AVG Free for a PC without Internet

[fayanora]

I have two computers, my laptop and my home PC. I used to have Norton, but I can't afford the renewals for it. I've already switched my laptop to AVG Free 2012 while at a friend's house, but it requires an Internet connection to install, I don't have Internet at home, and so I can't install it on my home PC (Windows 7, desktop). I was hoping there

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[erikdravn]

Avast antivirus allows you to download the install file as well as the update file. You won't be getting the real time updates, but then again, if your computer in not connected to the internet, you can probably get away without having the absolute latest updates. It would be considered a very low risk environment.

Program file:
http://www.avast.com/en-us/free-antivirus-download
Update files:
http://www.avast.com/en-us/download-update

Hope this helps! Good luck!

[fayanora]

Thanks! I'll try that! :-)

[erikdravn]

Avast antivirus allows you to download the install file as well as the update file. You won't be getting the real time updates, but then again, if your computer in not connected to the internet, you can probably get away without having the absolute latest updates. It would be considered a very low risk environment.

(I link to the program and update files here in my original comment, but I was marked as spam. Sorry. The updates are linked on their support page... lower right hand side. Kinda hard to find but they are there)

Hope this helps! Good luck!

[wanted_a_pony]

Thanks for this info! (Your original comment with links did post, BTW.)

[crystalpyramid]

I can't help asking - where are you expecting a computer that's not connected to the internet to pick up viruses?

[alyshoney]

External media such as flash drives might have had contact with infected machines. People with Macs and linux machines might never know because their architecture is not affected by Windows viruses that have gotten onto their USB sticks, but those sticks can still infect Windows machines. Also, protections and "fixes" vary; sometimes they only cancel the primary ill-effects but still leave the machine able to infect transferable media. I was just reading about that a few days ago; if I relocate the article I'll come back and add the link.

[fayanora]

My home computer connects regularly to my laptop via a wireless router in a LAN/Intranet setup. I also loan my 2 TB drive to a friend when I visit her, so she can back up some files on it, and when I get home the 2 TB drive plugs into my desktop computer. So there's two possible places for infections to get through. I trust AVG on my laptop, and F-Prot on my friend's system, but you can't be too careful.

That, and I already had Norton on it from when I had Internet, but it had timed out and was constantly bugging me. So I had to uninstall it.