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What is a good anti-virus you can recommend?

I am having troubles with my avg 8.0 free edition anti-virus. I'm updating it regularly but it keeps on saying that the anti-virus and the anti-spyware datebase is outdated and the files are not found. Please help.

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1. Nod32 or Kaspersky would be the best anti-viruses. They are not free, however, but I think they come with a trial period.
2. Norton Anti virus was always reliable compared to the others ive used
3. I find Nortons to work the best. I have had Trend, AVG and a host of others. To me Nortons is the most reliable and easiest to use.
4. I have Firefox but idk if that is an anti-virus,, its just our internet.but we also have The Shield Deluxe 2008.
5. You just un-install Avg8.0 and then install Spyware Doctor or you install Spyware Terminator which is more better than Avg 8.0 I was also facing the same problem with my Avg but i solved it by installing Spyware terminator. Its really good and you can download it from http://www.spywareterminator.com
6. i find AVG 8.0 is the best and it is free
7. If you have budget for your PC security, go for Kaspersky www.kaspersky.com or Eset www.eset.com Eset is faster and cheaper and more suited to Vista In free segment, you can use AVG www.grisoft.com or Avast www.avast.com
8. norton , xoftspy you have to pay for norton, but there's a trial:) xoftspy you can download on the internet ( www.xoftspy.com ) and you have to pay for it
9. AVG has a place to get free help from other users of AVG. Mine is working OK.
10. I cannot believe that you have received all these answers and no-one ever recommended the second most popular anti-virus in the Wed: Avast. Here's the link: Avast Antivirus http://www.avast.com/
11. Try a online antivirus scanner and a online anti-adware/malware/spyware scanner in safe mode with network to clean up your computer BEFORE you download anything. This because the program you download can get infected. Disable "System Restore" for Windows Me and XP, then restart your PC to clean your system restore points for viruses, spyware, adware etc. Now restart in safe mode. To get in safe mode Press "F8" upon bootup. Select "Safe mode with Networking". Go to Start – Run - type iexplore http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html Enter(ok). Do a full system scan. If something is found, delete it, reboot and do the same again in safe mode with network. When that scan does not find anything you reboot again in safe mode with network. Go to Start – Run – type iexplore http://www.ewido.net/en/ Enter(ok). Do a full system scan. If something is found, delete it, reboot and do the same again in safe mode with network. **NOTE: Do NOT do anything else with your computer when scanning. This because you can start virus/adware/spyware/malware manually. When no one of these scanners are showing anything you can reboot back to normal mode. Turn on "System Restore". Online virus, adware and spyware removal. http://www.precisesecurity.com/antivirus... ------------------ You need to get one antivirus program, one firewall and some spyware/adware/malware removers if you don't have it. I use Norton Internet Security (antivirus, spyware, firewall, add blocker, mail spamfilter, pop up blocker etc) Ad Aware, Spybot and more on my desktop running XP Home SP2 with Firefox and Yahoo Toolbar with pop up blocker. On my laptop i have Ubuntu 7.04. No security needed in Linux, but i use antivirus and firewall. Firefox is standard. I have no virus, spyware, adware, pop ups etc on my computers. Mozilla Firefox and Opera are safer browsers to use then Internet Explorer. http://en-us.www.mozilla.com/en-US/produ... http://www.opera.com/ Here are some free programs. BitDefender Anti-Virus Free. http://www.bitdefender.com/PRODUCT-14-en... Avast Anti-Virus Free. http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.ht... AVG Anti-Virus Free. http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl... Avast Virus Cleaner - free virus removal tool. http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-virus-cle... Firewall Protection. ZoneAlarm Firewall Free. http://www.zonealarm.com/store/content/c... Easy-to-use firewall blocks hackers and other unknown threats. * Systematically identifies hackers and blocks access attempts. Automatically makes your computer invisible to anyone on the Internet. Use ZoneAlarm if you normally use Windows Firewall. Disable Windows Firewall after downloading ZoneAlarm if it's not done automatically. Ad-Aware 2007 Free. http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad_a... Ad-Aware 2007 Free remains the most popular anti-spyware product for computer users around the world, with nearly one million downloads every week. Our free anti-spyware version provides you with advanced protection against spyware that secretly attaches and takes control of your computer, resulting in aggressive advertising pop-ups, sluggish computer activity, even identity theft through stolen bank details, passwords, and credit card account numbers. If you want real-time scanning capabilities, consider upgrading to Ad-Aware 2007 Plus for real-time protection against spyware, all the time. SUPERAntiSpyware Free. http://www.superantispyware.com/ AVG Anti-spyware Free. http://free.grisoft.com/doc/20/lng/us/tp... Spybot - Search & Destroy detects and removes spyware, a relatively new kind of threat not yet covered by common anti-virus applications. spyware silently tracks your surfing behaviour to create a marketing profile for you that is transmitted without your knowledge to the compilers and sold to advertising companies. If you see new toolbars in your Internet Explorer that you haven't intentionally installed, if your browser crashes inexplicably, or if your home page has been "hijacked" (or changed without your knowledge), your computer is most probably infected with spyware. Even if you don't see the symptoms, your computer may be infected, because more and more spyware is emerging. Spybot-S&D is free, so there's no harm giving it a try to see if something has invaded your computer. http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirro... AVG Anti-Rootkit Free. http://free.grisoft.com/doc/39798/lng/us... AVG Anti-Rootkit is a powerful tool with state-of-the-art technology for detection and removal of rootkits. rootkits are used to hide the presence of a malicious object like Trojans or keyloggers on your computer. If a threat uses rootkit technology to hide itself it is very hard to find the malware on your PC. AVG Anti-Rootkit gives you the power to find and delete the rootkit and to uncover the threat the rootkit is hiding. CCleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. But the best part is that it's fast and contains NO spyware or adware. http://www.ccleaner.com/ ClearAllHistory - clears browser history, cache, cookies, clipboard and remove other computer activity tracks. http://www.clearallhistory.com/delete-pa... **NOTE: Only have one antivirus program and one firewall installed on your computer. http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav... Anti-adware/malware/spyware are ok to have more of. Also scan with online scanners sometimes. http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/home.... http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html http://www.ewido.net/en/onlinescan/ http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner http://support.f-secure.com/enu/home/ols... Also run Windows Updata http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ and defragmet you harddisk(s). How To Analyze and Defragment a Disk in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305781 Hope this is helpful. Good luck.
12. AVG 8 free is hopeless at finding viruses and spyware. Uninstall it and use AVAST! 4.8 home edition and i guarantee you will like it much better than AVG. I was a long time user of AVG free but I wanted to lower my ram (AVG is a hog of memory, and I have a fast pc) so I installed AVAST! and it found about 6-7 malware that was on my pc that AVG didnt. I also use ad-aware 2008 which takes care of adware and spyware. (Which avast does also) So please scrap AVG, it will make your system run faster and install avast.