Walsingham Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 I was just about to buy some new antivirus protection for my PC when I discovered that my bank (who I will not name because frankly they are wankers) are giving away free Kaspersky antivirus if you use online banking with them. I was wondering if any other companies are giving away free antivirus and what they get out of it. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrath of Dagon Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 You can run Kaspersky for free on-line, takes a while though. "Moral indignation is a standard strategy for endowing the idiot with dignity." Marshall McLuhan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadly_Nightshade Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 You can scan yes, but it will not offer live-protection if you use the on-line version. "Geez. It's like we lost some sort of bet and ended up saddled with a bunch of terrible new posters on this forum." -Hurlshot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 How come this doesn't belong in Skeeter's? Anyway a lot of companies give away anti virus for free. Mostly it's ISP:s, but I can see how others would do it as well. What they get out of it? It's a marketing tool. Simple as that. If the OPs question is if there are free antivirus programs as a viable alternative to buying them, then yes, there are. AVG Free comes to mind for instance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 The cable company I use, Comcast, provides free lifetime McAfee's AV just for being a member. Its nice and you can install it on as many PC's as you like. Just log into the site from the PC you want it on and d/l away! "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qt3.14159 Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 The University I work for gives away free symantec anti-virus to anyone who connects to their network (students, faculty, staff, alumni, etc.). I think they're just trying to keep infected computers off the network. Anybody here catch that? All I understood was 'very'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newc0253 Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 I was just about to buy some new antivirus protection for my PC when I discovered that my bank (who I will not name because frankly they are wankers) are giving away free Kaspersky antivirus if you use online banking with them. I was wondering if any other companies are giving away free antivirus and what they get out of it. yeah, i got a year's free anti-virus from my bank too. maybe we have the same bank? send me your account details plus passwords and i'll verify to make sure. dumber than a bag of hammers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walsingham Posted August 9, 2008 Author Share Posted August 9, 2008 I was just about to buy some new antivirus protection for my PC when I discovered that my bank (who I will not name because frankly they are wankers) are giving away free Kaspersky antivirus if you use online banking with them. I was wondering if any other companies are giving away free antivirus and what they get out of it. yeah, i got a year's free anti-virus from my bank too. maybe we have the same bank? send me your account details plus passwords and i'll verify to make sure. I thought I had put this in Skeeters. So this stupid thing isn't live? "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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