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Tak
19-01-2012, 22:25
I just got a new pc and am in the process of slowly putting things back on.

I have always used Avast as my antivirus but I was wondering if there are any other free ones that people would recomend over it?

Thank you
Stan_Lite
19-01-2012, 22:59
I've used Avast for many years with no problems. I recently switched to Microsoft Security Essentials for no other reason than to see what it was like. So far, I've had no issues at all. I wouldn't say it's any better than Avast but, it's no worse. If you're happy with Avast, just stick with it. If you fancy a change, MSE appears to be absolutely fine :)
Garp
19-01-2012, 23:25
Another vote for Microsoft Security Essentials. It's free and it's also getting good results in tests by independent testers.
Haly
19-01-2012, 23:38
And yet another vote for Microsoft Security Essentials :)
Justsomebloke
20-01-2012, 00:50
MSE baby

/Austin Powers
LeperousDust
20-01-2012, 01:06
MSE
Knipples
20-01-2012, 07:58
Avast me hearties! :D
volospian
20-01-2012, 13:07
MSE here, although for some reason on one of my home PC's it hogs the CPU after boot and needs the service restarting. Once it has been restarted it's fine. Mind you, the PC also randomly blue screens with a TCP/IP stack issue and needs the OS reinstalling, so I wouldn't blame MSE for playing up on it.
Will
20-01-2012, 17:02
Another vote for Microsoft Security Essentials. It's free and it's also getting good results in tests by independent testers.

+1
Tak
20-01-2012, 18:02
I've gone with MSE for the time being :)
A Place of Light
21-01-2012, 13:05
AVG.
It works and it's neither intrusive nor resource hungry.
Kitten
21-01-2012, 18:59
As the good chap above says, AVG for me.
Davey_Pitch
21-01-2012, 19:14
Avast for me, been using it for years and not had any problems, but have also used AVG in the past too. Combine Avast and something like Anti-Maywarebytes and you've got a really good combination to keep out viruses and spyware.
SidewinderINC
21-01-2012, 19:24
I lobbed AVG on Miss Sincs Laptop. Nothing on mine.
Zico
22-01-2012, 00:28
Kaspersky (Free if you bank with Barclays) on my pc's.

Put MSE on a friends pc when I formatted and re-installed.
Aboobie
25-01-2012, 17:29
Nothing wrong with MSE, Low footprint, silent updates and it just works.