroom
Top Rod
United Kingdom
1183 Posts
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Posted - 06/02/2010 : 21:04:49
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| I always recomended AVG in the past, but my recent experiences with it on WIndows 7 made me change to Avast |
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Noc
Administrator
England
11350 Posts
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Posted - 06/02/2010 : 22:14:40
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It seems that plenty of people are having problems with AVG 9 on windows 7 and most of them are turning to Avast and having trouble free use .
I'll see how the girlfriend gets on with it and if its favourable I might give it a whirl myself  .
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Doughnut
Administrator
England
33708 Posts
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Posted - 07/02/2010 : 20:32:52
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What you lot doing with Win7 oop north already anyway   |
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cookie
Top Rod
England
5394 Posts
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Posted - 07/02/2010 : 20:45:28
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| What you on about Doughnut? Windows 7 was my idea? |
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiight...... |
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Doughnut
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England
33708 Posts
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Posted - 07/02/2010 : 21:47:41
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cookie
Top Rod
England
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Posted - 07/02/2010 : 21:55:35
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quote:
Originally posted by Doughnut
are you a PC
Yeah mine sounds just like a Golf |
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiight...... |
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Noc
Administrator
England
11350 Posts
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Posted - 08/02/2010 : 00:21:25
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Originally posted by Doughnut
What you lot doing with Win7 oop north already anyway
We have two laptops in the house at the moment with windows 7 on them!!! And both not mine  but both waiting for me to install Avast on them!!! Just shows how foolish women are when they trust me to install stuff on their new computers .
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KDU
Top Rod
Netherlands
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Posted - 11/02/2010 : 09:15:35
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| I tried the latest Norton and McAfee when I first moved to Win7 but it was crap. I don't really use antiviruses anymore, I'm usually careful enough that I don't get anything. Granted someone might hack me (ooooh) and steal my 200gb of porn I collected over the years, but ah well, it's backed up anyway :D |
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RAYK47
Top Rod
England
1143 Posts
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Posted - 11/02/2010 : 10:44:09
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| Currently running from Microsoft Security Essentials. No complaints from me. |
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LutonLad
Top Rod
United Kingdom
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Posted - 11/02/2010 : 14:56:26
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Originally posted by RAYK47
Currently running from Microsoft Security Essentials. No complaints from me.
Same here, Spot on from Microsoft for a change!!!
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Roadrunner
Sharper Carper
England
311 Posts
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Posted - 11/02/2010 : 19:21:43
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Another vote for Avast, used it for years with no problems, also use "Superantispyware"
and "Malawarebytes" on a regular basis. All free, blimey I must be turning "Northern"
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bornagain
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