What kind anti virus software do you have? Mine(AVG) is going to expire at the end of this month. Anything that is free is great.

 

you got to pay for pretty much everything. i got the McAfee.. .works good as far as i can tell.

 

I got McAfee Internet Security Suite.

 

If you are in the Military you can downlowd Mcafee, trend micro and one other i can't remeber for free off of AKO portal

 

All Cable and Fios Internet providers let you have theMcafee suite for free, check with your provider.

 

I have norton. Switched to it a while ago from McAfee because it was so much easier to use and update.

 

I have Norton and like it. Some say it slows your computer but since I had a dinosaur of a computer before, the new one even with Norton is waaay faster than the dinosaur.

We just had the free avg discussion today on another forum. Here's a link that is to the still free version http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Free-Edition/3000-2239_4-10320142.html?part=dl-AVGAntiVir&subj=dl&tag=buttonOne warning though from a guy that goofed. If you have a bootlegged version of your operating system, doNOT delete the the 7.5 install file from your computerbeforeinstalling the 8.0 version. It verifies it's a legit OS and if you do not have the validation key it will abort.

 

I use Avast antivirus. It is a free program, you have to register it once for it to be good for 14 months.I use it on my desktop and my laptop, it updates automatically every 24 hours, and I haven't had any viruses since I started using it about 5 years ago.

Another good free antivirus tool for a quick check for viruses is Stinger, made by Mcafee, which they update every couple of weeks, which does a quick scan of your system for the current top viruses, trojans, and other nasty stuff. It's not a full time antivirus like Avast or AVG.

 

Free:

AntiVir Personal Edition 8 - [2008-04-14 | Freeware | 21.2 MB | Win 2K/03/XP/Vista | 2405419 | 4.71 ]
Free, effective protection against computer viruses.

 

I still use avg.. I have avg Free 8 and had no problems with it at all.. just go to free.grisoft.com and you can get the latest version.. When i work on people's computers, they usually ask why its going so slow, and usually it's only because they are running norton or mcafee, which bundles all of their software so that you can't just use one thing out of it.. So it ends up slowing the system WAY down.

Personally, I'd go with the free AVG and not worry.. It has done well by me so far.