TheEPICtrainrider Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 What's the best Anti-Virus Software out their? I'm asking this because my father spends about 100 dollars a year on the stuff and is usually disappointing. A Note To All Mac & Linux users: Shut up before I make a virus for you to be scared of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDoctor Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 It's called.....LINUX. Serousally. It's your best chance of not getting viruses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cirevam Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 It's called.....LINUX. Get a life. Epic, I use a combination of AVG Free and Spybot Search & Destroy and I don't have many problems. Trend Micro House Call is another good one, though that's an online scanner. It picks up some things that AVG doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEPICtrainrider Posted April 25, 2010 Author Share Posted April 25, 2010 It's called.....LINUX. That's it. I'm going to make a Linux to shut you all up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aLPHA Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 I us AVG the full edition which is $50 a year and $100 to join I think. Catches 'em all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDeath Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 i use nortan 360v4 and i have never had a problem plus n360v4 keeps the basic matinance under control as well ex.(defrag, reg clean, and other matinance things) it works great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartvbl Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 I hate norton. Because its antivirus things sux. You could compare it to a placebo: you pay for having the feeling of having a secure computer. I use Avast! free. It does its job: it scans my comp0puter now and then, watches my back while I surf the net, and got some features like a mail filter and IM file filter as well. So it is good enough for me. I also have this little add-on called McAfee SiteAdvisor". I would certainly recommend it to anyone that does not feel completely safe on the web. It tells you exactly if they have found viruses on the website, or links to websites that contained virus downloads. This gives a very good impression of how safe the website is you are dealing with. If the website is really dangerous it blocks complete access. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrem Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 I install Avast! on all computers I work on. It quite a good anit-virus and picks stuff up even some of the big ones don't. However myself, I use Panda Cloud Anti-virus. It's made to use minimal computer resources and it works well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle98 Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 A Note To All Mac & Linux users: Shut up before I make a virus for you to be scared of. Don't worry Epic, from my experience on this Mac it's just a vunerable as my Windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apemax Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 I use Avast! free too and Malwarebytes Anti-Malware so if one doesn't pick a virus up then there's a good chance that the other one will. I also use the WOT web browser add-on. it tell's you the site's reputation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McJobless Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 I use "Spybot S&D" as well as "Hijack This". Hijack allows you to see all the things running on your computer...particually good at decting viruses. It helped me get rid of the "Interval Hehe" Virus (It exists, google it, and see what I had to do to get rid of it...). They are both free, but Its your own choice to what you want to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrem Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 "Spybot S&D" That's like a requirement on all PC's I work on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDeath Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 the main one i use are N360v4 WOT Site advisor Malware bytes and of course ccleaner(i know its not antivirus but it clean up everything) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argiflex Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 I use a mixture of backing up important data, not having much important data, avoiding shady websites, being really careful with torrents, and AVG for my virus protection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amauros Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 I use Avast. Haven't had any problems with viruses at all. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lair Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 I use webroot. Good program... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acmex Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 Now that I've finally dumped the outdated F-Secure that I had on my laptop, I'm using Avast! Free. No problems so far, but that would probably be because I'm CAREFUL where I browse. Also, Linux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redacted Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 KASPERSKY ANTI VIRUS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amauros Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 Kaspersky is a good one. Zonealarm is also a good one. But I still like Avast better. :satisfied: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anonymouse Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Also, Linux yey I actually use no anti-virus and haven't had any virus-inflicted problems. (yes, on windows) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amauros Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Virus is often a general term used to describe any program harmful to your computer... the correct term would be Malware. There are many different kinds of Malware, malicious software, and some are designed to hide and be undetectable to the user. Spyware is the most common type that is designed to "hide" itself. It's job is to determine what kind of computer you have, what software you have, and/or what websites you visit. Usually, spyware doesn't do any direct harm to your computer, and uses very little memory and cpu processing power. So Anon, just because you don't have any issues with virus-inflicted problems, doesn't mean you don't have any issues with spyware-inflicted problems. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anonymouse Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 So Anon, just because you don't have any issues with virus-inflicted problems, doesn't mean you don't have any issues with spyware-inflicted problems. Whatever. I have no malware-inflicted problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amauros Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 I have a hard time believing that on a unprotected windows os. >_> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anonymouse Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 I have a hard time believing that on a unprotected windows os. Same... Heck, the installation CD for the other copy of winxp that I used seemed to have been infected it was so slow... thank god I've got a better one now. Though I don't understand why different copies should work differently well >.< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amauros Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 You can download a 30 day trial of the full version of Avast (Internet Security) from Avast.com. It's pretty freaken sweet, I'm actually considering buying it. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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