AVG Whats next

mrbgod · 4 Jan 2007 at 17:54

Hi can somone point me in the right direction of a good (FREE) anti virus program as AVG is on its way out thanks Ben

Fothsn · 4 Jan 2007 at 18:02

On its way out? if its what im thinking a popup box appers when you start your pc telling you to update AVG due to a new version, all you simply have to do is go to the free grisoft website and download the newest version, unistall the old AVG install the new one and your good to go

ANDARIAL · 4 Jan 2007 at 18:17

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5
here

mrbgod · 4 Jan 2007 at 18:20

fothsn said:
On its way out? if its what im thinking a popup box appers when you start your pc telling you to update AVG due to a new version, all you simply have to do is go to the free grisoft website and download the newest version, unistall the old AVG install the new one and your good to go

I was understanding that they were canciling the free version sorry to mess around thanks for the link to ANDARIAL

pcknight · 4 Jan 2007 at 18:21

Comodo is a great program. AVG is still free.

mrbgod · 4 Jan 2007 at 18:31

ANDARIAL said:
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5
here

for some reason when i down load it and extract it i get corrupt file any clues??

Glaucus · 4 Jan 2007 at 18:33

avast is free and better than AVG IMO..

Fothsn · 4 Jan 2007 at 18:34

Yea it stumped me the first time I saw the message a good 3mths back, It wasnt till I read it fully. It just simply states the old AVG is no longer being updated, probally due to the fact the new one is vista compatable.

Edit have you tried this link AVG Free from download.com

Corrupt files? isnt it a .exe file with no extraction needed?

mrbgod · 4 Jan 2007 at 18:43

AcidHell2 said:
avast is free and better than AVG IMO..

ok never tryed that where is the best site?

LoadsaMoney · 4 Jan 2007 at 18:48

Yeah i got the pop up box about AVG stopping sometime this month, and to update it to AVG 7.5 as thats the free one now.

mrbgod · 4 Jan 2007 at 18:50

LoadsaMoney said:
Yeah i got the pop up box about AVG stopping sometime this month, and to update it to AVG 7.5 as thats the free one now.

as i said i have tried to download from the site and it says file corrupt

Fothsn · 4 Jan 2007 at 18:52

mrbgod the link I provide above is from download.com not the grisoft website, it is a slightly older version but it is the new version if you get what I mean

so it shouldnt give you the same problem.

If it does theres almost something certainly not right with you pc, I can run & install the download fine.

Chaos · 4 Jan 2007 at 18:56

AcidHell2 said:
avast is free and better than AVG IMO..

Yeah avast has a better detection rate than avg.

Glaucus · 4 Jan 2007 at 18:58

mrbgod said:
ok never tryed that where is the best site?

http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html#DownloadAvastHomeEdition

mrbgod · 4 Jan 2007 at 18:59

thanks for your help all

ANDARIAL · 4 Jan 2007 at 20:13

so Avast has a better detection rate than AVG?
might try it although i cant say i haver had any problems with AVG still if it did not detect a virus how would i know?

and it is free?no 30 day trial etc?

4T5 · 4 Jan 2007 at 20:16

Avast is Totally free and an Excellent AVG.
I have used it for over a year with not one single problem.
Highly recommended by me.

AJUK · 4 Jan 2007 at 20:19

AcidHell2 said:
avast is free and better than AVG IMO..

I agree with the other recommendations for this, Avast is excellent!

Glaucus · 4 Jan 2007 at 20:20

ANDARIAL said:
so Avast has a better detection rate than AVG?
might try it although i cant say i haver had any problems with AVG still if it did not detect a virus how would i know?
and it is free?no 30 day trial etc?

yep the home version is completely free. all though you do have to give them an email address for the serial code.

http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

ScoobyDoo · 4 Jan 2007 at 23:05

Avast all the way, fully compat with Vista too