Reliable, Free Anti-Virus Software? 586
oahazmatt writes "Some time ago my wife was having severe issues on her laptop. (A Dell Inspiron, if that helps.) I eventually found the cause to be McAfee, which took about an hour to remove fully. I installed AVG on her system to replace McAfee, but we have since found that AVG is causing problems with her laptop's connection to our wireless network. She's not thrilled about a wired connection as the router is on the other end of the house. We're looking for some good, open-source or free personal editions of anti-virus software. So, who on Slashdot trusts what?" When school required a Windows laptop, I used Clam AV, and the machine seemed to do as well as most classmates'. What have you found that works?
Re:You could use (Score:4, Funny)
Linux. Someone had to say it.
Yeah. Frankly though, all I'm thinking about at the moment (this being Saturday night and all) as that free Linux beer you guys are always talking about. How does it stack up against the other imports?
Re:Easy (Score:4, Funny)
Wow, I just tried it and not only did it get rid of my virus problem, but it made my computer run faster and more reliably.
Thanks again, anonymous coward!
Re:PEBKAC (Score:3, Funny)
Re:For perverse definitions of Easy (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Mod Parent & grandparent way down (Score:1, Funny)
Too bad he obviously never tried Ubuntu.
Re:Mod Parent Up (Score:1, Funny)
Parent post is funny, insightful, interesting, informative and underrated
Well, it looks like you should almost certainly marry it. Congrats.
Re:You could use (Score:3, Funny)
> I have used both on many customers machines and they work quite well.
Isn't that bad for business though?
Re:For perverse definitions of Easy (Score:1, Funny)
And your point was ?? apart from ignoring for now
Decompile (Score:4, Funny)
Re:No Easy (Score:3, Funny)
Except the person posing the original question stated he had to stick to Windows.
Hence, the original, first post, is bullshit. Hence the reason he (probably) posted as anonymous.
--Toll_Free
Re:You could use (Score:2, Funny)
Re:For perverse definitions of Easy (Score:3, Funny)
You could just charge for windows support but give free linux support and see what they choose.
drew
Re:No Easy (Score:4, Funny)
Thank you for the sexual objectification of one of the parties as "that woman".
Re:Easy (Score:3, Funny)
Re:For perverse definitions of Easy (Score:1, Funny)
You could just charge for windows support but give free linux support and see what they choose.
They will choose another person to solve their windows problem.
Re:Easy (Score:4, Funny)
Yeah, once I figured out the voices were OUTSIDE my head, I turned them off. There's also an option to not bother with popups while running anything DirectX. Avast is not annoying now.
Re:You could use (Score:3, Funny)
"I have used both on many customers machines"
I read as I have used on both customers and machines"
Which lead me to think, wow, Anti-virus for users, now THATS a good idea!
A small brain will suffice, said the mouse....
Re:No Easy (Score:4, Funny)