I need some good free anti virus software, anyone know of any?

[Joe the Liberal]

Well my McAfee subscription expired and I'd rather not pay for another one so does anyone know of any good free anti virus that is on par with McAfee?

[Berserker]

1. Here are two

free anti virus programs that are great.
Avast
http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html
AVG
http://free.avg.com/

[RC]

3. After whatever anti virus you chose is loaded and updated,

run a full scan in Safe Mode. All hard drives.

BTY I use Avast, AVG and UBUNTU. I figure at least one computer should get me to the Internet for help.

[yy4me]

7. Should you always run a scan in safe mode? I have done it a

few times (trying to troubleshoot something) but I usually just update and then run. Does the safe mode allow the business end of AVG get deeper into the innards of this gizmo?

Thanks

[progressoid]

2. I run malwarebytes too.

It helped get rid of a pesky problem a few months ago that AVG missed. Now I run it every week or two just to be sure.

http://www.malwarebytes.org/

[The Night Owl]

5. The free version of Malwarebytes does not offer active protection.

That said, the scanner is really good.

[The Night Owl]

4. I've been using Avira anti-virus and like it a lot... active protection and scanner. {EOM}

[Why Syzygy]

6. I'm pleased since switching from AVG to Avira also.

AVG was getting too heavy and buggy. I like 'em lite.