help please - installing AVG free

[Normal Rob]

the laptop i'm on now is one that I bought for my wife for christmas - as such the free antivirus is about to expire. Rather than buy the fullversion of the pre-installed McAfee (which i believe is shite) i was going to download AVG free. However i'm a bit nervous (not being techy). Can anyone help with the following...

1)Do i need to uninstall McAfee first?
2) is it safe to go onto the web with nothing to find the AVG free download page?
3) is there anything else that i should be aware of?

Thanks.

Rob.

 

[Falkor]

Uninstall McAfee as they will conflict, personally i would go with MSE instead of AVG for a free one.

 

[happypig]

1.Download AVG Installer
2. Remove Mcafee
3. run AVG Intstaller

 

[GoldWithFalmer]

This might be usefull- Free Antivirus Software: Legally protect your PC for free...

Genuine link.

 

[Daffy Duck]

Had AVG Free for ages now and seems fine & it should be ok to just search for it on Google and follow the steps to install.

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

I've been using AGV free for about 6 years on all my household kit [5 laptops and 2 desktops] and can recommend it.
Yes, I believe there can be problems with two AVs running. So ....
What I do is go to AVG Anti-Virus 2012 | AVG UK and "save" rather than "run" the install file [save to eg your desktop]
Then uninstall existing AV
Then execute [double-click] the AGV install file that you saved to your desktop.
Yes, this will go out to the Internet to bring down latest AGV AV libraries etc. but this should be safe since it will only be going to secure AGV site / folders as directed in the Install code.

Hope this helps ....

 

[OzMike]

I have AVG at home but get equally good results at work from the free Avast.

 

[bhaexpress]

McAfee is rubbish, the free version of Avast is supposed to be better than fre AVG and the Microsoft offering is good too.

 

[Manx Shearwater]

Another vote for Avast, its very very good.

 

[jmsc]

Another vote for Avast, much better than AVG!

avast! Free Antivirus - Download Software for Virus Protection

Get rid of McAfee first!

 

[Sausage]

Microsoft Security Essentials is free and works well.

 

[Cypriot-Seagull]

Buy a mac then you don't need any anti virus.
Simples.

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[Landgull]

Both AVG and Avast are good.
As others have said: Download your new AV and save. Then delete your present AV. Then finally install your new AV.
Good luck.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Another vote for Avast, much better than AVG!

avast! Free Antivirus - Download Software for Virus Protection

Get rid of McAfee first!

And another - seems to take less resources that AVG.

 

[Evil Edna]

Microsoft Security Essentials is free and works well.

This if your copy of windows is legit.

 

[dadams2k11]

Im a Laptop/Computer Engineer and I highly recommend using Avast Free Antivirus and Immunet Free. They work very well together.

 

[Stumpy Tim]

Use Trend Micro as I work for them

 

[mwrpoole]

And another - seems to take less resources that AVG.

Another for Avast and I also found that AVG was becoming a bit resource hungry hence the swap.