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08-05-2006, 10:01 PM
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Broken In
Join Date: Jun 2005
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Give me a free antivirus with good detection and fast scaning
I need a free antivirus sooftware which has decent detection rate, lite on resources and should offer fast scanning. I am using avast now. I found it real time scanning slow. It really slows down the whole computer.
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08-05-2006, 10:20 PM
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Commander in Chief
Join Date: Jul 2005
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Re: Give me a free antivirus with good detection and fast scaning
Avast slows the comp? WTH... ok neways...
AVG is very light and good (equal to avast in features)
AntiVir is good too...
Quick Heal is nice... you have loads of options, jus dont go for NAV, Kasper or McAfee since they are kind of heavy... and not to mention Win Defender..
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08-05-2006, 10:32 PM
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In Pursuit of "Happyness"
Join Date: May 2005
Location: New Delhi
Posts: 3,432
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Re: Give me a free antivirus with good detection and fast scaning
AVG is the last thing you should put on your PC! Try AntiVir. It has the best detection rates among the free AV's. You wont be dissapointed..
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08-05-2006, 10:35 PM
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Alpha Geek
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Bombay
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Re: Give me a free antivirus with good detection and fast scaning
y? do you say AVG is the last thing. I hv been using it for donkeys years and i am very happy.
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08-05-2006, 10:38 PM
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In Pursuit of "Happyness"
Join Date: May 2005
Location: New Delhi
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Re: Give me a free antivirus with good detection and fast scaning
Lowest detection rates.. check the comparatives link on http://www.av-comparatives.org
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08-05-2006, 10:44 PM
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Right Off the Assembly Line
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Lucknow
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Re: Give me a free antivirus with good detection and fast scaning
As far as free is concerned, AnTi Vir is good... for paid ones , Nod32 is the best...( really fast, small update files, best detection rate ).. it's really worth the money... ( www.eset.com)
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08-05-2006, 10:46 PM
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Alpha Geek
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Middle Earth
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Re: Give me a free antivirus with good detection and fast scaning
using AVG right now. its very light. Avast is very heavy and might slow down the system, specially an old system. Avira Antivir is also a good option.
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08-05-2006, 10:50 PM
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In Pursuit of "Happyness"
Join Date: May 2005
Location: New Delhi
Posts: 3,432
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Re: Give me a free antivirus with good detection and fast scaning
@alekh_khanna: Yeah.. NOD32 is the best of the breed antivirus, along with Kaspersky..
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08-05-2006, 10:54 PM
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In The Zone
Join Date: Mar 2006
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Re: Give me a free antivirus with good detection and fast scaning
avira antivirus, free, fast, effective. best free antivirues recommend by "PCWORLD".using it for long time without any problem.
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08-05-2006, 10:58 PM
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In Pursuit of "Happyness"
Join Date: May 2005
Location: New Delhi
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Re: Give me a free antivirus with good detection and fast scaning
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08-05-2006, 11:24 PM
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Microsoft MVP
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: AskVG.com
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Re: Give me a free antivirus with good detection and fast scaning
I'm using AVG since 2 years approx. and found it the Best antivirus 
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09-05-2006, 02:39 AM
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Your Maker.
Join Date: Jan 2006
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Re: Give me a free antivirus with good detection and fast scaning
IMO, all free ed. Antivirus are pure cr@p. even avast free ed is useless, though the pro one is something gr8.Iwonder how u guys find avast a resource hog..still on P2 or what  .Get a antivirus professional edition...and it should last long with those updates
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09-05-2006, 07:32 AM
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Distinguished Member
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Pune
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Re: Give me a free antivirus with good detection and fast scaning
free antivirus : avast or avg or AntiVir
all good plus (actually) quite light of resources
just check ur avast scan options. change them to 'standard' and 'dont scan inside...' to mahe it faster/lighter...
if u want reeaal light one ... try nod32...
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09-05-2006, 01:53 PM
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Wise Old Owl
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Milky way
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Re: Give me a free antivirus with good detection and fast scaning
I have been using avast for more than a year now.I have only 128 MB ram but never felt that it is slowing down the system, even with all the 7 providers running. Everyone, please try it once again and check your settings................................Yes the startup is slow, I can agree to that, but it is really good.
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09-05-2006, 02:05 PM
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The Researcher
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Mumbai
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Re: Give me a free antivirus with good detection and fast scaning
I have found Norton Anti-virus to be the best for detecting and removing and blocking viruses.
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09-05-2006, 02:30 PM
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Alpha Geek
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Hyderabad
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Re: Give me a free antivirus with good detection and fast scaning
Kaspersky kaspersky kaspersky... Never ever let me down in years and years...... A little ( ilttle I mean) harsh no system resources..but the personal pro version is light.. If light is what u need then i wud recommend you norton corporate verson (362 kb) of memory in task manager.. no real time protection guatenteed though... I wud always say kaspersky
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09-05-2006, 04:03 PM
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Alpha Geek
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Noida/NCR
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Re: Give me a free antivirus with good detection and fast scaning
Try Avast! antivirus and VBA32 av.
But still if you want the best,i would recommend you to go with NOD32.
though,it is not free.
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09-05-2006, 10:33 PM
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Your Maker.
Join Date: Jan 2006
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Re: Give me a free antivirus with good detection and fast scaning
Kaspersky is good at detection but hogs mem just like Mcafee and all
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09-05-2006, 10:56 PM
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Wise Old Owl
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Pune
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Re: Give me a free antivirus with good detection and fast scaning
My only choice AVAST...AVAST...
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09-05-2006, 10:57 PM
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Wise Old Owl
Join Date: Jan 2005
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Re: Give me a free antivirus with good detection and fast scaning
another vote for AVAST. .
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10-05-2006, 01:07 AM
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Human Spambot
Join Date: May 2005
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Re: Give me a free antivirus with good detection and fast scaning
Avast here too the startup is slow tho but its protection is real good
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