Free Anti Virus on Google

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This is the first result when searching for "Free Anti Virus" on Google:

 AVG Anti Virus: HOME
The complex anti-virus protection for your computer.

I've heard about AVG (but couldn't recall the name), but the description is quite worrying. I hope that this is a typo and they meant complete. Their home page says: "Tough on viruses, easy on users." So I think that this is indeed a typo.

They have a free version here, and the restrictions on install seems reasonable (personal, non commercial use only) and the restrictions on use don't bother me at all (one scheduled scan per day, one update per day, no advance tuning, can't install on server, can't scan networked drives, etc).

Unfrotantely, I can't install it because it barfed on install:

Installer initialization failed due to following error:
    Undefined error: Access is denied.  (5)

I guess I will have to reboot anyway :-( if only to remove Norton Anti Virus from my computer, it now refuse to uninstall if I won't rebbot.