<p>It also hasn't done anything useful aside from advertising for years. I have repaired systems that running AVG Free that have had several hundred infections on them.</p>
<p>I would trust it only as far as I could throw my car.</p>
<p>--<br>
Sent from my phone... a G2 running CM7 nightlies!</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 8, 2011 1:40 PM, "Ron Frazier" <<a href="mailto:atllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com">atllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> AVG Free<br>> <br>> <a href="http://free.avg.com/us-en/homepage">http://free.avg.com/us-en/homepage</a><br>
> <br>> Note that it doesn't want to coexist with Microsoft Security Essentials.<br>> <br>> Ron<br>> <br>> On 02/08/2011 12:02 PM, Tim Watts wrote:<br>>> Thanks. F-prot also looks good. AVG seems to have discontinued their<br>
>> "free" version. All I could find was a 30-day trial. I'll have to look<br>>> into that rescue CD. Seems like the most prudent approach for an<br>>> "unknown" windows system.<br>
>><br>>><br>>> On Tue, 2011-02-08 at 09:49 -0600, Preston Boyington wrote:<br>>> <br>>>> Tim Watts wrote:<br>>>> <br>>>>> Anyone have experience with this? Is it a decent product?<br>
>>>> <br>>>> I didn't care for Clam AV on Windows personally, but it's been a few<br>>>> years so YMMV.<br>>>><br>>>> I've never had any major issues with the free version of AVG. Unless<br>
>>> you go in for them, uncheck the toolbar install.<br>>>><br>>>> Avira is also a decent option. Avira has a nag screen when it updates<br>>>> the virus signatures (just press "OK" and it goes away) and seems to be<br>
>>> lighter on resources than AVG. Can't speak enough about their "AnitVir<br>>>> Rescue System" which runs from a Linux LiveCD. :)<br>>>><br>>>> either will do a casual Windows without their needing to go through a<br>
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