Hi,
can someone please advise of a good free anti virus program that runs well
with Vista Home Premium. I downloaded the bought version 8.0 and began
having problems with the computer lagging, and generally slow all over, not
thinking it was AVG, I checked every other possible issue that I thought may
be causing it. Eventually it lead to AVG, as things had been good prior to
installation. I completely removed AVG and everything returned to normal,
great! But then I done a further download of the program again, and once
again the problems began.
Is there a good alternative Anti Virus program that is recommended ?
Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
Kind regards

Denise

Denise;735422 Wrote:
Hi,
can someone please advise of a good free anti virus program that runs
well
with Vista Home Premium. I downloaded the bought version 8.0 and began
having problems with the computer lagging, and generally slow all over,
not
thinking it was AVG, I checked every other possible issue that I
thought may
be causing it. Eventually it lead to AVG, as things had been good prior
to
installation. I completely removed AVG and everything returned to
normal,
great! But then I done a further download of the program again, and
once
again the problems began.
Is there a good alternative Anti Virus program that is recommended ?
Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
Kind regards

Denise

Hi Denise.

I'm currently using Avast!, which is free for home use. It does require
registration, but remains free nonetheless for home users.

Get it here - 'avast! antivirus - high security and protection from
malware with anti-spyware and anti-rootkit software built in'
(http://www.avast.com/)

Peter


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You could give the free version of Avast! anti virus a try (www.avast.com)
The user interface is not as 'user' friendly as AVG but the application
itself has many followers.

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"Denise" wrote in message
...
Hi,
can someone please advise of a good free anti virus program that runs well
with Vista Home Premium. I downloaded the bought version 8.0 and began
having problems with the computer lagging, and generally slow all over,
not
thinking it was AVG, I checked every other possible issue that I thought
may
be causing it. Eventually it lead to AVG, as things had been good prior
to
installation. I completely removed AVG and everything returned to normal,
great! But then I done a further download of the program again, and once
again the problems began.
Is there a good alternative Anti Virus program that is recommended ?
Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
Kind regards

Denise

No need to start a new thread

"Denise" wrote in message
...
Hi,
can someone please advise of a good free anti virus program that runs well
with Vista Home Premium. I downloaded the bought version 8.0 and began
having problems with the computer lagging, and generally slow all over,
not
thinking it was AVG, I checked every other possible issue that I thought
may
be causing it. Eventually it lead to AVG, as things had been good prior
to
installation. I completely removed AVG and everything returned to normal,
great! But then I done a further download of the program again, and once
again the problems began.
Is there a good alternative Anti Virus program that is recommended ?
Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
Kind regards

Denise

good thing he started a new thread... I saw this one while I didn't see the
other one

"DL" address@invalid wrote in message
...
No need to start a new thread

"Denise" wrote in message
...
Hi,
can someone please advise of a good free anti virus program that runs
well
with Vista Home Premium. I downloaded the bought version 8.0 and began
having problems with the computer lagging, and generally slow all over,
not
thinking it was AVG, I checked every other possible issue that I thought
may
be causing it. Eventually it lead to AVG, as things had been good prior
to
installation. I completely removed AVG and everything returned to
normal,
great! But then I done a further download of the program again, and once
again the problems began.
Is there a good alternative Anti Virus program that is recommended ?
Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
Kind regards

Denise

"Denise" wrote in message
...
Hi,
can someone please advise of a good free anti virus program that runs well
with Vista Home Premium. I downloaded the bought version 8.0 and began
having problems with the computer lagging, and generally slow all over,
not
thinking it was AVG, I checked every other possible issue that I thought
may
be causing it. Eventually it lead to AVG, as things had been good prior
to
installation. I completely removed AVG and everything returned to normal,
great! But then I done a further download of the program again, and once
again the problems began.
Is there a good alternative Anti Virus program that is recommended ?
Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
Kind regards

Denise

I use AVG Free 8, it's not a problem. Apparently the paid version of AVG8
does have an SP1 incompatibility that is being fixed. If you contact
their support you may be able to get a pre-release version


HTH
-pk

Avast.
--
"I first diagnosed symptomless coma
three years ago, and since then the number
of cases has been steadily increasing."

I do not know about Vista but Avast Home Edition works great with all of
the other versions of Windows.

Denise wrote:
Hi,
can someone please advise of a good free anti virus program that runs
well
with Vista Home Premium. I downloaded the bought version 8.0 and began
having problems with the computer lagging, and generally slow all
over, not
thinking it was AVG, I checked every other possible issue that I
thought may
be causing it. Eventually it lead to AVG, as things had been good
prior to
installation. I completely removed AVG and everything returned to
normal,
great! But then I done a further download of the program again, and once
again the problems began.
Is there a good alternative Anti Virus program that is recommended ?
Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
Kind regards

Denise

Patrick Keenan wrote:
"Denise" wrote in message
...
Hi,
can someone please advise of a good free anti virus program that runs
well
with Vista Home Premium. I downloaded the bought version 8.0 and began
having problems with the computer lagging, and generally slow all
over, not
thinking it was AVG, I checked every other possible issue that I
thought may
be causing it. Eventually it lead to AVG, as things had been good
prior to
installation. I completely removed AVG and everything returned to
normal,
great! But then I done a further download of the program again, and
once
again the problems began.
Is there a good alternative Anti Virus program that is recommended ?
Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
Kind regards

Denise

I use AVG Free 8, it's not a problem. Apparently the paid version of
AVG8 does have an

SP1 incompatibility
This is the kind of things you have with Windows.
that is being fixed. If you contact their support you may be able
to get a pre-release version


HTH
-pk

Denise wrote:
Hi,
can someone please advise of a good free anti virus program that runs well
with Vista Home Premium. I downloaded the bought version 8.0 and began
having problems with the computer lagging, and generally slow all over, not
thinking it was AVG, I checked every other possible issue that I thought
may
be causing it. Eventually it lead to AVG, as things had been good prior to
installation. I completely removed AVG and everything returned to normal,
great! But then I done a further download of the program again, and once
again the problems began.
Is there a good alternative Anti Virus program that is recommended ?
Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
Kind regards

Denise


The best if you want to pay: Kaspersky. If you don't want to pay, Avast
Home Edition. That said, having a hard firewall enabled in your router
will also help along with safe hex.

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