Best Free Anti-Virus Solution

"n o s p a m p l e a s e" <trash RemoveThis @mailshell.com> wrote in message
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> What is the best but free antivirus solution for a desktop having low
> resources?

Look for the free "Security Update CD-ROM" on microsoft.com . It is
actually 2 CDs, the second being eTrust EZ Antivirus. That's a great
program if you have only one machine.

jbrock RemoveThis @panix.com (John Brock) wrote in
news:c5mbqf$e5c$1@panix2.panix.com:

> Still, if AVG6 is much lighter than Avast! it
> might be more appropriate here.

Avast uses a lot of memory - here's a comparison I made recently:
[figures reported by Windows Task Manager in Windows XP SP1]

Avast!
Image Name Mem Usage
ashServ.exe 17,096K
aswUpdSv.exe 236K
ashMailSv.exe 1,052K
ashDisp.exe 6,816K
pctspk.exe 2,484K
Total 27,684K

AVG6
Image Name Mem Usage
avgcc32.exe 1,280K
avgserv.exe 140K
Total 1,420K


The two things that bothered me
> in reading about AVG6 were 1) updates don't seem to be working
> right recently...

Manually downloaded updates remained available throughout. AVG6
automatic updates have been working OK for the last week or so.

> ...and 2) it detects viruses but doesn't disinfect.

The AVG6 resident checker only detects, you need to run the
on-demand scanner to disinfect.

"Euclid" <Euclid.RemoveThis@mmiv.nu> wrote in message
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>
> "Jan Il" <abuse.RemoveThis@localhost.com> wrote in message
> news:SOqfc.3091$Yf6.1159@fed1read07...
>
> "n o s p a m p l e a s e" <trash.RemoveThis@mailshell.com> wrote in message
> news:c5l7f0$2tisd$1@ID-115031.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > What is the best but free antivirus solution for a desktop having low
> > resources?
>
> I used to use ZoneAlarm but the last version caused a lot of unwanted
popup
> queries (what do you want to do?) which I could never get rid of. It had
to
> do with Generic Host Process on Windows XP, among other processes. Did
they
> ever fix that?
>
>
There's nothing to fix - it's designed to work like that. Zone Alarm is a
firewall that monitors both inbound and outbound traffic. If it detects an
inbound attack it will pop up an alert box telling you it's stopped an
intruder. If it detects a program or process that is trying to gain access
to the internet, it tells you about it and you then have to decide whether
or not to let it through.

Generic Host Process for Win32 Services is a part of Windows and has
legitimate needs to access the internet, so in that instance you would tell
ZA to let it access the internet and to remember your choice so that it
doesn't have to keep asking you. Lots of other processes and programs will
also ask and if you don't know exactly what you're doing, it's very easy to
make the wrong choice sometimes.

Mogweed.

In news:SOqfc.3091$Yf6.1159@fed1read07,
Jan Il <abuse.RemoveThis@localhost.com> typed:
> I use both......have for over a year and never had a virus on my
> system.
>
> Oh yes..it's a good idea to have a good on-demand back up AV as well.
> I use F-Prot.

I didn't follow it. How can I use F-Prot along with AVG to protect the
computer. I shall appreciate receiving your input or please suggest me a
url that illustrates it.


Thanx

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nsp

In news:pLvfc.42518$wP1.194907@attbi_s54,
William W. Plummer <William.PlummerXNOSPAMX RemoveThis @alum.mit.edu> typed:
> "n o s p a m p l e a s e" <trash RemoveThis @mailshell.com> wrote in message
> news:c5l7f0$2tisd$1@ID-115031.news.uni-berlin.de...
>> What is the best but free antivirus solution for a desktop having low
>> resources?
>
> Look for the free "Security Update CD-ROM" on microsoft.com . It is
> actually 2 CDs, the second being eTrust EZ Antivirus. That's a great
> program if you have only one machine.

Is it possible to download?

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"n o s p a m p l e a s e" <trash RemoveThis @mailshell.com> wrote in message
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> In news:pLvfc.42518$wP1.194907@attbi_s54,
> William W. Plummer <William.PlummerXNOSPAMX RemoveThis @alum.mit.edu> typed:
> > "n o s p a m p l e a s e" <trash RemoveThis @mailshell.com> wrote in message
> > news:c5l7f0$2tisd$1@ID-115031.news.uni-berlin.de...
> >> What is the best but free antivirus solution for a desktop having low
> >> resources?
> >
> > Look for the free "Security Update CD-ROM" on microsoft.com . It is
> > actually 2 CDs, the second being eTrust EZ Antivirus. That's a great
> > program if you have only one machine.
>
> Is it possible to download?

Check with Microsoft.