MS Free antivirus now out of beta and available to all...

[frymaster]

...I've been using the closed beta for a while, it's small and fast... doesn't have too many bells and whistles but it does the job and it's free

http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/

[Paranoia]

Just a quick note to say I've been using this since release and couldn't be happier with it.

[Zeus]

Just a quick note to say I've been using this since release and couldn't be happier with it.

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[Fatality]

Interesting, will note this incase I go broke and need something free again, atm I'm using kaspersky, seems to be a nice all round package.

[Zeus]

Well it had to happen - but AVG just failed to stop a Trojan first time on wife PC. It wasn't even aware there was one with a full scan but Vista reported it.

So Installed MS free AV and it stopped it and removed it

Nice one MS 

[Zofo]

maybe I could try this, I am getting tired of avasts constant updates & annoying little messages

[LooseCannon]

* LooseCannon downloads Microsoft Security Essentials

Avast ... annoying little messages

Yes, they're are very annoying.  However, you can turn them all off.

[Zeus]

* LooseCannon downloads Microsoft Security Essentials

Avast ... annoying little messages

Yes, they're are very annoying.  However, you can turn them all off.

Yep its easy to turn them off - install MS AV and uninstall AVG

[Paranoia]

Just a quick note to point that if any one does download this, you must uninstall and remove your previous anti-virus first. You can usually find tools to run to do this. Otherwise you tend to have problems.

[LooseCannon]

Especially Norton/Symantec!  Search for 'Norton Removal Tool', which Symantec themselves provide.