[geeks] Is there still a free anti-virus package for WinXP?

[James Fogg]

> > Yes, AVG is free, and I had to upgrade to V8.0, which is much
> > nicer. It
> > even has hooks into Outlook/Outlook express, FireFox, IE and
probably
> > other things that I don't use. Its FireFox web filter is incredibly
> > good, it saved me from a few malicious sites.
>
> As it turns out, I misread the announcements from AVG; they seemed to
> indicate that the free version of 8.0 would have substantially fewer
> capabilities than 7.5, but now I see that this isn't the case.
>
> I've updated, and all is well.
>
> Thanks, everyone.

That's correct, the free version 8.0 has *more* features, but not as
many features as the paid version, which is getting as fancy as things
like Norton AV.