Hi guys,

I know a few people here used to use AVG antivirus.
The version I have 7.5 which no longer gets free updates as of today. 

There doesn't seem to be a replacement free product from AVG, which is
fair enough.

Can anybody recommend a good alternative?

Should I just bite the bullet and pay for something?

Cheers,
SteveW

In article , 
steveNOspamTAveryMUCH@sjwhite.plus.com says...
> Hi guys,
> 
> I know a few people here used to use AVG antivirus.
> The version I have 7.5 which no longer gets free updates as of today. 

Hi Steve - that's because we are now on v8, still free and still updated 
:-)

http://free.grisoft.com/

Grisoft always phase out support for older versions quite quickly, which 
is fair enough for an excellent piece of software that's free.
-- 
Jon
www.jonboyes.co.uk

FatBoySlimFast  wrote in 
news:9do664he5gn7qh72bfmcpfoqspfvq50daa@4ax.com:

> Hi guys,
> 
> I know a few people here used to use AVG antivirus.
> The version I have 7.5 which no longer gets free updates as of today. 
> 
> There doesn't seem to be a replacement free product from AVG, which is
> fair enough.
> 
> Can anybody recommend a good alternative?

Yes - AVG_8_Free.

It's still free, you just have to fish around Grisoft's site to find
the download. It's a substantial upgrade and now includes antispyware,
so it's a complete replacement for 7.5.


File you're looking for is called

avg_free_stf_en_8_100a1295.exe

On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:07:48 +0100, Jon Boyes  wrote:
>Hi Steve - that's because we are now on v8, still free and still updated 
>:-)
>
>http://free.grisoft.com/
>
>Grisoft always phase out support for older versions quite quickly, which 
>is fair enough for an excellent piece of software that's free.

Cheers John. Downloading now. Thanks very much.
SteveW

On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:11:31 +0000 (UTC), soupdragon 
wrote:
>It's still free, you just have to fish around Grisoft's site to find
>the download. It's a substantial upgrade and now includes antispyware,
>so it's a complete replacement for 7.5.

Thanks very much. I've found it now.
Ta,
SteveW

"FatBoySlimFast"  wrote in message 
news:9do664he5gn7qh72bfmcpfoqspfvq50daa@4ax.com...
> Hi guys,
>
> I know a few people here used to use AVG antivirus.
> The version I have 7.5 which no longer gets free updates as of today.
>
> There doesn't seem to be a replacement free product from AVG, which is
> fair enough.
>
> Can anybody recommend a good alternative?
>
> Should I just bite the bullet and pay for something?
>

If you run into problems with AVG, try Avast - another freebie.

On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:54:43 +0100, FatBoySlimFast
 wrote:

>Hi guys,
>
>I know a few people here used to use AVG antivirus.
>The version I have 7.5 which no longer gets free updates as of today. 
>
>There doesn't seem to be a replacement free product from AVG, which is
>fair enough.
>
>Can anybody recommend a good alternative?
>
>Should I just bite the bullet and pay for something?

Don't panic - the best freeware program just got better.

http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Free-Edition/3000-2239_4-10320142.html

Steve.

On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:09:51 +0100, SteveShark wrote:

-------------------8><
> Don't panic - the best freeware program just got better.
> 
> http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Free-Edition/3000-2239_4-10320142.html

That rather depends on your perspective:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/13/avg_scanner_skews_web_traffic_numbers/

-- 
Guitarists play jazz at the Beaufort -
www.beaufortjazz.com

Go here:

http://free.grisoft.com/

version 8. Free, gratis, nada, zip, etc, etc

regards,

Trev :)

On Jun 26, 11:54 am, FatBoySlimFast
 wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I know a few people here used to use AVG antivirus.
> The version I have 7.5 which no longer gets free updates as of today.
>
> There doesn't seem to be a replacement free product from AVG, which is
> fair enough.
>
> Can anybody recommend a good alternative?
>
> Should I just bite the bullet and pay for something?
>
> Cheers,
> SteveW

Contrary to the above, there is a free version of version 8.

I've been using it for 2 months now.

http://free.grisoft.com/

I fear I am going to get flamedfor this , but genuinely have no
commercial interes in what I am going to say nextt. If you bank with
Barclays , they give all personal online banking customers free 3
licence version of Kaspersky Internet Security 7, by download.

I was on AVG 8 and happy with it , but Kaspersky has a firewall too
and IMVHO runs a bit smoother and faster.

I shall now don my asbestos underwear

Gary

On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:09:11 -0700 (PDT),
death.ferret69@googlemail.com wrote:

>On Jun 26, 11:54 am, FatBoySlimFast
> wrote:
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> I know a few people here used to use AVG antivirus.
>> The version I have 7.5 which no longer gets free updates as of today.
>>
>> There doesn't seem to be a replacement free product from AVG, which is
>> fair enough.
>>
>> Can anybody recommend a good alternative?
>>
>> Should I just bite the bullet and pay for something?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> SteveW
>
>Contrary to the above, there is a free version of version 8.
>
>I've been using it for 2 months now.
>
>http://free.grisoft.com/

"Gazza1955 @ntlworld.com>" <gary.ames<nospamplease werebritish> wrote in 
message news:9tg964lg39cf2ult5tpb3e706c1jd36tlh@4ax.com...
>I fear I am going to get flamedfor this , but genuinely have no
> commercial interes in what I am going to say nextt. If you bank with
> Barclays , they give all personal online banking customers free 3
> licence version of Kaspersky Internet Security 7, by download.
>
> I was on AVG 8 and happy with it , but Kaspersky has a firewall too
> and IMVHO runs a bit smoother and faster.
>
> I shall now don my asbestos underwear
>
> Gary
>
> On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:09:11 -0700 (PDT),
> death.ferret69@googlemail.com wrote:
>
>>On Jun 26, 11:54 am, FatBoySlimFast
>> wrote:
>>> Hi guys,
>>>
>>> I know a few people here used to use AVG antivirus.
>>> The version I have 7.5 which no longer gets free updates as of today.
>>>
>>> There doesn't seem to be a replacement free product from AVG, which is
>>> fair enough.
>>>
>>> Can anybody recommend a good alternative?
>>>
>>> Should I just bite the bullet and pay for something?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> SteveW
>>
>>Contrary to the above, there is a free version of version 8.
>>
>>I've been using it for 2 months now.
>>
>>http://free.grisoft.com/

No flames here (apart from the top posting!).
Agreed - if you bank with Barclays, then by all means take the freebies that 
they offer.
However, if you don't, the choice is buying security software - and then 
paying a fee for updates/upgrades, forever.
Or getting some good free alternatives.
Which was the OP's point, I think.

George

I downloaded the new version, and now my internet speed is really 
clunky. Really bad. If I navigate to a new page each little picture 
gradually unveils, it's like I'm on dial-up.

Anyone else experienced this? I am pretty sure its AVG, because it's 
only the FIRST time I view a particular page that it's like that. If I 
ctrl+F5 the page it loads megafast, as usual.

Jon

performingchimp wrote:
> I downloaded the new version, and now my internet speed is really 
> clunky. Really bad. If I navigate to a new page each little picture 
> gradually unveils, it's like I'm on dial-up.
> 
> Anyone else experienced this? I am pretty sure its AVG, because it's 
> only the FIRST time I view a particular page that it's like that. If I 
> ctrl+F5 the page it loads megafast, as usual.
> 
> Jon

It might be the link scanner, it seems to prescan pages and links to 
check for nasties. If you do a Google search you'll see a green star 
with a tick when it's done.

You can turn this off. Try it and see if it makes any difference.

There's a big debate going on at the moment about the extra bandwidth 
this uses.

I'm not seeing the problems you describe but I'm keeping any eye on 
things if the debate goes against AVG I'll be changing to something else 
if they don't fix it.

Nick

Nick Mason  wrote:

> performingchimp wrote:
> > I downloaded the new version, and now my internet speed is really 
> > clunky. Really bad. If I navigate to a new page each little picture
> > gradually unveils, it's like I'm on dial-up.
> > 
> > Anyone else experienced this? I am pretty sure its AVG, because it's
> > only the FIRST time I view a particular page that it's like that. If I
> > ctrl+F5 the page it loads megafast, as usual.
> > 
> > Jon
> 
> It might be the link scanner, it seems to prescan pages and links to 
> check for nasties. If you do a Google search you'll see a green star 
> with a tick when it's done.
> 
> You can turn this off. Try it and see if it makes any difference.
> 
> There's a big debate going on at the moment about the extra bandwidth
> this uses.
> 
> I'm not seeing the problems you describe but I'm keeping any eye on 
> things if the debate goes against AVG I'll be changing to something else
> if they don't fix it.

<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/26/avg_disguises_fake_traffic_as_i
e6/>

Yes, it does a scan of everything it gets, so it probably will be slower
the first time.


-- 
Woody

www.alienrat.com

I've disabled the "linkscanner" feature. Speed is back to normal now. 
However my AVG system tray icon is constantly showing an error state, so 
I'll never notice if there actually IS an error. Not that there ever has 
been in the past.

performingchimp  wrote:

> I've disabled the "linkscanner" feature. Speed is back to normal now.
> However my AVG system tray icon is constantly showing an error state, so
> I'll never notice if there actually IS an error. Not that there ever has
> been in the past.

Probably says what it is if you look at it.

-- 
Woody

www.alienrat.com

Woody wrote:
> performingchimp  wrote:
> 
>> I've disabled the "linkscanner" feature. Speed is back to normal now.
>> However my AVG system tray icon is constantly showing an error state, so
>> I'll never notice if there actually IS an error. Not that there ever has
>> been in the past.
> 
> Probably says what it is if you look at it.
> 

Not sure what you mean.

I know why the error icon is displayed: it's because I've disabled one 
of the functions,  that's just the way it works.

But that means when there actually is an error (e.g. my virus database 
is out of date) I won't know.

performingchimp wrote:
> I've disabled the "linkscanner" feature. Speed is back to normal now. 
> However my AVG system tray icon is constantly showing an error state, so 
> I'll never notice if there actually IS an error. Not that there ever has 
> been in the past.

It will still auto update and scan so you should be fine.

However, this is the reason I'm keeping an eye on it. If AVG don't 
either fix the way the scanner works or remove that particular function 
as some are suggesting they should I'll be swapping AV software.

At the moment mine is turned back on and I'm having intermittent 
problems with my web browser.

I use Firefox rather than Internet Explorer and the AVG scanner 
sometimes causes it to crash.

Nick

performingchimp  wrote:

> Woody wrote:
> > performingchimp  wrote:
> > 
> >> I've disabled the "linkscanner" feature. Speed is back to normal now.
> >> However my AVG system tray icon is constantly showing an error state, so
> >> I'll never notice if there actually IS an error. Not that there ever has
> >> been in the past.
> > 
> > Probably says what it is if you look at it.
> > 
> 
> Not sure what you mean.
> 
> I know why the error icon is displayed: it's because I've disabled one
> of the functions,  that's just the way it works.

Ahh - that is what I meant. I thought you didn't know why it was there.

> But that means when there actually is an error (e.g. my virus database
> is out of date) I won't know.

No.
My PCs just have the kaspersky stuff on them. It is cheap and paid for
by the company, but I don't really use them for the internet anyway,
they are just work machines. So I don't really ever have anti-virus
issues!

-- 
Woody

www.alienrat.com

"Nick Mason"  wrote in message 
news:apCdnVMhjPWKBPvVnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@bt.com...
> performingchimp wrote:

> However, this is the reason I'm keeping an eye on it. If AVG don't either 
> fix the way the scanner works or remove that particular function as some 
> are suggesting they should I'll be swapping AV software.
>
> At the moment mine is turned back on and I'm having intermittent problems 
> with my web browser.
>
> I use Firefox rather than Internet Explorer and the AVG scanner sometimes 
> causes it to crash.
>
> Nick

I've used CA Antivirus for about five years now.
It's fairly cheap for a three license pack, and it's good.
There should be a free trial version here:
http://shop.ca.com/virus/antivirus.aspx

Peter

If you download the latest version of AVG free there is the option to
install the link scanner or not. Or you can turn it off in
firefox/addons or internet exlorer tools/manage addons.

"FatBoySlimFast"  wrote in message 
news:9do664he5gn7qh72bfmcpfoqspfvq50daa@4ax.com...
> Hi guys,
>
> I know a few people here used to use AVG antivirus.
> The version I have 7.5 which no longer gets free updates as of today.
>
> There doesn't seem to be a replacement free product from AVG, which is
> fair enough.
>
> Can anybody recommend a good alternative?
>
> Should I just bite the bullet and pay for something?
>
> Cheers,
> SteveW

Being using Avast4 for ages. very happy with it.

http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html

Jose
-- 
Musha ring dum a doo dum a dah - www.mcnach.com
Current fave guitar: Fender 'Sambora' Stratocaster
Current fave bass: Warwick Corvette $$

Fender Stratocaster - part coffee table, part spaceship.

On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:50:11 +0100, Nick Mason 
wrote:

>performingchimp wrote:
>> I downloaded the new version, and now my internet speed is really 
>> clunky. Really bad. If I navigate to a new page each little picture 
>> gradually unveils, it's like I'm on dial-up.
>> 
>> Anyone else experienced this? I am pretty sure its AVG, because it's 
>> only the FIRST time I view a particular page that it's like that. If I 
>> ctrl+F5 the page it loads megafast, as usual.
>> 
>> Jon
>
>It might be the link scanner, it seems to prescan pages and links to 
>check for nasties. If you do a Google search you'll see a green star 
>with a tick when it's done.
>
>You can turn this off. Try it and see if it makes any difference.
>
>There's a big debate going on at the moment about the extra bandwidth 
>this uses.
>
>I'm not seeing the problems you describe but I'm keeping any eye on 
>things if the debate goes against AVG I'll be changing to something else 
>if they don't fix it.
>
Must say I've found v.8 to be a problem, but only on my workstation!
First it wouldn't install and I had to resort to the registry to get rid
of 7.5.
Then it crashed my PC every night at 4am when it was doing its scheduled
scan - so I turned off the scheduled scan.

Avast is good though, and I might well switch.
-- 
Chris Bolus (change o to zero to reply by email)
A guitar is for life, not just for Christmas!

"Chris Bolus"  wrote in message 
news:08rp64pklpnfoof554ablasb6q1b1fsvb3@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:50:11 +0100, Nick Mason 
> wrote:
>
>>performingchimp wrote:
>>> I downloaded the new version, and now my internet speed is really
>>> clunky. Really bad. If I navigate to a new page each little picture
>>> gradually unveils, it's like I'm on dial-up.
>>>
>>> Anyone else experienced this? I am pretty sure its AVG, because it's
>>> only the FIRST time I view a particular page that it's like that. If I
>>> ctrl+F5 the page it loads megafast, as usual.
>>>
>>> Jon
>>
>>It might be the link scanner, it seems to prescan pages and links to
>>check for nasties. If you do a Google search you'll see a green star
>>with a tick when it's done.
>>
>>You can turn this off. Try it and see if it makes any difference.
>>
>>There's a big debate going on at the moment about the extra bandwidth
>>this uses.
>>
>>I'm not seeing the problems you describe but I'm keeping any eye on
>>things if the debate goes against AVG I'll be changing to something else
>>if they don't fix it.
>>
> Must say I've found v.8 to be a problem, but only on my workstation!
> First it wouldn't install and I had to resort to the registry to get rid
> of 7.5.
> Then it crashed my PC every night at 4am when it was doing its scheduled
> scan - so I turned off the scheduled scan.
>
> Avast is good though, and I might well switch.

Thinking along the same lines myself.
Last night's AVG update necessitated a reboot, which is unusual.
After that, I couldn't get in to the AVG user interface "encountered an 
error and needs to close".
I'll try a system restore and try again but if that doesn't sort the 
problem, I'm off to investigate Avast too.

George

"George Weston"  wrote in message
news:6d4fbaFqtk2U1@mid.individual.net...
>
> "Chris Bolus"  wrote in message
> news:08rp64pklpnfoof554ablasb6q1b1fsvb3@4ax.com...
>> On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:50:11 +0100, Nick Mason 
>> wrote:
>>
>>>performingchimp wrote:
>>>> I downloaded the new version, and now my internet speed is really
>>>> clunky. Really bad. If I navigate to a new page each little picture
>>>> gradually unveils, it's like I'm on dial-up.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone else experienced this? I am pretty sure its AVG, because it's
>>>> only the FIRST time I view a particular page that it's like that. If I
>>>> ctrl+F5 the page it loads megafast, as usual.
>>>>
>>>> Jon
>>>
>>>It might be the link scanner, it seems to prescan pages and links to
>>>check for nasties. If you do a Google search you'll see a green star
>>>with a tick when it's done.
>>>
>>>You can turn this off. Try it and see if it makes any difference.
>>>
>>>There's a big debate going on at the moment about the extra bandwidth
>>>this uses.
>>>
>>>I'm not seeing the problems you describe but I'm keeping any eye on
>>>things if the debate goes against AVG I'll be changing to something else
>>>if they don't fix it.
>>>
>> Must say I've found v.8 to be a problem, but only on my workstation!
>> First it wouldn't install and I had to resort to the registry to get rid
>> of 7.5.
>> Then it crashed my PC every night at 4am when it was doing its scheduled
>> scan - so I turned off the scheduled scan.
>>
>> Avast is good though, and I might well switch.
>
> Thinking along the same lines myself.
> Last night's AVG update necessitated a reboot, which is unusual.
> After that, I couldn't get in to the AVG user interface "encountered an
> error and needs to close".
> I'll try a system restore and try again but if that doesn't sort the
> problem, I'm off to investigate Avast too.
>
> George

Update - went on to the AVG forum and was advised to reinstall AVG8 over the
top of the existing one but select "repair".
I did and it now works again

George
>
>

On 03/07/2008 01:13, Jose de las Heras wrote:
> "FatBoySlimFast"  wrote in message 
> news:9do664he5gn7qh72bfmcpfoqspfvq50daa@4ax.com...
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> I know a few people here used to use AVG antivirus.
>> The version I have 7.5 which no longer gets free updates as of today.
>>
>> There doesn't seem to be a replacement free product from AVG, which is
>> fair enough.
>>
>> Can anybody recommend a good alternative?
>>
>> Should I just bite the bullet and pay for something?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> SteveW
> 
> Being using Avast4 for ages. very happy with it.
> 
> http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
> 
> Jose

There's a free Version of AVG 8

http://free.avg.com/ww.download?prd=afe

-- 
MC

"MC"  wrote in message 
news:UtidnX8reY7OIfPVnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@plusnet...
> On 03/07/2008 01:13, Jose de las Heras wrote:
>> "FatBoySlimFast"  wrote in 
>> message news:9do664he5gn7qh72bfmcpfoqspfvq50daa@4ax.com...
>>> Hi guys,
>>>
>>> I know a few people here used to use AVG antivirus.
>>> The version I have 7.5 which no longer gets free updates as of today.
>>>
>>> There doesn't seem to be a replacement free product from AVG, which is
>>> fair enough.
>>>
>>> Can anybody recommend a good alternative?
>>>
>>> Should I just bite the bullet and pay for something?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> SteveW
>>
>> Being using Avast4 for ages. very happy with it.
>>
>> http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
>>
>> Jose
>
> There's a free Version of AVG 8
>
> http://free.avg.com/ww.download?prd=afe
>
> -- 
> MC


thank you! until now I was the only obvious "late poster who didn't read al 
previous messages before posting" :-)

Jose
-- 
Musha ring dum a doo dum a dah - www.mcnach.com
Current fave guitar: Fender 'Sambora' Stratocaster
Current fave bass: Warwick Corvette $$

Fender Stratocaster - part coffee table, part spaceship.