View Poll Results: What anti-virus software do you use?
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Norton
36 30.51% -
Zone Alarm
6 5.08% -
AVG
54 45.76% -
McAffee
18 15.25% -
PCcillin
4 3.39%
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Thread: Anti virus software
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21-01-2008, 07:02 PM #51
Re: Anti virus software
It sounds like good AV softwaqre for you if you are the only user of the PC,
In my situation many house hold members use my PC and will not know how to manually run the AV manually or will be to lazy.
I think for PC's that are used by other users need auto protection, especially in my application and situation, otherwise i may be doing system the dreaded system recoveries every 3 months.
Regards A-Z
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02-04-2008, 04:40 PM #52
Re: Anti virus software
NOD 32 for me, tried a few and they seem to slow the system down, this one you install, set it up for scanning and forget about it
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12-04-2008, 10:39 PM #53
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16-04-2008, 05:08 AM #54
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17-04-2008, 10:07 AM #55
Re: Anti virus software
Avast Home Edition Its Free And Updates Every Day
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06-05-2008, 03:26 PM #56
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.0 now available for download.
You can use this edition to protect your computer from virus.Many people have downloaded this free edition version
here is link free.grisoft.com/ww.download?prd=afeLast edited by chillin out; 15-05-2008 at 12:04 AM.
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05-07-2008, 06:18 PM #57
Re: Anti virus software
Though at home I have Window Live OneCare I think the best one is NOD32 from www.eset.com.
Norton crashed my computer several times and McAfee is slow besides don't detect viruses in .dbx (Outlook Express) files and this is anoying. It does detect them if you try to open an email with the virus but not if you scan the files.
Haven't tried the rest.
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12-07-2008, 09:19 AM #58
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I know this is an old thread but I read through it and just wondered how many of you have tested your firewall. If you haven't you could try this.
grc.com
I haven't made 15 posts so it won't let me insert a hyperlink
Click on shields up and choose the various options to see how hidden you really are when online.
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16-07-2008, 08:14 PM #59
Re: Anti virus software
avg free edition with comodo firewall (also free)
excellent combo
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19-07-2008, 08:31 PM #60
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Switched my desktop to linux last summer, so no longer need anti-virus there. Use Kaspersky suite on the laptop Haven't had a virus in years.
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02-08-2008, 11:57 PM #61
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I use nod 32 it covers most viruses, and it keeps its self to its self, Just get the odd pop up telling me its updated. did i mention its free too
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02-11-2008, 08:46 AM #62
Re: Anti virus software
I used Kaspersky Anti Virusversion 2009.
You can get free 100 days by using their promotion
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09-11-2008, 04:49 AM #63
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To my way of thinking; if I install several anti virus software if one doesn't catch the bug the other will. However, I was told that is not a good idea, it will slow down my system - which I beleived. I am also getting other conflicing advice - not sure if it is sound advice.
I would like to hear some of your opinions.Be Happy
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09-11-2008, 09:51 AM #64
Re: Anti virus software
Only run one AV if it's a constant background running program. Even one of them chews up a lot of system resources. Right now I'm using avast as a constant running program for anti virus. But I have installed many anti spyware type scanners as they are manual scanners, not always running in memory, (superantispyware, spybot, antimalware and MS's own defender), and clamwin for antivirus as I have mentioned before.
So I scan every so often with those manual spyware/malware scanners, plus online anti virus scanners if I feel that my one full time running antivirus isn't doing the job.
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13-11-2008, 10:38 AM #65
Re: Anti virus software
Trend Internet Security seems to be pretty good
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20-11-2008, 11:57 AM #66
Re: Anti virus software
There is quite a good guide here:
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/sho...virus-software
Gives details on free anti-virus and spyware programs.
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13-01-2009, 11:47 AM #67
Re: Anti virus software
I am a nod32 user too
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02-04-2009, 11:09 AM #68
Re: Anti virus software
NOD32 from www dot eset dot com
No reduction in performance.
No false positives.
Daily updates.
Very light on resources.
Nothing got through it yet.
I dare say I havn't seen it's equal.
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27-04-2009, 10:33 PM #69
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23-08-2009, 12:12 AM #70
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07-11-2009, 09:32 PM #71
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10-12-2009, 05:14 PM #72
Re: Anti virus software
I use several OS's for different reasons and found out that avast works good on 2Kpro, Mcaffee works good on XP and AVG is great on 7. No issues.
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10-12-2009, 06:20 PM #73
Re: Anti virus software
i started useing "bullguard" on a reccomendation from a friend in the know.
So far so good!
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04-01-2010, 07:28 AM #74
Re: Anti virus software
All of AV is good I think, as long as it up to date...
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05-01-2010, 04:23 AM #75
Re: Anti virus software
Everybody know SMADAV antivirus?
It 's Indonesian product. I use it. so far is OK.
I think no antivirus ferfect to protect all virus attack.
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08-03-2010, 12:28 PM #76
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i use Nod 32 from last two years, as its serial are readily available on torrentz .com and its uninstalling is also very eazy.. if u have any problem then u can uninstall.
Unlike norton its very difficult to unistall.
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18-04-2010, 02:56 AM #77
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I've voted for AVG but my real choice is Avast... wondering why its not included in the choice. For me it the best.
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18-04-2010, 04:21 PM #78
Re: Anti virus software
For those techies out there you might want to check out this site, which is very trustworthy:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/
As far as virus scanners, I'm with Paul. The free versions of these have to be updated manually but they are very good:
http://www.superantispyware.com/
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
I run these weekly.
For my real time scanner I use Webroot Spysweeper
http://www.webroot.com/En_US/consumer-products.html
get the 39.95 version, that is all you need. When you renew you can get the CD for another $5-6 but you don't need it. Although it is real-time, you should run a full scan weekly also, and it can be set to do that automatically if desired.
I'd also run Spybot as mentioned
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/
These recommendations are from techie friends who do this for a living. You definitely need to run more than one scanner.
If you have your business and finances on a computer, I would highly advise that you never go on-line with that computer, instead use a separate computer for on-line activities.
You should also consider cleaning your machine weekly using this (but don't use the registry cleaner utility):
http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner
Set it to automatically update, and clean before you scan, that way scanning will be faster.
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05-05-2010, 10:29 AM #79
Re: Anti virus software
i use smadav, is the best antivirus for indonesian users
u can visit here smadav.net
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10-11-2010, 01:29 PM #80
Re: Anti virus software
AVG free
Malware Bytes
SuperAnti Spyware
and Microsoft Security Essentials
use all 4 concurrently, they work great together, nothing gets through and they are light on using system resources
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23-04-2011, 08:44 PM #81
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I have been using Avast, NOD32 and AVG free, the latest years, and I have quite meny pc's of different types. I can not say which is the best, for sure, but I have ended up using AVG free on all PC's. It does what it should, without any problems.
If I buy a new PC and it comes with Norton, I allways remove Norton and install AVG. (Because of the way the Norton slows down the PC.)
By the way, not much new or revolusionary. I thing my conclusions is much the same as in the tread above.
By the way, I was using paid NOD32 for a period, and I was very pleased with this solution.
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08-05-2011, 01:50 PM #82
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Doing the same since around 2005, but still have ClamAV installed as well ( I might be supplying a file to a Windows box and it could be infected) and have not gotten many warnings, though I do like the site warnings you get from a Google search if the site is suspicious.