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ANTIVIRUS FOR XP

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Michelle

Michelle Report 2 Jun 2004 23:10

I have just bought a new laptop, which has a firewall, but doesn't have an antivirus. Can anyone recommend an antivirus for XP and where I can get it free if possible. Thanks, M.

Kate

Kate Report 2 Jun 2004 23:19

I use a brill free download from www(.)grisoft(.)com called AVG Antivirus. Open up the site and you will see the free download on the left hand side. Give me a shout if you get stuck. Best of luck, Kate

Michelle

Michelle Report 2 Jun 2004 23:25

Thanks Kate. M.

Tudor

Tudor Report 3 Jun 2004 01:17

Morfydd I have a spare Norton anti-virus disc I can send to you. It's the 2002 edition, but it wouldn't take long to download updates, as far as I know anyway.

Christina

Christina Report 3 Jun 2004 11:48

I too use AVG antivirus and have found it excellent, I update more often though, every few days.

Michelle

Michelle Report 3 Jun 2004 12:05

Thanks Christine. Hi William, thank you for that, I will email you. M.

Andy(GC)

Andy(GC) Report 3 Jun 2004 13:57

Morfydd, Take William up on his kind offer, I run XP with Norton AV and have no virus probs at all. Any that sneak through when I lower my firewall are deleted immediately. Andy

Michelle

Michelle Report 3 Jun 2004 14:25

Looks like I probably will Andy, my husband likes Norton too, me, haven't got a clue, just chuffed to have my own computer at last. M.

Bob

Bob Report 3 Jun 2004 19:46

I too use Norton... Both the firewall (It's supposed to be better than XP's own???) and the AV. You will have to subscribe to get the updates though. Bob

Olgiza

Olgiza Report 3 Jun 2004 21:52

For a free trial go to www(.)avp(.)ch and get the free trial of the Kaspersky avp. I have been using it for years and never suffered an attack. This is probably because Kaspersky usually has a solution to new virus' before even Symantic has logged them on their website. Best of all is that it is very cheap!! Roger

Michelle

Michelle Report 4 Jun 2004 07:21

Hi William, did you get my email? I would love to take you up on your offer please. Thanks. M.

BrianW

BrianW Report 5 Jun 2004 00:09

Whatever anti-virus system you get, it is essential that you can get (preferably daily and automatically) virus definitions updates. And a firewall is almost as important.

Researching:
Sherwood (Kent); Jesson (London); Worboys (Herts)

Lorraine

Lorraine Report 5 Jun 2004 16:13

For a firewall with a freeware version, I'd recommend ZoneAlarm (can't remember web address but it will come up in any web search). It's on the one I'm using now with XP and Norton antivirus and is also on my older puter which still uses Windows 98. Works fine with both.

Michelle

Michelle Report 5 Jun 2004 20:08

We have Norton and Zonealarm on our home computer. My new laptop came with a firewall, I have downloaded a 15 day trial of Norton for now and it is working fine. M.