ClamWin (Free and Open Source Anti-Virus)

[anonymouse187]

http://www.clamwin.com/

Download:

http://www.clamwin.com/content/view/18/46/

ClamWin is a Free Antivirus for Microsoft Windows 98/Me/2000/XP and 2003.
ClamWin Free Antivirus comes with an easy installer and open source code. You may download and use it absolutely free of charge. It features:

* High detection rates for viruses and spyware;
* Scanning Scheduler;
* Automatic downloads of regularly updated Virus Database.
* Standalone virus scanner and right-click menu integration to Microsoft Windows Explorer;
* Addin to Microsoft Outlook to remove virus-infected attachments automatically.

The latest version of Clamwin Free Antivirus is 0.88.3.1
Please note that ClamWin Free Antivirus does not include an on-access real-time scanner. You need to manually scan a file in order to detect a virus or spyware.
ClamWin Free Antivirus includes Clam AntiVirus engine and uses the GNU General Public License by the Free Software Foundation and is free (as in freedom) software. To find out more about GNU GPL, please visit the following link: Philosophy of the GNU Project - Free Software Foundation.
ClamWin Free Antivirus uses ClamAV Scanning Engine

[Cha Kay Kiddo]

It Sounds good, But what is wrong with Mcfee or nortin antiVirus?

[anonymouse187]

It's free and mainly its OPEN SOURCE.

[Cha Kay Kiddo]

so Mcfee is free

But ure right, this stuff looks better.

[anonymouse187]

Omg... Open source means you can edit it and learn from their source code... Open source is always better... Im not saying to use this as your default anti-virus...

[Cha Kay Kiddo]

Never was going to.. just saying that it looks interesting

[Mr. Hasselhoff]

norton is shit btw. terrible

[Cha Kay Kiddo]

norton is shit btw. terrible

works fine for me.. even how i dont use it. it only made me have 2000some virueses

[anonymouse187]

Norton = Free anywhere even though it is suppose to cost money, you can renew your subscription by reinstalling the software. And... it lags your computer more than ANYTHING.

[*CCCP*]

And... it lags your computer more than ANYTHING.

Wrong

I have a gig of ram and I don't hesitate to leave it on while playing even BF2....

[anonymouse187]

Wrong

I have a gig of ram and I don't hesitate to leave it on while playing even BF2....

Noobs use Norton.. I am part of the anti-norton act. Not to mention.. I was just at bestbuy and its free there, you can pick it up and pay 40 or 20 bucks I dont remember, and then they give you the rebate..

[Mr. Hasselhoff]

funny thing about norton.. if u reinstall u get anothe year sub lol

[*CCCP*]

Noobs use Norton.. I am part of the anti-norton act. Not to mention.. I was just at bestbuy and its free there, you can pick it up and pay 40 or 20 bucks I dont remember, and then they give you the rebate..

Hmm, Norton firewall is one of the best I've ever used, this is the longest I've ever gone without a virus...

Put that together with random Avast! scans and I've found my computer pretty safe.

The rebate is over.

oh , PS, I have norton "Internet Security" which has some cool features. I recommend it.

[ReapeR-ShEeP]

this program works good for me found acouple of viruses thx for postin it

[ReapeR-ShEeP]

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[Brindled]

i'm gonna try it since it's free. thanks

i use fix it utilitie's third-party plugin antivirus which is made by trend micro. trend micro is the company which guards US battleships at sea, in other words, the battlenet. of course, another software company keeps up the virus patterns called v-com.

i know it seems stupid, fix-it utilities seems like a joke, however the virus engine scans sys memory on startup, and has a real time scanner that won't even let you drag and drop a virus ladened file from your cdrom to hdd.

with that said, it doesn't seem to stop malware from websites so i use ad-watch from adaware to do that. coupled with firefox (w/ ads&scripts blocker plugin*), i rarely ever get a virus unless i install something that i know is gonna probably screw me (game fixes, keygens).


*script blocker -> https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/722/
*adblocker -> https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/10/

also, i've got most services cut off that i don't need running in the background thanks to the tutorial by blackviper**.


**http://www.dead-eye.net/WinXP%20Services.htm

[gungho]

I prefer Avast! free version

http://www.avast.com/

[anonymouse187]

I prefer Avast! free version

http://www.avast.com/

That has been posted... and this is open-source which is why I posted it.