Good AVG Free Alternative

[Kev]

I had used AVG Free on my computers for years and never had any problems. Unfortunately, they recently changed it to a premium script i.e. you need to get your wallet out!

I'm not a big fan of paying for something when there is a good alternative for free.

So I went on the hunt for a good alternative. And the one most people are recommending is Free Avira.

If you were a AVG Free user like myself then you you should check it out. Just remember to uninstall any other anti virus program before you install this one because anti virus programs always crash.

If you know of a better alternative please let me know

Kevin

[alma111]

A PC engineer said that while AVG had been a very good free anti-virus program, he was now seeing PCs on which AVG was correctly installed, used and updated, but which had, nonetheless, been infected by viruses. He recommended that I switch to Avast! instead.
Jo Lynch

AVG has become popular over the past few years, and virus writers will often try to disable or evade widely used programs. That's why it's a good idea to run secondary checks either online or by using an alternative program from time to time.

Fortunately there are at least three good free programs: AVG, Avast!, and Avira AntiVir. (Comodo is another option, but I have not tried it.) Nowadays, some antivirus programs insist on being the only one installed. If so, turn it off and run Kaspersky's free standalone Virus Removal Tool as a double-check. This is more comprehensive than Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool.