November 19, 2003

Computer Assocs Offers Free Anti-Virus for Windows

BizReport has posted an article in which they state that Computer Associates will supply a subscription to its eTrust EZ Armor software, a consumer version of its business-class anti-virus and computer firewall software, at no charge to Windows users for one year.

This is great news. It is hard to find an up to date and FREE anti-virus product for home users, so this should be well received. The only other free AV product that works on XP that I found was AVG from Grisoft. All the others are trailware and expire way to fast for most home users.

I applaud CA for their move to protect home users in this way. Now lets just hope people install it.

Posted by SilverStr at November 19, 2003 07:12 AM | TrackBack
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I found a free Antivirus program from a company called Alwil out of the Czech Republic. It is also free for personal use and has no networking restrictions like AVG. It is a feature rich program and they issue regular updates for the program and the virus defs. It doesn't come with a firewall but is still worth checking out. Here is the URL http://www.avast.com/i_idt_153.html

Also here is the page for the free AV and firewall from CA

http://www.my-etrust.com/microsoft/

Posted by: Bear at November 19, 2003 10:06 AM

I'd just like to add that AVG, while it might be free, is in use by several school districts around the province as their desktop anti-virus solution. Don't let the price fool you, it's just as good as any of the major players (Norton, Symantec, etc.) and doesn't have any of the grunge that clogs up your system.

Posted by: Ian at November 23, 2003 10:08 PM