Forgive me if this question has already been asked, but I've only recently joined this list. Is Microsoft Security Essentials freeware, and if not what's the cost? Thanks, Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: Gerald Levy To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 4:39 PM Subject: Re: Avast and Jaws again! Microsoft Security Essentials is the new standard in free accessible real-time anti-virus programs. It has a smaller footprint than either Avast or AVG, and is not a resource hog. Gerald ----- Original Message ----- From: Peter Tighe To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 7:10 PM Subject: Avast and Jaws again! Recently people on this list have discussed false posatives with Jaws and Avast. I suspect that Avast has made updates since then. Have these updates repaired the problem? If so do you all think that Avast is still a good antivirus program to use with Jaws? To put the question another way, does Avast have a smaller footprint and take up less resources than AVG? Thanks, for any ideas you may have. Peter