Free, good antivirus program

[bullwinkle]

Hello,

A couple of months ago I asked for a free, good, anti virus program.  Avast was the program suggested.

I downloaded it, but now see that it is only temporarily free. 

Is there a truly free anti virus program that is very good at what it does?

[Avooc]

I would suggest AVG 9.0 free. They have both a free edition with only a few missing features and a full version. It works great and their virus database is updated almost daily. Here is a link to the site.  http://free.avg.com/us-en/download?prd=afg

[Geek-9pm]

I would suggest AVG 9.0 free.

Ditto.

Unexpected renewal costs

Some commercial antivirus software end-user license agreements include a clause that the subscription will be automatically renewed, and the purchaser's credit card automatically billed, at the renewal time without explicit approval. For example, McAfee requires users to unsubscribe at least 60 days before the expiration of the present subscription[16] while BitDefender sends notifications to unsubscribe 30 days before the renewal.[17] Norton Antivirus also renews subscriptions automatically by default.[18]

Open source and free software applications, such as Clam AV, provide both the scanner application and updates free of charge and so there is no subscription to renew.[19]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antivirus_software

There a re a number of free AV programs out there. Just hard to find.

[harry 48]

http://www.avast.com/en-gb/index#tab2

free , free , free

[bullwinkle]

Thank you for your help.  My other machine is currently running BitDefender, but I am less than impressed with their support.

The icon goes dark during the day at odd times and doesn't recover.  They seem to be at a loss.

If avast or AVG provide the same security, why pay for BitDefender?

[SuperDave]

Remember to only install one antivirus!
 
1) Avast! Home Edition
2) AVG Free Edition
3) Avira AntiVir Personal
4) Microsoft Security Essentials for Windows Vista\Windows 7 - 64 bit Download
4-a) Microsoft Security Essentials for Windows XP
5) Comodo Antivirus (Uncheck during installation "Install Comodo SafeSurf..", Make Comodo my default search provider" and "Make Comodo Search my homepage" if you choose this one)
6) PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition

It is strongly recommended that you run only one antivirus program at a time. Having more than one antivirus program active in memory uses additional resources and can result in program conflicts and false virus alerts. If you choose to install more than one antivirus program on your computer, then only one of them should be active in memory at a time.