Free anti-virus software... what do you use, is it anygood? (I'm particularly interested in free software rather than stuff you have to pay for)
Avast is free. V4.6 Seems to use about 10mb when running on XP (with 96mb ram) - seems to do the job. 8.8mb download. Has an annoying spinning A next to the clock in the taskbar when it's doing stuff that you can't seem to switch off. Can be set to scan for viruses as a screensaver.
AVG Free (now available from http://free.grisoft.com). V7.0 seems to use about 21mb when running on W2K (with 384mb ram). "The complex anti-virus protection for your computer." is their tagline! It doesn't sound very appealing! 10mb download.
Anti-Vir also works with Linux. (6.2mb download). Also includes protection from 'internet diallers'. One of the programs is called 'Luke Filewalker' which is pretty cool. Seems to use about 12mb when running on W2K (with 96mb ram).
I couldn't find any other anti virus software that was fully featured. (some would protect your system but wouldn't remove viruses if you did get infected, and others were just web based scanners).
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yeah me too. when i went to www.grisoft.com i couldn't find anything mentioning the free version. it wasn't till a google search that i found the free.grisoft.com site. what songs' that then? do they really say avg?
mcafee 7 uses about 40mb of ram when running!! (in comparison)
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