Tag: ACTIVEVIRUSSHIELD

There are a variety of great, free anti-virus programs out there, including ClamWin, Avast! and AVG Free. For the past year or so, this blog's parent company, AOL has also been offering a free anti-virus program, based on powerful Kaspersky software. For some reason, AOL has decided to stop offering the popular Kaspersky-powered Active Virus Shield, and has instead replaced it with McAfee Virus ...

Looking for a better anti-virus program, but don't feel like shelling out any money? You might want to take a look at Active Virus Shield. Although this freeware bears the AOL moniker, it's basically a rebranded Kapersky Labs product. Active Virus Shield doesn't take up much memory, runs a series of different scans, and can detect spyware as well as viruses. The downside is that up until now it ...