[ale] [OT] good FREE windisease anti-virus software

[Jim Kinney]

The $0 solutions work marginally in my past practice. If someone _must_ use
a microsoft OS, they need a well designed and extremely well supported AV
solution. The absolute best one I have found also happens to be extremely
affordable.

http://www.f-prot.com/products/home_use/win/

The home use f-prot anti-virus tool has the engine and definitions that many
of the other AV products license for their own product. For $30/year the
home owner can use the tool on up to 5 systems simultaneously (so
$6/year/system). If more than 5 systems need protection, get the corporate
version for $50/year and up to 10 machines.

On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 12:48 PM, <krwatson at cc.gatech.edu> wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of m-
> > aaron-r
> > Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 21:43
> > To: ALE
> > Subject: [ale] [OT] good FREE windisease anti-virus software
> >
> >
> > Google shows up strong on ClamWin, and AVG shows up
> > as a "free" closed source offering, but I'd be happy to be
> > educated on the strengths of either as well as any other
> > options out there.
> >
> > Lili and I thank you in advance for any and all suggestions!
> >
> > peace
> > aaron
>
> Aaron,
>
> At the risk of being flamed have you considered Microsoft's free solution?
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/Security_Essentials/
>
> And to prevent third degree burns I'll also offer the following:
>
> Avira
> http://www.free-av.com/
>
> Avast
> http://www.avast.com/index
>
> AVG
> http://www.avg.com/us-en/homepage
>
> BitDefender
> http://www.bitdefender.com/PRODUCT-14-en--BitDefender-Free-Edition.html
>
> ClamAV
> http://www.clamav.net/
>
> MailScanner
> http://www.mailscanner.info/
>
> List of antivirus software
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_antivirus_software
>
> Now were did I put my Nomex?
> keith
>
> --
>
> Keith R. Watson                        Georgia Institute of Technology
> Systems Support Specialist IV          College of Computing
> keith.watson at cc.gatech.edu             801 Atlantic Drive NW
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