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Title: Active Virus Shield = dead ducky.
Post by: Serious on September 04, 2007, 00:17:27 AM
http://www.activevirusshield.com/antivirus/freeav/index.adp

Seems they have moved over to McAfee
Title: Re:Active Virus Shield = dead ducky.
Post by: Serious on September 05, 2007, 16:13:55 PM
Looks like AVG free has been withdrawn too, any reasonable alternatives available?
Title: Re:Active Virus Shield = dead ducky.
Post by: White Giant on September 05, 2007, 17:01:35 PM
Ive used Avast! for the past couple of years based on a recommendation from here, never had a problem. The home version is totally free and all you need to do is apply for a new key once per year (fill in a name/email address form).

http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html
Title: Re:Active Virus Shield = dead ducky.
Post by: neXus on September 05, 2007, 17:07:27 PM
Quote from: SeriousLooks like AVG free has been withdrawn too, any reasonable alternatives available?

Quite a while ago they moved to a sub domain for the free version
http://free.grisoft.com/
The free version is still up and running and for me the lightest of the free stuff currently around in terms of resources
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/download-free-anti-virus/us/frt/0

Avast is the next one I would go for
Title: Re:Active Virus Shield = dead ducky.
Post by: Serious on September 05, 2007, 19:27:28 PM
Nice, thx ;)

Everything up and running, one possible virus detected in an ISO thats been sitting unused on my computer for months...
Title: Re:Active Virus Shield = dead ducky.
Post by: neXus on September 05, 2007, 19:38:33 PM
Quote from: SeriousNice, thx ;)

Everything up and running, one possible virus detected in an ISO thats been sitting unused on my computer for months...

I would also run one of those online scans to just make sure you not got one of the anti virus hider ones since you been swapping. I run one once a month just in case, Only ever picked up these java things which not really a virus but always a good idea to turn these once in a while
Title: Re:Active Virus Shield = dead ducky.
Post by: Clock'd 0Ne on September 18, 2007, 16:06:17 PM
Shame this has gone. :( Back to AVG I guess!