Best FREE antivirus software?

[iranu]

I'm currently using avg 7.0 and whilst I've had no problems I was wondering whether Avast 4 home edition was any better.

Anyone used AAvast 4.0? What free antivirus do you use?

[DeludedGuy]

I use AVG, it detects 2 java virus everytime i scan, and it cant delete them

[holy god of nil]

First this thread has been done a million and one times, search the forum for free antivirus and you will get loads of threads, some v. in depth.

That aside, i've got avast and i would rate it really highly, i would say its better than AVG but thats a personal thang.

[[GSV]Trig]

I use AVG, it detects 2 java virus everytime i scan, and it cant delete them

Inside zip files by any chance?

[jon bda]

Inside zip files by any chance?

I've been getting that as well, i just delete the files manually. Not sure if they're just updates from Sun though :/...

[muddyfox470]

i found avast to be superb, and easier to use than avg, nicer gui as well!

ian

[DeludedGuy]

i found avast to be superb, and easier to use than avg, nicer gui as well!

ian

But takes almost three times longer to scan, in my case, 2 hours 45 minutes.

[[GSV]Trig]

Aye, I just manually delete the files...

[koocha]

I tried avast but it apparent;y it wasn't compatible with zone alarm. Then I couldn't uninstall them and I had to format.

I use AVG

Speaking of AVG, when I try to update it says there IS and update, but it can't be found on the server. Anyone else having this problem? I've tried manually updating it too but it keeps saying there's no newer update available.

EDIT: Got it sorted now.

[shaithis]

I use Avast (mainly becuase they were one of the first with a 64 bit client) and have been extremly impressed with it so far.

In fact I had SAV9 installed on my system prior to switching to WinXP64, I then installed Avast and copied a load of files around.......Avast found 5 viri that SAV had missed and none of them were false-positives.