Filed under: Security, Windows, Freeware
Free Active Virus Shield is now Vista compatible
by Brad Linder Jun 12th 2007 at 3:00PM
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 was Windows XP only. Install it on a computer running Windows Vista and you'll be greeted with a BSOD, which could cause you to waste about two hours of your day using system restore and trying to uninstall/reinstall your previous anti-virus software. Not that we speak from experience.
And that's why we're not linking to the official download site right now. Because while AOL has released a new version that runs like a dream. But it's not available on the official download site. But Neowin and Softpedia seem to have the updated version. You'll also need to sign up for a free activation code. But we recommend doing that after you download the file (which should be AVS_v25.exe, not AVS.exe), just to make sure you don't accidentally download the wrong file from AOL. Of course, if you're running Windows XP, download any version you like.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jarrett Kaufman said 12:11PM on 6-13-2007
Anyone mind filling me in on if this is really worth the price (the price being that it comes from AOL) versus other free anti-virus programs? My mother's Windows OneCare Live subscription ran out, and I was going to just install Avast!, but I always hear such good things about Kaspersky...
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leith said 8:25PM on 6-13-2007
That's funny - I just went to install it on a friend's vista box, and I was surprised to see no vista version on their site! Thanks for the other link.
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Dragod said 10:35PM on 6-15-2007
Well, wait. I have Kaspersky 6.0.2.614. That's compatible with Vista, correct? If it isn't I'll be kinda mad... though I did get a deal on it.
It seems to work, but maybe not as well as it could? It works amazing now, it'd be cool for it to work even better.
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C Yuce Kayabek said 1:35PM on 6-27-2007
activation code? what is it mean?
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JEfromCanada said 10:04PM on 7-03-2007
I downloaded the AVS_V25.exe file, then decided to scan it before installing. I went to jotti.org and two of the scanners on that site (including KASPERSKY!!!) identified this file as containing a password stealing trojan!
Can someone verify that this file is indeed safe to install?
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JEfromCanada said 10:04PM on 7-03-2007
My previous comment is incorrect. I misinterpreted the result screen, and regardless, did not notice there is a 10MB filesize limit on Jotti (the file I sent was 18MB, so the result I saw could not have been for that file!).
I apologize for the chicken little response!
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hajar said 7:35AM on 7-21-2007
no comment, i still want to try using it.
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jodeewarat said 8:59AM on 8-03-2007
download free antivirus
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zanzi52 said 7:58AM on 8-08-2007
download
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surya said 7:29AM on 8-09-2007
I want to get this product by my email.
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sunhm said 8:46PM on 9-28-2007
i like Active Virus Shield
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Serhat said 4:51PM on 8-24-2007
active cod v_25
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Serhat said 4:54PM on 8-24-2007
Active Virus Shield active cod
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faty said 5:32PM on 8-25-2007
i need a help. i have the McAfee installed and near it i have a shield that keeps changing from blue (with a question mark) to red (with a cross). there is always a system alarm coming, and i dont know what is this and how can i solve this problem.
need your help
ty
faty
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Paul Rule said 10:34AM on 9-02-2007
Afraid Active Virus Shield is no more. AOL have ditched it. Nice of them to fail to tell us.
Back on AVG now.
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leo said 7:46AM on 9-14-2007
Can everybody tell me how to download AVS_v25.I have no screen name.The website does't let me register & always says that it encounter the errors.
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Me said 11:41AM on 9-06-2007
Just keep AVS, don’t use McAfee, it’s bloated and detects less viruses and spyware.
All you have to do is delete the first 2 lines in “C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\AVP6\Data\aol-updcfg.xml” :
and update works again!
After that, install the latest version (with more options like trusted zone!, you don't have to uninstall, the update works seamless) from
http://download.nullsoft.com/avs/AVS_v25.exe
or from Softpedia, if you don't trust the link.
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joopbraak said 11:36AM on 9-06-2007
http://www.glazman.org/weblog/dotclear/index.php?2007/09/04/3781-kaspersky-by-aol-discontinuied
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s hussain said 7:52AM on 9-09-2007
hi
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