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Hey guys, I need some tech support. I'm looking for a good, free, unobtrusive antivirus program. Any recommendations?
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Avast has always been my go-to free antivirus. AVG is too intrusive for my taste.
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*cough* Linux *cough*

If you really insist on using Windows, though, I would recommended Microsoft Security Essentials - yes, I am actually recommending M$ software. It's lightweight, non-intrusive, and effective.
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I hear good things about avast.

And I do not recommend AVG. Yea they might have done some updates by now but I will not forget the tale when AVG popped up the message "A virus has been found:AVG.exe" and proceeded to delete itself and crashed.
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If that's true, that is the funniest thing that I have ever read in my entire life. You don't happen to have a link, do you? I only came across these two results (1 & 2), but neither of them describe what you have.
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MontgomerySeven wrote:*cough* Linux *cough*

If you really insist on using Windows, though, I would recommended Microsoft Security Essentials - yes, I am actually recommending M$ software. It's lightweight, non-intrusive, and effective.
*cough* java exploitation and a lot of root-kits affect unix systems *cough*

Sheesh I have no idea what flu I am getting :?
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Fluke wrote:
MontgomerySeven wrote:*cough* Linux *cough*

If you really insist on using Windows, though, I would recommended Microsoft Security Essentials - yes, I am actually recommending M$ software. It's lightweight, non-intrusive, and effective.
*cough* java exploitation and a lot of root-kits affect unix systems *cough*

Sheesh I have no idea what flu I am getting :?
Yes, but in order to do any real damage, they need root access. That rather limits the potency of the few viruses that actually work on Linux. That's also why it is a very good idea to never use the root account and to use fakeroot when installing from user repositories.

Besides, Linux does not change your keyboard layout in the middle of a senfkjck....
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Thanks for all the input, guys. :)
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I use Avira. Dono how it compares, but it's the one I've always used
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I find it amiss to not post the following, since I use it a lot to evaluate the apps:

http://www.av-comparatives.org/ (my main information site)
www.av-test.org/
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