[ale] [OT] good FREE windisease anti-virus software

[krwatson at cc.gatech.edu]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of m-
> aaron-r
> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 21:43
> To: ALE
> Subject: [ale] [OT] good FREE windisease anti-virus software
> 
> 
> Google shows up strong on ClamWin, and AVG shows up
> as a "free" closed source offering, but I'd be happy to be
> educated on the strengths of either as well as any other
> options out there.
> 
> Lili and I thank you in advance for any and all suggestions!
> 
> peace
> aaron

Aaron,

At the risk of being flamed have you considered Microsoft's free solution?

http://www.microsoft.com/Security_Essentials/

And to prevent third degree burns I'll also offer the following:

Avira
http://www.free-av.com/

Avast
http://www.avast.com/index

AVG
http://www.avg.com/us-en/homepage

BitDefender
http://www.bitdefender.com/PRODUCT-14-en--BitDefender-Free-Edition.html

ClamAV
http://www.clamav.net/

MailScanner
http://www.mailscanner.info/

List of antivirus software
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_antivirus_software

Now were did I put my Nomex?
keith

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Keith R. Watson                        Georgia Institute of Technology
Systems Support Specialist IV          College of Computing
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