>>>>>Maybe I'm a bit slow on this but are AVG now bullying us into buying, rather than FREE. Lately all my updates have failed, I go to their site, there's no free edition offered, a link for free users' updates that goes round in a loop, etc. Any recommendations?
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>>>>Here is a link in Australia that appears to have that which you seek.
>>>>http://www.avg.com.au/index.cfm?section=avg&action=avg_anti_virus_free_edition
>>>>Scroll down a bit to find the download.
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>>>Thanks Grady. It's very similar to the AVG site proper, and an attempt to download free 8 resulted in the same "cannot find ... " message as I get when the daily update starts - that's my point.
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>>Try this one: (just released today)
>>http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/AVG_AntiVirus_Free/1028312263/1
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>So, which one should I install?
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>I got this http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/WinXP/Q_21729266.html
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>Thanks.

I use Avast myself and have never had a problem with it for the 2 years I have been using it.