 The Best Anti-virus, What Do you think ? |
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 Apr 26 2008, 02:46 AM
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Newbie [Level 1]  Group: Members Posts: 19 Joined: 25-April 08 Member No.: 61,289  |
QUOTE(~Upnorf Cr3w~ @ Apr 25 2008, 04:35 PM)  Interesting posts. I too am not the keen on virus stuff but i suppose it all has to be done. The thing is it costs so much unless you can find a decent free one. Most of my mates use AVG and thats it. I have norton and it plays me about a little. Is AVG any good ? Yes, AVG is good. But IMHO Avast is even better. And it's free for personal and non-comercial users. You only have to register online (it's quick and painless as far as I can remember). It's only weak point is that it feels a little bit heavy on slow systems. But in most modern computers (1 Ghz+, 512Mb+) it should feel just fine. Hope to have helped. |
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Apr 28 2008, 07:18 AM
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Newbie [Level 1] Group: Members Posts: 17 Joined: 27-April 08 Member No.: 61,389 |
To everyone wanting to know to best of the best of Anti-virus Software is AVG Free Edition. Not only does it stop the sneakiest viruses it's also 100% Free no catch here's the link:
http://free.grisoft.com/ww.download?prd=afe |
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Apr 28 2008, 07:47 AM
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Member [Level 2] Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 80 Joined: 2-April 08 Member No.: 60,229 |
Well I use the norton bundle, anti-virus and firewall. I guess it works, yet again I have no way of knowing that. The problem with norton is that it slows down too much the system.
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Apr 29 2008, 05:42 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 9-February 08 Member No.: 57,593 |
The best anti-virus and firewall duo for me is AVG (free) and ZoneAlarm...
Both are free and get updated regulary.. Speacially AVG |
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Apr 29 2008, 06:19 PM
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Super Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 381 Joined: 1-December 05 From: Xempt..T17 GFX Crew Member No.: 15,202  |
QUOTE(MSTR @ Aug 4 2004, 06:51 AM) i use Zone Alarm Security Suite, with Norton Antivirus 2004 Pro dont like ZA's Antivirus, but its Firewall is really good! I also use Norton antivirus as well on my main computer back at home, every time I get some sort of threat or virus it is quarantined and deleted promptly. Also as of right now I don't really need to worry about viruses, in fact I don't even need antivirus software because I have a Macbook. On a sidenote I recommend Macintosh's for all whom only browse the net and don't play video games etc. |
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May 15 2008, 05:53 AM
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Newbie [Level 1] Group: Members Posts: 19 Joined: 15-May 08 From: Port Byron, Illinois Member No.: 62,155 |
I'm no expert either but in my experience I think Zone Alarm, Kaspersky, Avast, and others are the best. They aren't overloaded on system resources, and have good decetion rates, plus the scan speed isn't that bad.
I've used Mcafee before... It was horrible. All it ever found were a few cookies. It was heavy on sytem resources. I just didn't feel safe using it. Norton was also bad. Never detected anything. I don't reccomend it. I've used Trend Micro before, It came with my new PC, but I instantly uninstalled it because I had already had a security suite from my past computer. |
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May 17 2008, 12:21 AM
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Newbie [Level 1] Group: Members Posts: 19 Joined: 15-May 08 From: Port Byron, Illinois Member No.: 62,155 |
I've been using Zone Alarm for a few months now and I really like it. Good detection rates, very good firewall, updates regularly, great protection, and it's not heavy on system resources. It also integrates well with other security products you may have, Well tries to, depends if the other product will integrate easy too. I've tried several others that just didn't work for me such as Mcafee, Norton, AVG, Avast etc... (Well some are) It's not that their horrible, but they just didn't suit my needs.
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May 17 2008, 01:11 AM
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Super Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 492 Joined: 14-November 05 From: Britannia! Member No.: 14,287 |
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 7.5
COMODO Firewall Professional Two completely free choices, which are ultra-effective, ultra-secure and updated frequently. Need I say any more? |
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May 17 2008, 02:24 AM
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Advanced Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 142 Joined: 10-May 08 From: Central California Member No.: 61,933 |
I have Antivir on my pc. Works great and it's free on download.com. Norton is annoying and doesn't catch everything it should. My PC tech buddies like to install either Antivir or Avast on customer machines. If the techs like it then it's good enough for me. I like a non intrusive antivirus and Norton and ZA are not that. Also, I would never send spam, I never open attachments, or even download them, and waiting for Norton to scan my outgoing emails is obnoxious. Antivir just does its job. Sweet.
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