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alicefred


Joined: 29 Mar 2010
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Location: California
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Hello friends..
I have not been on this forum for a little while, hope you all are having good time. Is there anyone using ClamWin on Windows 7? I recently purchased a new desktop computer running Windows 7 and want the best free antivirus. Currently I am using ClamWin with Windows XP and impressed with the overall performance. Looking forward to hear from your side before getting into anything.

Thanks..
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GuitarBob


Joined: 09 Jul 2006
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Location: USA
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You should have no problem using ClamWin on Windows 7. I think you will find that. You know that ClamWin is not a "real-time" antivirus--it just scans "on-demand" when you do a manual scan or a scheduled scan. You should have a real-time AV and use ClamWin as a backup if you are on the web a lot.

ClamSentinel is a separate project that adds a real-time scanner to ClamWin, and it can also detect unknown viruses for which ClamWin does not yet have a signature. It is available for free at https://sourceforge.net/projects/clamsentinel/ on the web. Sentinel is easy to use, but you should read the Simple Guide that comes withit before you install it. ClamWin should be installed before you install/use Sentinel.

A couple of other good free AV programs are AntiVir from Avira and Avast from Alwil. AntiVir is probably a slightly better scanner, but Avast has more complete protection.

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