Who’s your anti-virus?

posted November 4th, 2006 by George

I recently found out that the free anti-virus software we have been using for years is no longer going to be free. Ouch.

As a result, I’m now on the hunt for a new solution. We have been using a hardware firewall and the free anti-virus software with occasional scans from an online virus scan. I want to find a good anti-virus software and a good Internet filter software. So, I thought I’d launch an informal survey here of our readers and/or friends. What do you use for your Internet security solution?

Filed under: Geek Talk on November 4th, 2006

6 Responses to “Who’s your anti-virus?”

  1. jen, on November 6th, 2006 at 10:02 pm Said:

    I use Blake, my trusty hubby!

    But he says he uses Symantec . . . gets it free, but he says he’d use it even if he had to pay. 🙂

  2. britt, on November 6th, 2006 at 10:47 pm Said:

    We use AVG and it seems to work OK. There is another called bitdefender that I have heard a lot of good things about also.
    http://www.bitdefender.com/PRODUCT-14-en–BitDefender-8-Free-Edition.html

  3. George, on November 7th, 2006 at 9:24 am Said:

    AVG is what we’ve been using as well, but it’s not going to be free anymore after January I think. I like it ok for a free product, but I’m not convinced it’s the best one if I’m going to have to start paying for it. It seems to take a long time to run every day and it really sucks up my CPU durring the run.

  4. Britt, on November 7th, 2006 at 11:10 pm Said:

    Had not heard that AVG was going to start charging. Guess I’ll get more serious about checking into bitdefender. Did notice that someone posted some cute fishin pictures at:
    http://britt.lonestarfamily.com/pics/displayPics.php?chapterKey=114&albumKey=10

  5. Britt, on November 12th, 2006 at 1:43 pm Said:

    Uninstalled AVG and installed BitDefender – free edition.
    Tried to send email — if I replied to an email, then it went through. If I typed in the address and sent it, then it did not go through. Uninstalled bitdefender and the emails would go through if I just typed the address. Strange behavior. Am using Calypso as the email client – guess I will try the same experiment with outlook..

  6. George, on November 15th, 2006 at 9:15 pm Said:

    It looks like I was wrong about AVG. Should have read the fine print. There is still going to be a free version of their software available. I Received a message saying that it would expire, when I clicked the link I was given several options to buy their new version. I selected the complete products list, and found a link to the new free version at the very bottom of the page. Haven’t installed it yet.

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