Which free AV prog is best?

Big Will wrote:

> kurt wismer wrote:
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>> Big Will wrote:
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>>> Oh, BTW, AVG fails the eircar to detect viruses in eircar test file.
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>> this suggests to me that there's something wrong with your
>> installation of avg...
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> I doubt it, you could try installing it yourself and run the eicar test.
> Sophos picked it up fine (in fact, I had to purge system restore to rid
> myself of the messages, since I left it on my PC too long). If you do
> test AVG, and you get the false positive, then let me know.

i'm not going to fill out all that information on the download page
just to test whether or not avg can detect the eicar file...

what i do know, however, is that at this stage there are few if any
major players who don't detect the eicar file... that is why i say i
suspect there is something wrong with your installation of avg...

in point of fact, this is exactly what the eicar standard test file is
supposed to be used for... perhaps someone else who actually uses avg
can chime in on their own experience with the eicar file (although i
seem to recall mention of it's detection by avg in the past)...

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Dave B3650 wrote:
> AVG is working fine for me......so guess what i'd recommend ?
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> "ClubNinja" <Imaginos RemoveThis @adelphia.net> wrote in message
> news:avmdncwqjeJ36azdRVn-sA@adelphia.com...
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>>I like Avast or AntiVir but AVG messed my computer up
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>>"Francis Marsden" <see.my.sig RemoveThis @ForMyReal.Address> wrote in message
>>news:AgDUb.409252$X%5.150724@pd7tw2no...
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>>>Is there a consensus about which of the following free anti virus
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> programs
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>>>is best? : Antivir, AVG and Avast
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Definately Avast!

Troy