Anti-Virus programs... i want your opionion!

Rakion · **Posted:** Fri Feb 15, 2008 1:30 pm

well since my mom's lap-top got infected with a virus, i was forced to got through drastic measures... going back to the old Pentium 3 computer -_-" . well it wasnt my fault.ok back to business.i got all my files on my USB or what ever it is called and i want to transfer all my files there to here. now i'm currently using the old BABY and i wasnt contented on AVG free edition, i want more... in-order for this computer to be safe, and to survive from any attack from the lap-top.

i need your opinion!...

well here is the specs:

listen to that OLD BABY PURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!

Edit:
btw i want you guys to post a link to your opinions about that certain Anti-virus program. i also like to add that bcoz i dont have money i need a A.V.P. that is free ... ok... tnx in advance

cin · **Posted:** Fri Feb 15, 2008 1:39 pm

avg
avast

those are the two i've been using past couple years.
lately just avg.

both of em are free, and seem to work fine.

whatever you do, try not to put any norton on the pc, that
will kill it.

;]

Rakion · **Posted:** Fri Feb 15, 2008 1:49 pm

currently downloading avast

BrokenSaint · **Posted:** Fri Feb 15, 2008 1:50 pm

Get Comodo Anti-Malware too. Most of the time the antivirus can't deal with spyware/malware that gets into your computer. Think of the antivrus as a detector and Comodo who destroys it. Best things about it is that it's free and it does real-time scanning in the background while you work. Did I mention it's only 1 mb?

Tasdik · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 13206 **Location:** Life

OMG I hate norton....so much

Isis · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 4171 **Location:**

I've been using BullGuard for a few years now

http://www.bullguard.com/

Krypt1c · **Joined:** Apr 2007 **Posts:** 239 **Location:**

kaspersky is the best

Jstar1 · **Joined:** Mar 2007 **Posts:** 4757 **Location:**

Tasdik wrote:

OMG I hate norton....so much

norton comes with sbcglobal and its farking pissing me off everytime they want to install some shit updates into my computer. it doens't even work

Sharp324 · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 4383 **Location:**

cin wrote:

whatever you do, try not to put any norton on the pc, that
will kill it.

;]

Not really. The new Anti-virus is a bit bloated with stuff but the corporate version is nice. The firewall though you would be better off with zonealarm.

Never had any problem with my norton for anything, never get infections. But this is the corporate version.

cin · **Posted:** Fri Feb 15, 2008 3:28 pm

Sharp324 wrote:

cin wrote:

whatever you do, try not to put any norton on the pc, that
will kill it.

;]

Not really. The new Anti-virus is a bit bloated with stuff but the corporate version is nice. The firewall though you would be better off with zonealarm.

Never had any problem with my norton for anything, never get infections. But this is the corporate version.

well my problem is, norton is like 10x heavier for my laptop than any of the free ones.
norton almost never updated, the free ones update virus libraries at least once a day.
norton sometimes randomly started scanning my laptop, making it slow as hell, even after
i turned off all automatic scans.

my biggest problem with norton is, norton never found shit on my laptop.
my harddisk crashed twice.

Morgoth · **Joined:** Feb 2006 **Posts:** 854 **Location:**

avast and comodo anti malware should do the trick

HOLLAstir · **Joined:** Aug 2007 **Posts:** 1637 **Location:** 206

I use Kaspersky =o

bLuE_fLaMe · **Joined:** Apr 2007 **Posts:** 629 **Location:**

viewtopic.php?f=12&t=42299&start=120

forth post down i've posted a free spyware removal program works great and last forever no trail versions, ^ read more has more features...

Morgoth · **Joined:** Feb 2006 **Posts:** 854 **Location:**

bLuE_fLaMe wrote:

http://www.silkroadforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=42299&start=120

forth post down i've posted a free spyware removal program works great and last forever no trail versions, ^ read more has more features...

mmmh.. that one is good overall i guess, but it couldnt pick up things that adaware personal could :roll:

bLuE_fLaMe · **Joined:** Apr 2007 **Posts:** 629 **Location:**

that program can also tell you when a certain program is trying to change
a certain system value and you have the option to deny it from doing so or proceeding, but its very fragile it will pick up you trying to update windows or other programs sometime but it helped me find out that a virus was trying to change something in system32 folder.

Reise · **Joined:** May 2006 **Posts:** 6650 **Location:**

Spybot SD, and set Firefox to delete cookies on closing.

darkmaster21 · **Joined:** Jul 2007 **Posts:** 2156 **Location:**

I use Avast! and I use Microsoft Windows Defender (Takes away Spyware, adware, any type of "ware"

).

bLuE_fLaMe · **Joined:** Apr 2007 **Posts:** 629 **Location:**

Reise wrote:

Spybot SD, and set Firefox to delete cookies on closing.

thats the way to go

bLuE_fLaMe · **Joined:** Apr 2007 **Posts:** 629 **Location:**

darkmaster21 wrote:

I use Avast! and I use Microsoft Windows Defender (Takes away Spyware, adware, any type of "ware"

).

you may use avast but you only get a 30day trial for free and then you have to pay of re-download, but yes very good program i do agree.

BrokenSaint · **Posted:** Sat Feb 16, 2008 6:11 am

bLuE_fLaMe wrote:

darkmaster21 wrote:

I use Avast! and I use Microsoft Windows Defender (Takes away Spyware, adware, any type of "ware"

).

you may use avast but you only get a 30day trial for free and then you have to pay of re-download, but yes very good program i do agree.

Are you talking about the free home edition? 'Cause it's free forever. o.O

bLuE_fLaMe · **Joined:** Apr 2007 **Posts:** 629 **Location:**

BrokenSaint wrote:

bLuE_fLaMe wrote:

darkmaster21 wrote:

I use Avast! and I use Microsoft Windows Defender (Takes away Spyware, adware, any type of "ware"

).

you may use avast but you only get a 30day trial for free and then you have to pay of re-download, but yes very good program i do agree.

Are you talking about the free home edition? 'Cause it's free forever. o.O

huh? when i dled like 6months ago it was a 30 day trial for me

BrokenSaint · **Posted:** Sat Feb 16, 2008 6:24 am

Actually they give you 60 days to activate your avast. All you have to do is register it and it becomes fully functional with updates and such. After you register, they'll send you a registraion key and that's the one you'll use to activate your avast through the splash screen (just open avast and you'll see it). Still free. It just needs to be registered.

bLuE_fLaMe · **Joined:** Apr 2007 **Posts:** 629 **Location:**

BrokenSaint wrote:

Actually they give you 60 days to activate your avast. All you have to do is register it and it becomes fully functional with updates and such. After you register, they'll send you a registraion key and that's the one you'll use to activate your avast through the splash screen (just open avast and you'll see it). Still free. It just needs to be registered.

what?! i went out there and bought Norton 360 for nothing..meh what the hey is was on sale for $40 CDN @ staples.

darkmaster21 · **Joined:** Jul 2007 **Posts:** 2156 **Location:**

Yes just goto the website, download Avast!, register for a e mail key code, type in key code at launch of Avast!, and then you have a 1 year full free version. All you have to do is re register every year xD

Rakion · **Posted:** Sat Feb 16, 2008 12:13 pm

i find avast very unique...kill it before it spawns minions!... LOL

i picked avast

, and as for anti-spy ware i'm currently using super anti-spyware program. well it helped me like a year now on the L.T.

tnx guys for your opinions it helped a lot

vindicated01 · **Joined:** May 2007 **Posts:** 1094 **Location:** XE

kaspersky is the best anti-virus .

XemnasXD · **Posted:** Sat Feb 16, 2008 12:57 pm

Kaspersky is the best but my Key stopped working and i don't feel like downloading the updated version and then steal that one so i just have the outdated anti-virus thing clogging up my compy...

when it was working though it was dead useful....

the.unseen. · **Joined:** Feb 2006 **Posts:** 1102 **Location:**

Nod 32, is the best Anti-virus. It's not free but it's easy to get(If you know what I mean).

Da_Realest · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 2435 **Location:**

I use Avast. It has yet to fail me.

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