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I say: I didn't take the idea of a freeware anti-virus scanner seriously until my Norton started throwing up false alerts and I wanted a quick second opinion. Recalling that PCPlus had recently tested 10 antivirus programmes and the freeware option had fared well I gave it a try and I can only agree with their verdict. In the PCPlus survey (March 2002) AVG "performed flawlessly" (apart from the heuristics throwing up a couple of false alarms) and though not the fastest in the test neither was it the slowest, clearly winning the 'Best Value' Award and the accolade - "AVG is secure and performs well enough that we'd be fans if it cost money". More worryingly for Norton, when I ran a full system scan with AVG it found 3 suspected nasties which Norton had missed.
Four years later, I've abandoned Norton as unreliable bloatware, while AVG has firmly established itself as my preferred antivirus suite.
They say: "AVG Anti-Virus Free is a free anti-virus protection tool developed by GRISOFT for home use. We invite you to join the millions of satisfied customers worldwide who have downloaded the software and now enjoy the benefits of AVG Anti-Virus Free.
What you get with AVG Anti-Virus Free
- Easy to use
- Regular and automatic virus database updates
- Realtime protection of files and e-mails
- Scheduled and manual testing
- Windows and Linux
- And most of all ... great customer satisfaction!"
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FIFTY FREEWARE FAVOURITES - A GENERAL NOTE
Please Don't Contact Me...
About any app NO LONGER in my 50 Favourites... I simply don't want to know...
For help... Please don't contact ME for help using any program. I only recommend it, I don't (and can't) offer a free support service for every program I recommend.
What you can do for yourself is...if you have any problems with anything I've recommended, contact the author of the program, or Google it.
Re: broken links... Links change. I have stated above the date on which I last checked the links. When I next update this section I'll check all the links again. So please don't contact me if the links don't work - I'll find out eventually.
What you can do for yourself is... if the links I give are broken, try searching for the program using Google or FileMirrors - that's what I'd do!
Re: it's not freeware! All of the programs I recommend in this section are 'free' in the sense that they were at one time distributed as fully functional software with no payment required for their continued use. However... some software companies withdraw their freeware, or offer programs as freeware for a short period before 'upgrading' them to shareware. So please don't contact ME to say any program I recommend is no longer freeware. I'll find out when I next update.
What you can do for yourself is... search the net... As I understand it, if you can find the original freeware distribution, and it still works, there's nothing to prevent you from legitimately using it. You could try the Last Freeware Version or OldVersion.com.
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