temporary antivirus solution

[olivertwist]

You have been working with me for a while about my avast problem
& you have been very very helpful.
But since my computer does not have antivirus software,
I am starting to get worried about leaving it without protection for such a long time.
I would like your feedback as to where I can get a temporary antivirus software that I could use until I can get avast up and running.

[ardvark]

Hi olivertwist...

If your looking for free solutions, there is always AntiVir and AVG. Clamwin is also an alternative but it doesn't have a realtime scanner. I would NOT recommend you run them together with Avast as it will cause conflicts.

You can find them here...

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

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1

http://www.clamwin.com/

Best Regards...

[DavidR]

Have you tried the solution offered by Tech in your other thread to completely remove avast and reinstall it ?

Something you could install that shouldn't conflict with avast (when you get it working) is Ewido, it comes with a full 14 unrestricted trial which includes resident protection, whilst it isn't a specialist anti-virus solution it is a good trojan/malware hunter. This should give you some time to resolve the problem with avast. Ewido Security Suite

If not beware of installing another resident AV as that may cause a conflict when you come to reinstall avast.

[olivertwist]

need free antivirus

[DavidR]

All of the above including Ewido are/have a free version. Ewido provides a fully functional 14 free trial after that you lose the resident elements and it is still free.

[Lisandro]

need free antivirus

AVG, ClamWin, Antivir, BitDefender (free if you want just on-demand scanning).