View Poll Results: Which Free AV Do You Recommend?

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  • AVG Fee

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    Avast or AVG Free?

    For all windows users and windows/ubuntu dual-booters, who have at all any concern about their windows security, which free antivirus software do you recommend, and why?

    Avast!: http://www.avast.com/

    AVG Free Edition: http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1

    Actually, I've just noticed that both work for windows and linux, so this does not only apply to windows users, but mainly it does (apply to windows users).

    EDIT: Avast even has a .deb file! I wonder if anyone has tried it on ubuntu...
    Last edited by user1397; September 6th, 2006 at 10:28 PM.

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    Re: Avast or AVG Free?

    hehe do you want to be the first to try it? I'm fine with ClamAV, i heard it was good.

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    Re: Avast or AVG Free?

    I tried AVG on Ubuntu, then realised that at the moment it isn't needed, is it?

    Anybody actually ever had a Linux virus/worm/trojan ? I know they exist but has anybody actually had one ?

    I'm behind a router and IPcop Firewall so hopefully I am immune to them. It's nice to know that AVG is available for the future if needed.
    I used AVG on Windows.

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    Re: Avast or AVG Free?

    I've tried Avast, AVG, and F-Prot for Linux but I always go back to ClamAV.

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    Arrow Re: Avast or AVG Free?

    Quote Originally Posted by erik1397 View Post
    Avast!: http://www.avast.com/



    EDIT: Avast even has a .deb file! I wonder if anyone has tried it on ubuntu...
    I have it installed in here right now.!, It works fine i guess...

    It was easy to install and it auto-updates once in a while...

    Not like i really need it though...But i still wanted it,...
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    Re: Avast or AVG Free?

    I've never heard anything negative about either program, but I voted for Avast! because it's the only one I've used (in Windows).

    I was under the impression that running an anti-virus program on Linux was mainly for spotting Windows viruses on email servers and such.
    Last edited by banjobacon; September 6th, 2006 at 03:02 AM.

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    Re: Avast or AVG Free?

    Okay, just to clear something up, I meant this thread to be more for windows security concerns, not ubuntu. As I said,
    Quote Originally Posted by erik1397
    For all windows users and windows/ubuntu dual-booters, who have at all any concern about their windows security, which free antivirus software do you recommend, and why?

    Actually, I've just noticed that both work for windows and linux, so this does not only apply to windows users, but mainly it does.

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    Re: Avast or AVG Free?

    Sorry Erik, This bit kind of confused me:-

    "so this does not only apply to windows users, but mainly it does (apply to windows users)."

    I use AVG on Windows, that's the Windows bit.
    I used AVG on Linux, that's the Linux bit.

    Sorry for the mix up

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    Re: Avast or AVG Free?

    I would use neither of those choices. I used Comodo antivirus when I had windows. It is a FREE full featured AV. http://www.antivirus.comodo.com
    Last edited by TheRingmaster; September 6th, 2006 at 02:51 AM.
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