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bluediamond · Dooney & Bourke

PLease recommend your Anti-Virus software...

Bastet · Kate Spade

I use AVG Free, which is as the name says, free.

I really like it, I haven't had any viruses since I started using it over a year ago. The program automatically updates itself daily, which is a nice feature. It also links up with your email program and scans your email as it downloads. (This doesn't apply to webmail programs). You can download it here:
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1

I also have a firewall on my router, so I don't know if that is part of the reason I've been virus free or not, but regardless I really like AVG Free. The company also makes a version you can pay for, but I haven't bought it because the free version works really well.

Elle · Hermes

I use AVG Free and

it, just like Bastet! The only downside I've found with it is that the free version needs to be reinstalled every year I think. But it only takes a few minutes, and, it's FREE!

The firewall I use is ZoneAlarm, which is also free:
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/catalog/products/sku_list_za.jsp?dc=12bms&ctry=US&lang=en

And for spyware I use Spybot:
http://spywarebot.com/?hop=advanced99&p=3&gid=1072645447&oid=&aid=

I've not had a single problem with my computer since I started using these

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I use these types of programs because not only do they work really well because they're smaller companies that can keep up with the ever-changing ways of new viruses/hackers/etc much better than larger mass marketed programs do. Also, being smaller, they aren't a target for a program-specific virus. I had Norton before too, and got hit with a Norton-disabling virus, so the program appeared to be functioning normally, but was in reality totally disabled and letting all kinds of things through. Bastards

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-- Edited by Elle at 12:09, 2007-02-08