Avast is BETTER than many PAID for AV programmes. I took Norton off a machine for someone, installed Avast and removed 10 infections Norton had missed for the last 2 months.
If you want to pay money for an inferior product, do not let us stop you, but there is plenty of GOOD software out there is free for personal use, and paid for by the corporate users.
2007-06-17 23:33:45
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answered by stu_the_kilted_scot 7
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Hmmm . . ., well i think people who use free anti-virus think that computer or internet security should not cost 50 bucks. I mean why pay 50 bucks for an internet security which updates itself hourly. You don't need an update that often, once a week is enough and its not like you are definitely going to get a virus. So free anti-virus is enough for me and some others but some people think that having a paid anti-virus is better.Everyone's choice differs on whether they want a high protection or just a mediocre one. Some people also don't know about the rapidly increasing viruses hence they just think that a free one is enough. Some people don't even have anti-viruses as they think that they are not that unlucky to get a virus.
Sorry if it didn't answer your question.
2007-06-17 23:35:33
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answered by Evolution 2
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Because no one should be forced to pay for protection from something like that because of some idiot virus makers. There are people out there that care about your protection and those are the ones that make free versions because everyone should be protected.
Also mass market retail virus programs, that are still widely used, are the ones virus makers target. Virus makers specifically make sure their virus gets pasted that 60$ program you bought because millions of people have that program and think they are safe and can go clicking around where ever.
2007-06-17 23:42:36
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answered by Mr Ale 4
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Which one do you use?
I use to pay $40-$50 a year for Norton. My computer ran slower and Norton would occasionaly crash and sometime require reinstallation of Windows to get it to work again. In addition yearly I would need to reinstall Windows to get rid of what got past my internet security.
Now I use free protection and rarely have problems. I wish I could go back and get all the money I wasted during those several years I paid for intenet protection.
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Purchased Active (full time) Virus Protection
http://reviews.cnet.com
User Rating out of 10
Avast Antivirus 4.7 Home Edition....8.6
AVG Anti-Virus 7.5 Professional..... 9.1
BitDefender Antivirus 10 ...............5.2
CA Internet Security Suite 2007.......2.5
F-Secure .......................no user ratings
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6 ....................5.8
McAfee VirusScan 8.0...................... 5.0
NOD32 2.5...................................... 9.1
Norton Internet Security 2007.......... 3.8
Norton 360 ----------- 5.8
Sophos Anti-Virus 3.7...................... 8.6
Windows Live OneCare ..................8.0
ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite 7 ... 5.2
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Free Protection
In addition to a firewall you must have full time (active) virus protection and full time spyware protection.
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Full Time (Active) Virus Protection
If you do not have active virus protection, install only one. All are excellent.
Try AVG first.
AVG Antivirus 7.5 Free Edition
http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/avg-anti-virus-free/lng/us/tpl/v5
http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Free-Edition/3000-2239_4-10669237.html?tag=lst-0-1
or
Free antivirus - avast! 4 Home Edition
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
or
AOL Active Virus Shield (powered by Kaspersky)
http://www.activevirusshield.com/antivirus/freeav/index.adp
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Full Time (Active) Spyware Protection
Windows Defender
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
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Install the following five programs and run weekly or at least monthly. You need all five. They will greatly increase your protection. They are not a substitute for full time spyware and virus protection.
Ad-Aware SE Personal (update + full scan)
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad-aware_se_personal.php
Spybot Search & Destroy (update + immunize + scan)
Do not enable Tea Timer and SDHelper
After installation: update + scan + immunize
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html
SpywareBlaster: Update then open and click “enable all protection”.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
SUPERAntiSpyware free version: (update + scan)
http://www.superantispyware.com/
CCleaner: Do not install toolbar option
Removes tracking cookies, unneeded files, history
In options.
Set to run when computer starts.
Place cookies you want to keep in save list
http://www.ccleaner.com/
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McAfee Site Advisor: Internet Explorer and Firefox
http://www.siteadvisor.com/
Indicates if a site is unsafe and can link to a page to explain why it is unsafe.
2007-06-17 23:54:43
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answered by Anonymous
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Because Avast is one of the best free anti-virus, making competence with pay-to-use antiviruses.
I prefer it over memory-hog Norton, or cpu-eater McAffee.
2007-06-17 23:28:31
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answered by Galar 2
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Use AVG Antivirus software
2007-06-17 23:26:38
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answered by You Know Who Must Not Be Named 3
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You said the magic word of the new millineum my friend. It's no longer please. It's FREE. And your right people still get what they pay for.
2007-06-17 23:28:14
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answered by nanna 5
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