I have an acer Travelmate 2300. I currently have aol antivirus, but I think it is slowing computer. I already have spybot S&D, Windows defender, Ad-Aware and also clean-up!. I just need to download a free antivirus I won't one that can protect really well and doesn't slow the performance of my laptop. I have gotta a couple of viruses before I download aol, and also with aol my computer has had weird interuptions, like freezing, can someone please help me!! also if you can prove your answer would be nice, if not the suggestion we would be helpful too, thanks!
2007-05-27 16:58:55 · 13 answers · asked by BB 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
AVG Free 7.5 is the best for your PC it dsoesnt reqire much memory
go to the following url to download AVG
http://www.download.com/3001-2239_4-10669237.html
The download of AVG Free would start Automatically
After you Open This Page
AVG was rated the best last year .
2007-05-27 17:59:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-08-27 18:33:39 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Avira doesn't slow down? Wow, in my experience it was slowing down. I had it on my other laptop for a few weeks and it slowed down my laptop so much that I often had to wait 10 minutes for my laptop to get it to respond again. It froze all the time, very annoying. RIGHT AFTER I deleted Avira, the speed went back to normal again. I really need to find a program that doesn't slow down my laptop so much. I'm using McAfee at the moment, and that's also slowing down my laptop, but not as much as Avira, that was really a disaster. I see a lot of people suggest AVG and Kaspersky, I might try that.
2016-05-19 05:37:59 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The one I have been using for years is AVG from grisoft.com. I was reading the old virus myths page, Rob Rosenberger mentioned this was a good one and it is still free to this day. It auto updates and I find it catches virus's that Norton and Mcafee both regularly miss. It does not slow my system at all and has regular basic scheduled scans available, though I tend to perform my own complete scans at my choosing so I don't allow it to run the scheduled one. I use it on my desktops and my laptops. I have compared its functionality against Housecall and it seems better than that too. housecall.trendmicro.com if you want to try that. My company computer has to run Norton and it slows the computer greatly, I had to shut down some of the Norton services from Windows to make the that laptop run smoother.
2007-05-27 17:28:06 · answer #4 · answered by Steve 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO matter what you have been told NORTON is not, now the best anti-virus program.
In fact it is NOT even compatible with the new operating system called VISTA. And, if you want to contact Norton you will be very lucky to get an answer. Just ask your local computer professionals and I am sure they will agree.
Kapersky is known as the best but costs $40 and YOU ASKED for a FREE anti-virus.
So here it is, used by nearly all of us in ANSWERS :
It is AVG and you get by logging on to :
www,grisoft.com
It is so good. And it automatically updates itself every few days, It is FREE as well. Everyone in our computer club (600 members) uses AVG. Most of us have dropped Norton except to use their Utilities program, But even that has been surpassed by a better FREE one called :
EASY CLEANER
you get it by logging in to:
http://personal.inet.fi/business/toniarts/ecleane.htm
It was invented and made world FREE by a Finland expert but it has also been stolen and is sold by others who TRY to sell it . This is illegal but there is no way to prevent it since the robbers live in some country offshore and are untouchable. So be careful and get the free one with the site I have given you.
It will clean all you files including REGISTRY. Just hit "FIND" and then wait for " detected all,shall we remove all" say YES.
2007-05-27 17:25:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
well i dont know of any really good free ones but I would highly recommend Kaspersky antivirus its about $40 and I use it on both my laptop and desktop and havent had any viruses since. it has special features for laptops so it wont slow them down or eat up the battery and i think you can download a free demo to see if you like it. also when the trial runs out you could just google "kaspersky serial" and get it activated for free
2007-05-27 17:07:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The two I recommend are either AVG free (totally free forever) or CA Antivirus (free on 90 day trial). Links to either product, along with other SAFE COMPUTING recommendations at our website below!
Also, another free product from GRISOFT (at the AVG link) is a free ROOTKIT antivirus tool. This will scan for specific rootkit viruses and offer removal if infected.
Check them out!
2007-05-27 17:17:47 · answer #7 · answered by N2FC 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Win Antivirus Pro 2007 isn't free but you should try it. It works very well on my computer...
2007-05-29 13:39:01 · answer #8 · answered by Scott H 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I use Trend PCCillin. on my laptop and it doesn't cause any slow down. Even when it's scanning.
Oops! I didn't read the question properly. Trend isn't free, but it works well.
2007-05-27 18:15:51 · answer #9 · answered by kwilfort 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well i don't know free anti-viruses....but you can try NOD32...its fast and also low on resources....you can download it frm www.eset.com .....and one more thing....don't use more than 1 anti-spyware or anti-virus at a time...i'll drastically slow down your machine....
2007-05-27 17:12:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋