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dub   06-14-2009 at 04:24:32 AM

I've heard very mixed reports of AVG Free, Avira and Avast! working with Windows 7.

What are you guys using?

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SEALBoy   06-14-2009 at 04:29:50 AM
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Avast, works perfectly on my Windows 7 RC.

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sharken   06-14-2009 at 04:32:38 AM
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AVG works fine too

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Ahslan   06-14-2009 at 04:39:32 AM
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Ive been using Avast too...works perfectly fine and seems to be less system heavy than AVG, which is good cuz my laptop is very old...

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zero3one   06-14-2009 at 04:59:08 AM
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+1 for Avast. It is working great on Windows7 RC.

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sharken   06-14-2009 at 05:03:08 AM
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for lesser specs I agree, if you got a monster though nothing gonna slow it down, long as it works fine

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dub   06-14-2009 at 05:40:47 AM
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Thanks guys.

I just discovered Windows Seven Forums. They have an entire sub forum dedicated to system security ( http://www.sevenforums.com/system-security/ ). It seems avast! is pretty popular over there as well.

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DataCabbitKSW   06-18-2009 at 12:27:44 AM
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I'm using AVG on one test system and Avira on the other. Both seem to be working fine so far, except for a few issues with the Security Center plugin for AVG at the start. A day later there was an update that fixed it, so it should be fine now. The _Official_ forum for Windows 7 security is located over on Microsoft's Technet social section. It is located here: http://tinyurl.com/llvgd4

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Shadow703793   06-18-2009 at 03:53:48 AM
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+1 for Avira. Don't know why people are still using AVG(Free, which is based off of the same engine as the paid version), it isn't that great any more. I switched to Aviria after it found a few things AVG missed.

AVG actually tried to tell me NetBeans and .NET updates (Java IDE, downloaded from www.netbeans.org and .NET updates via Windows Update) was a virus! lol. It also told me that my host file (Located in: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc) was a virus, which wasn't.

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Best Free Anti-Virus software: There was no contest with the freebie –Antivir was above and beyond its competition. Enough said.


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jhlh317   06-18-2009 at 03:55:24 AM
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One of the antivirus programs being offered is from McAfee which I have been using with no problem. If you are interested you can download it free from there website. It is in the Beta section. Of course all the antivirus I am familiar with at this time is Beta for Windows 7 RC.

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