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Old May 11th 10, 08:04 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
HRH The Example John Smith
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Default Is there still a free AV for ME?



"webster72n" wrote in message
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"Rockytsquirrel" wrote in message
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Avast 4.8 still works on ME and does update several times a day..


Til the end of 2010, apparently. I tried it but it almost continually
popped up notifications of the new build and as it wasn't immediately
obvious how to turn that off, I uninstalled it.


Not so sure about the end of 2010,
and I don't have the problem with those notifications anymore since I
renewed my registration.
IMHO Avast is still the best.


You haven't tried enough alternatives then, Harry. Incidentally it also
caused problems in 2 or 3 of the systems I installed it on - on which I now
have either NAV2002...or nothing. This is no longer anything to do with the
interface, as I don't give an inverted dos about that when it is on a system
I rarely use. btw I had only recently registered it, on account of the first
key I used was out of date.

Really, if you mean 'the best AV' you're seriously deluded. Personal
preferences aside, Avast! shows the occasional good result in tests but
spends most of it's time at or maybe slightly above mediocre - rather like
AVG, which I used to swear by (as far as free AVs go), but I was never under
the illusion it was 'the best'.

While I still have a little time left on my NOD32 licence, I am migrating to
free Avira - using it here in Windows7 as I type. Once you disable the nag
screen it is pretty good (probably is *with* the nag too if you can stand
that sort of thing). I am undecided as yet as to just how good Antivir is -
though as with all of them it varies over time anyway. Certainly these days,
though, I will go with the German product over the Czech products any day of
the week. Rather like if any version of Linux was polished enough to stay on
a primary here (I just tried Kubuntu 10.04 both on the metal and in VPC and
neither stayed more than 5 minutes, failing as miserably as *buntu always
does except for the too-easily pleased) it would be the originally-German
openSUSE. Though I think Beemers and Porches are a variation on crepe.

Harumph!