oi used AVG before.......

seems really good, picked up loads of stuff and cured it... and that was the free version.... so would reccy that one!

now our company laptops use McAfee and advise us not to use anything else (invalidate the warrenty with HP)

Posted By: Cheltenham_Canary on August 23rd 2011 at 13:37:45

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Someone done a recommend of these the other day for free pc anti-virus stuff: (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Aug 23, 13:35:24
- Avast is pretty good for a free AV (n/m) (General Chat) - usacanary, Aug 23, 16:22:43
- Malwarebytes.org is excellent; we use it at work and...... (General Chat) - Kirrie, Aug 23, 15:03:58
- Cheers all. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Aug 23, 15:00:25
  - Did the smell up the USB work? (n/m) (General Chat) - Huge Small, Aug 23, 15:04:41
    - Yep - it's got no footprints on it now. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Aug 23, 15:14:02
- usually do ZoneAlarm too - though i'm getting annoyed with their nagware-splashscreen (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Aug 23, 14:21:10
- Here's a plaice to get cheap software for stoodents. (General Chat) - APB, Aug 23, 14:06:13
  - the fish puns thread is down there vvvvvvvv (n/m) (General Chat) - Pixelman, Aug 23, 14:39:43
  - cheap skate (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Aug 23, 14:21:03
- that was me. AWC is the dogs plums! (n/m) (General Chat) - Pixelman, Aug 23, 13:52:24
  - Ta - Is it called 'Advanced System Care' now? (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Aug 23, 13:55:31
    - you might be right.... let me check..... yes.... link here (General Chat) - Pixelman, Aug 23, 14:42:02
- Hope she doesn?t get the viruses I did at uni. (n/m) (General Chat) - lurd, Aug 23, 13:47:40
  - You and some of the chaps got cockrot didn't you? After that backwoods survival course in (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Aug 23, 13:50:34
    - Close. (General Chat) - lurd, Aug 23, 13:56:09
  - Lollers (n/m) (General Chat) - King, Aug 23, 13:48:13
- You on windows 7? Windows defender would probably cover all those (General Chat) - pants, Aug 23, 13:38:59
  - Yep - Windows 7 - it's the new laptop we got for my niece: Samsung RV511. (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Aug 23, 13:41:47
    - Make sure you USB-flash the registry, call it Bert and mail it a koala (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Aug 23, 14:18:06
    - She'll need Football Manager 12. (General Chat) - Graham Br15tol, Aug 23, 13:44:36
      - Possibly - not sure of the pub of choice at the mo. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Aug 23, 13:51:19
        
        Will prob park near there. (General Chat) - Graham Br15tol, Aug 23, 13:52:47
      - And put VLC player on it instead of Windows MP (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Aug 23, 13:50:59
    - I think avg and windows defender run in the background (and quite well) (General Chat) - pants, Aug 23, 13:43:32
      - AVG & Defender. Done. And don't install more than one AV (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Aug 23, 14:17:31
        
        Done you an email. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Aug 23, 14:56:38
      - Is windows defender a download or will it already be on it? (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Aug 23, 13:44:50
        
        Will already be on it. Comes up in the security centre as the default firewall (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Aug 23, 13:46:58
        
        Comes as standard with Win7 (n/m) (General Chat) - Graham Br15tol, Aug 23, 13:46:57
  - Ooh yeah Ccleaner is ace. (General Chat) - Graham Br15tol, Aug 23, 13:40:57
    - yes, both parts of this ^^^ (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Aug 23, 14:23:23
- oi used AVG before....... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Aug 23, 13:37:45
  - That's cos McAfee pay HP to say that! (General Chat) - Graham Br15tol, Aug 23, 13:38:59
    - MacAfee is shit, intrusive and has a massive footprint (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Aug 23, 14:19:26
      - ^^^^^ um paleface talk sense ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (n/m) (General Chat) - Graham Br15tol, Aug 23, 15:00:15
      - ^^^^ this! (n/m) (General Chat) - Pixelman, Aug 23, 14:43:06
    - yeah I bet..... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Aug 23, 13:40:11
      - I actually paid for AVG, to see what the differences were. I've had no problems. (n/m) (General Chat) - Graham Br15tol, Aug 23, 13:42:11

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