[Eug-lug] AVG virus protection software

[Patrick R. Wade]

Quentin Hartman wrote:
> On 12/5/06, Brian Gallagher <baggab at pacinfo.com> wrote:
> 
>> It looks like AVG will not be free any more after January 15th.  Now I
>> am looking for suggestions for a replacement.
> 
> 
> I use WinClam, which is an implementation of ClamAV for Windows all
> the time. It works quite well. The only feature it's really missing is
> the "real-time" scanning of files when they are accessed.
> 
> At the very least I've found it to be a useful second line of defense
> as it can (and has) catch things other scanners miss.
> 
> http://www.clamwin.com/

IIRC there is an open-source antispyware tool for windows that can be 
work together with clamwin to do real-time scanning.

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