Does AVG Ant-Virus FREE EDITION get rid of the viruses for you?

Question

or does it just find them for you? i dont wanna spend any more money on virus protection programs.... anyone know other good, free programs?

Answer 1

AVG will detect viruses before they get on your computer and it does find them and quarantine them,but note all anti virus programs isn't 100%,now if you have had viruses or think you might have some go to the link below and download the free 30 day fully functional trial of Trojan Remover,to get rid of the viruses.I have used many,many anti virus programs and haven't found one yet that will work 100%.Avast is a big big resource hog too and it will slow down your computer.That one will not go back on my computer,i will run my computer without a antivirus program if i had to use Avast.AVG is a very very good anti virus program doesnt use alot of resources,i have used it about three years now and not once has it ever gave me a blue screen of death,nor has it ever gave me any problems.Yes i have tried alot of them even Avast,but i always end up removing all of them and going back to AVG.I recommend AVG

Answer 2

You don't need to pay for a virus program. Try Avira, I think it's better than AVG.

You will need to check on the internet to make sure you have an up-to-date antivirus, because they will not notify you if you don't pay for their product.

Answer 3

I've had AVG for about two years and it has never let me down.  I would recommend it.

Answer 4

Yes. Update the anti virus database, then run a full scan.

If any viruses are found, they will be quarantined in the "Virus Vault".

You will be notified at the end of the scan, and asked if you wish to empty the Vault.

Accept, and the Viruses will be deleted form the vault, and your system.

Answer 5

AVG is not good anti virus. I would recommend Avira anti virus. I tried  both of them.  

Answer 6

I have used AVG Anti Virus, Zone Alarm Firewall, Spy-bot Search and Destroy and Ad Aware both spyware killers for years. They are all free for personal use and I have had no trouble with Viruses Trojans Hackers etc. I have just upgraded to AVG free 8.0 and all seems good so far. Zone Alarm allows a lot of personal configuration unlike the Windows Firewall. They can all be downloaded from http://www.download.com/ I also use Windows Defender from the Microsoft site. It is safe to use two anti-spy products but never use more than one A/V as it can cause conflicts. You should run A/V and anti spy weekly. Hope this helps

Answer 7

Yep.  Works well.

Answer 8

I had AVG free for a while and then I got a VIRUS and next thing I know I get the blue screen of death and a message that says I have a unmountable boot volume!!! after many hours of reinstalling software O.S. drivers and everthing else I did about a weeks worth of research and found out that Avast 4.7 home edition is the highest rated free anti-virus software in the WORLD

Answer 9

Examples from Avast and AVG:

http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-compare-h...

http://free.avg.com/ww.download-avg-anti...

Personally I dumped AVG V8 because of it's size, high resource usage and poor detection rates along with less functionality.

Now I use Avast anti-virus better definitions, anti-spyware and anti-rootkit built in, faster and more reliable:

http://www.download.com/Avast-Home-Editi...

Setup Guide:

http://cotojo.wordpress.com/2008/07/15

More free programs that DO work:

Lavasoft AdAware2008:

http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-2008/30...

How to use:

http://cotojo.wordpress.com/2008/06/01

Spybot S&D:

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/downl...

Download, install, update and Immunize, then click 'Check for problems' then when complete select all and then 'Fix Checked'

SpywareBlaster 4.1:

http://www.download.com/SpywareBlaster/3...

SpywareBlaster prevents the installation of ActiveX-based spyware, adware, dialers, browser hijackers, and other potentially unwanted programs

SpywareGuard 2.2:

http://www.download.com/SpywareGuard/300...

real-time protection solution against spyware

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware:

http://www.download.com/Malwarebytes-Ant...

Simply download, install,update and perform Quick Scan.

Spyware Doctor Free Basic Edition, which offers realtime protection:

http://pack.google.com/intl/en/pack_inst...

Its free with Google pack, untick all boxes except Spyware Doctor. Download install, update and run.

KeyScrambler which encrypts everything that you type in including credit card numbers etc.

http://www.download.com/KeyScrambler-Per...

Works on most browsers, email clients and IM programs, and it's free.

How to use:

http://cotojo.wordpress.com/2008/06/06

SnoopFree Privacy Shield which  is not another scanner product.  It's a powerful shield that guards your keyboard, screen and open windows from all  spy software.  The way it works makes it  virtually impossible for any spy program to work on your computer:

http://www.snoopfree.com/default.htm