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Free Trial antivirus protection
« on: April 04, 2006, 08:45:57 PM »
Does anyone know where a fella like myself can get a free antivirus trial? I am a broke college student and I rely on my computer to get me through school. I can’t risk going another day without protection. I appreciate the help  :D

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    Re: Free Trial antivirus protection
    « Reply #1 on: April 04, 2006, 10:16:17 PM »
     SlowBurner.......LOL ...... Don't they teach you how to use Google in College ?
    If I were you I would sign up for a course in googling ......... LOL .
    In the meantime , go to ...... http://www.majorgeeks.com/download886.html
    and download the free version of AVG ...... It's fully functional ....... once you have it downloaded , get the latest updates.

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    « Last Edit: April 04, 2006, 10:18:10 PM by dl65 »
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    Re: Free Trial antivirus protection
    « Reply #2 on: April 05, 2006, 12:06:05 AM »
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    Does anyone know where a fella like myself can get a free antivirus trial? I am a broke college student and I rely on my computer to get me through school. I can’t risk going another day without protection. I appreciate the help  :D


    Here is another good free AV. Its called Avast.

    http://www.filehippo.com/download_avast_antivirus/
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    Re: Free Trial antivirus protection
    « Reply #3 on: April 05, 2006, 05:54:02 PM »
    If you need to buy better protection sometime, you might be able to get a student discount  ;)

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      Re: Free Trial antivirus protection
      « Reply #4 on: April 05, 2006, 06:17:11 PM »
      I'm guessing that AVG free and Avast also free don't do as much or as well as paid-for scanners. But hey, a pile of bricks is a better defense that nothing. Cash, however, is what takes that pile of bricks and makes a Great Wall of Virus Protection. Which is cool because if you pay enough, you can see your virus scanner from space. :P

      *Note: Anyone who takes my last sentence seriously needs immediate psychiatric help. ;)
      « Last Edit: April 05, 2006, 06:17:42 PM by Timothy_Bennett »
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      Re: Free Trial antivirus protection
      « Reply #5 on: April 05, 2006, 06:36:58 PM »
      AVG is good, but there's something to be said about just buying a program yourself...

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      Re: Free Trial antivirus protection
      « Reply #6 on: April 05, 2006, 07:01:21 PM »
      Just for the sake of asking. Is Avast not at least as good as AVG for both being free?

      Our local computer repair shop recommends Avast highly. I know Avast found 7 viruses in my old Gateway that had Norton on it. I kept Norton updated every week or two the whole time and ran it the same.

      I'm happy with it. I have not had anything get by it that I know of. I have ran some other stuff (Panda, etc) to double check and it shows clean.
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