huh not free? I can still download AVG for home use non commercial use http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Free-Edition/3000-2239_4-10320142.html?part=dl-AVGAntiVir&subj=dl&tag=button Avast for home use is free http://www.avast.com/ http://www.sofotex.com/download/Antivirus/ http://www.free-av.com/ There are others that are free check the above I really liked Avast when I was testing Vista-. Jackie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ekhart GEORGI (last name last)" <Ekhart.GEORGI@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 7:39 PM Subject: [pchelpers] Re: AVG no longer free > Hi John > >> You should be able to get a free version of Bitdefender 10 via >> www.bitdefender.com Look under downloads. > > As explained on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitDefender and on > www.bitdefender.com/PRODUCT-14-en--BitDefender-Free-Edition.html, the > free version of BitDefender does not have realtime protection, which is > a must for real protection. It's not a good idea to recommend this > product to normal users. It's useless except to scan the computer if one > wants to make sure one's normal antivirus program has missed something. > > Avira's free AntiVir www.free-av.com does scan email, but that is not > necessary because it has realtime protection. That means it will not let > you open up an infected attachment but it won't delete infected emails. > And it's actually an extra benefit that it doesn't go messing around in > your email storage file because that can cause corruption and is the > main reason many people lose all or some of their email. > > > -- > -------list-services-below----------- > Regards, John Durham (list moderator) > <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> > Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi > List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers > PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig > Latest news live feeds at http://modecideas.com/indexhomenews.htm?sig > Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied. > -- -------list-services-below----------- Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Latest news live feeds at http://modecideas.com/indexhomenews.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.
