Free Virus Software
If you can manage it on your pc/laptop do F11 full system restore when your free 60 days of software virus expires. Voila, another 60 days.
( The Scrunt Wants a Dozen Pints, Tue 13 Oct 2009, 7:52, 14 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Or...
use Avast or AVG which are free anyway.
(Wallilay has been bored of this shit since, Tue 13 Oct 2009, 12:49, Reply)

The free ones
slow down everything
( The Scrunt Wants a Dozen Pints, Tue 13 Oct 2009, 17:27, Reply)

Incorrect.
(XmanX captain upsetter hahahahaha, Tue 13 Oct 2009, 21:47, Reply)

Doesn't a system restore
roll-back any driver or software updates you've installed? That sounds spasticated to me.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 14 Oct 2009, 8:58, Reply)

you have this so wrong it hurts

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 16 Oct 2009, 8:58, Reply)

on what planet?
zog?
(Wallilay has been bored of this shit since, Mon 19 Oct 2009, 16:11, Reply)

Or simply caress your computers innards with a magnet.

(TheColonel, Wed 14 Oct 2009, 9:44, Reply)

No, no no. For fuck's sake a thousand times no.
for the reasons already mentioned.

Any AV software you are supposed to pay for will invariably be bloated shite. The free stuff tends to be lightweight and faster than commercial offerings.

I use AVG Free Edition these days. It's a nice all-in-one package for virus and malware protection, it runs happily on my 5-year old XP PC and my 1 year old Vista PC and it's completely free. It also requires no intervention once installed, you just forget it's even there.

www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-anti-virus-software.htm
( chart cat has an itch, Wed 14 Oct 2009, 9:51, Reply)

^^This
a thousand times YES
(Dr Skagra glorious glargzhem, Wed 14 Oct 2009, 12:15, Reply)

Correct sentiments, although NOD32 isn't bloated and would be my pick of purchased antivirus if I felt inclined to pay for such things.

Avast is my personal pick of the free ones. AVG did a silly thing a while back with some webpage scanner thingy that slowed surfing considerably. I think thats sorted now.
(XmanX captain upsetter hahahahaha, Wed 14 Oct 2009, 19:44, Reply)

You can choose not to install the link scanner bit

( idonthaveafunnynickname Drink-Aware? Sure. I'm aware I want another drink., Tue 3 Nov 2009, 2:41, Reply)

As above
AVG all the way....
(Kip, Fri 16 Oct 2009, 17:49, Reply)

or you could
use a mac
(knackerz is skinning up, Mon 26 Oct 2009, 3:31, Reply)

Or torrent it for nowt.

( idonthaveafunnynickname Drink-Aware? Sure. I'm aware I want another drink., Tue 3 Nov 2009, 2:42, Reply)