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Old November 3rd, 2008, 10:59 AM
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Default My Free Antivirus-what kind of a stranger is it?

Hi all!


While browsing via Freewarefiles.com I run into this unknown antivirus - My Free Antivirus 2.0.

Never heard of it before. Freewarefiles.com seems to be a clean and respected site, so it is not meant to be a rogue software. Will anybody clarify the matter and tell me and us what this software is in reality?

Thanks all for the future information!
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Old November 3rd, 2008, 11:52 AM
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I have not used it as it has only been out to the public for 5 days.They say they have all these awards, http://smartpctools.com/awards.html and ask for your name and e-mail.Do you feel lucky and want to try it out?If so then let us know what you think about it.I will leave it alone for a while myself.
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Old November 3rd, 2008, 12:15 PM
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Those "awards" are bogus. I read where someone took a text file, changed the extension to .exe, submitted it and won some of those "awards"
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Old November 3rd, 2008, 12:22 PM
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It appears to be a descendant of the VCOM antivirus application; same company with a new GUI styled to resemble the Avira.

Like pugmug, I'll wait before trying this one out.
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Old November 3rd, 2008, 12:24 PM
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Hi all!


While browsing via Freewarefiles.com I run into this unknown antivirus - My Free Antivirus 2.0.

Never heard of it before. Freewarefiles.com seems to be a clean and respected site, so it is not meant to be a rogue software. Will anybody clarify the matter and tell me and us what this software is in reality?

Thanks all for the future information!
I just gave it a try.

It is ok, no rogue software. It will give you 1-2 pubblicity popups the first time you run it, but you have the choice to select "Do not show this window again".

It uses the NictaTech Software engine and database.

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