What is the Best AntiVirus?
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Posted 12 April 2005 - 08:27 PM
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Posted 12 April 2005 - 08:32 PM
#3
Posted 12 April 2005 - 08:34 PM
#4
Posted 12 April 2005 - 08:35 PM
I use Mcaffe
DO NOT get free antiviruses, they kill your comps
#5
Posted 12 April 2005 - 08:36 PM
try AVG from grisoft I think
its pretty good for a free anti virus
but the best would be Kaspersky <3
#7
Posted 12 April 2005 - 08:37 PM
#8
Posted 12 April 2005 - 08:42 PM
ewww McAfee?
try AVG from grisoft I think
its pretty good for a free anti virus
but the best would be Kaspersky <3
Ewwww AVG and Kaspersky
1. AVG is nothing
2. Ewww Kaspersky
don't even need an antivirus (Linux), so shows how much I know.
LUCKY!!!
Free antiviruses give you viruses xD
YOU ARE SO RIGHT!!! They eat up al lyour space to AND it takes like 30 mins for your computer to load at startup
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Posted 12 April 2005 - 08:48 PM
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Posted 12 April 2005 - 09:15 PM
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Posted 12 April 2005 - 11:24 PM
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Posted 12 April 2005 - 11:50 PM
#13
Posted 13 April 2005 - 12:05 AM
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Posted 13 April 2005 - 12:11 AM
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Posted 13 April 2005 - 12:26 AM
#16
Posted 13 April 2005 - 03:00 AM
so I'd go with mcafee + some good antispyware program
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Posted 13 April 2005 - 03:09 AM
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Posted 13 April 2005 - 03:13 AM
#19
Posted 13 April 2005 - 03:16 AM
#20
Posted 13 April 2005 - 03:58 AM
none of them are perfect and all have things that they are stronger in and areas that they are weak in.
The most I'mportant thing is whichever one you use, update it regurely - daily if they allow
Norton is always resource hungry and changes some core settings in your PC that can cause issues with some programs - not worth the money I'mO - people like it because they sell it as a "complete solution"
Kaspersky is good, not always the first patches released to market, quite resource hungry, but worth the money
Sophos, a good one ai'med at the business market
McAffee have some good configurations (they do a low resource option) but the active-scan is slow and can cause problems with some applications
AVG - the best of the free AV's out there, good regular updates, not as quick to market with the updates on the free version as Sophos, but you get what you pay for LOL
A-squared, a good free malware scanner that can be used in conjunction with all the above as a backup - free version has manual update option only, still I recommend it's used as a second scanner - especially if you're using AVG
ad-aware & Spybot S&D - just put them on, they are a requirement LOL
then there are the online scanners - there's loads of them, trend is the last one I've used, seemed ok, worth doing if you suspect you've got a virus and you don't want to install an AV
I still recommend AVG, A-squared, Ad-aware, and Spybot S&D - for people who don't want to spend any money (and on one of my systems)
#21
Posted 13 April 2005 - 04:34 AM
with ad-aware and spybot S&D
but in my opinion.. the best is that... just don't dl stuff from unreliable sources
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Posted 13 April 2005 - 04:51 AM
#23
Posted 13 April 2005 - 05:40 AM
Norton is always resource hungry and changes some core settings in your PC that can cause issues with some programs - not worth the money I'mO - people like it because they sell it as a "complete solution"
My father works for symantec, a company which majorly helped with that AV..He actually did some work on it, It changes, maybe 2 settings to do with the computer. One is a hosts file thing and he wont tell me what the other is. I use symantec GHOST (google it) and it works like a charm. I got a prototype copy to test out, it really really rules.
I have to agree with you on the price, it is a bit overpriced for what they offer.
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Posted 13 April 2005 - 05:48 AM
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Posted 13 April 2005 - 06:09 AM
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