Need a good, cheap/free anti-virus software

[Heddi]

We had Norton on the lappy and upgraded it in October--ugh. The original factory-install version wasn't that....bloated, I suppose. The computer ran fine....after the upgrade, not so. It took FOREVER to start up the lappy and I found that the whole damn thing was just an energy hog.

So I just removed norton and all of its unnecessary associated bloat, and am looking for something good, cheap (possibly free??) to replace it.

I have used for a long time and still use CC Cleaner and it seems like years ago I had a great free anti-virus on the old computer but can't remember what it was....

any ideas?

[MrCoffee]

1. that would be AVG Free

google it. you can thank me later.

[KitchenWitch]

2. I second the AVG Free version.

It is teh awesome.

[Heddi]

3. Thanks! I'm downloading AVG now

I saw it listed on a couple of other sites, and if DU'ers reccomend it, thenI know it's good

Thanks y'all!

hed

[China_cat]

4. AVG is great. So is Avast. (Both free)