Much like Open Office, we use Avast! Antivirus because it is free and works very well. Many antivirus programs are targeted for commercial use. Most of these programs also offer a free home edition for download and registration. This program is a good example. I like Avast! because it has both virus and spyware protection. Avast! is always running in the background as well. This feature prevents users from having to manually scan each time the computer is started or have scheduled scans. In the past, I always wondered whether I needed to run a scan or worried that I was missing something. I have had this program on our computer for over a year and it has prevented a number of viruses and spyware from infecting our PC. Why pay for antivirus when such a good program is free?
Download Avast! Antivirus Home Edition for free at:
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
Tags: Avast!, Free Software
We are Dave Ramseyites like yourself and I want you to know that I really appreciate your blog. My husband and I are IT nerds and we use AVG Free on our home computer for virus protection. I like your suggestion as well. Just thought I’d mention another one for your readers.
Thanks again!
Sharon, glad to hear there are others out there like us. Thank you for the anti-virus suggestion, it’s great!