I've been using F-Secure and it seems to work seamlessly with all my software including Eudora. Not free, but outpost.com (Fry's) sometimes has it with a rebate offer.

I'm trying Kaspersky now after one more time of a virus getting the better of Symantec/Norton antivirus. We use the corporate edition which is MUCH better about being unobtrusive. I hate the consumer version with a passion... so if you like Norton, see if you can get a copy of Corporate antivirus somehow. Same scanning engine, much less BS.

As for Kaspersky, the jury is still out... thus far it's been a bit of a resource hog but has a TON of configurable options that address issues Norton hadn't even thought of (I.E. stop scanning if system activity is above a certain percentage). Also, Kaspersky advised that it couldn't scan certain password protected files. SAV never mentions this!! You don't know unless you go to their support page and check.

I got that message and did upgrade. I believe that it's the version you are using will no longer be free or working in the future. But from what I could see, version 7.5 is still free.

Here is the link to upgrade to 7.5 (free)
http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/

true, they never really put hte FREE one on the same page, it is a bit confusing

Thank you. Sorry for the false alarm. My bad.

The wording on the screen really made it sound like there would be no more free version.

Kaspersky is gone. I couldn't take it anymore. Seems like any event whatsoever set off a full scan and I couldn't turn it off no matter what without disabling realtime protection!!! It was a huge drain. On a VERY fast machine, it brought it to a crawl. Back to the drawingboard.

I've got a T43 inbound, so I am currently testing various antivirus options. Kaspersky has been good so far, doesn't seem to slow down my current T40 excessively. That said, later today I will be installing NOD32 as a direct comparison.

Interestingly, NOD32 costs A$66 whilst Kaspersky costs A$55 here in Australia.

AVG free made me forget about Norton quickly.

I am very happy with Trend's product.

You're the 2nd person I've heard from that thought that AVG Free was going to bite the dust. I'd be interested in seeing the exact wording.

As you gathered, Free v7.1 is being phased out and replaced by Free v7.5, which also supports Vista. Free v7.1 does not support Vista. Vista is being released to some corporate customers in November and to retail customers in January, from what I've read.

I have AVG Professional (the paid version, pretty much the same as AVG free, but more controls which I wanted to use to stop the full daily scan from running), and it updated itself to v7.5 automatically. Part of what you pay for includes free upgrades during the license period.

So, I gather that the free version does not include the auto-update feature to Free AVG 7.5 and you have to download it manually? And I wouldn't be surprised if they are trying to steer free customers to the paid version. Anyway, hard to say without seeing the exact wording and where it took you if you had clicked on that link. But I do know that you are not the only one that's been confused by that announcement.

-David

I havent read through this entire thread. I got fed up with Norton a few years back. It consumed too many resources and slowed my computer down and was always causing some sort of problem. I have been using Eset's NOD32 and have been very happy with it. It scores extremely high on industry tests especially the "in the wild" virus detection. Its not quite as "plug and play" as Norton or Macaffee, but it isnt difficult to set up.

exactly the case. I did upgrade to 7.5 free and it was flawless. I also downloaded their free spyware 7.5, which replaces Ewido, seems to work fine---hopefully keeping away the "TIGERS"

I'd second this too.

I've put ClamWin http://www.clamwin.com/ on a couple of PCs we have in the office at work. One is an old Dell we keep around for stupid stuff, and it had an ancient Norton on it that I couldn't update and I did a clean wipe and started over. The other is a new HP laptop that's being used by someone who recently started working out of our office. (The other stuff in there is all Mac.) I remember looking up several other free offerings, and they all stipulate personal use only. ClamWin is a usable Windows port with GUI for the open-source ClamAV. http://www.clamav.net/

Typing this on a MacBook Pro. Unfortunately, OS X don't do it all and MBP or not, XP still needs a virii diaper.