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Posted by RapidFire on Feb-25-2010 23:01:

anti-virus programs

anyone know of a solid one? I had AVG for the longest time and I still managed to rack up a bunch of Trojans. managed to get rid of a few with Dr. Web but even that has a 30 day trial. if you guys could point me to a good free anti-virus that would be perfect. thanks!

Posted by yukii on Feb-25-2010 23:02:

maleware bytes

Posted by leph555 on Feb-25-2010 23:03:

quit ordering the cheap viagra that Mr. Smith keeps offering you

Posted by RapidFire on Feb-25-2010 23:06:

quote:
Originally posted by yukii
maleware bytes

thanks man ill check it out.

quote:
Originally posted by leph555
quit ordering the cheap viagra that Mr. Smith keeps offering you

but its just so tempting

Posted by Jarvmeister on Feb-25-2010 23:08:

Never used an AV program in my life, never had one virus.

How do I know?

I periodically scan my PC during moments of paranoia, with something like Trend's free online scanning util, but have never had an ANTI virus program.

I can spot a potential virus threat a mile off. I hate AV programs, since they always have an impact on system performance, which is the only reason I won't use them.

A good rule of thumb is to remember that an AV program will never make you invincible.

Kaspersky is a product I resell, and I promote it on the basis that it is reported to have the least impact on system performance of all the main players.

Buy Norton and you may as well pour glue into your system processor.

Edit: those that are suggesting Malware Bytes: It's great from recovering from a situation where you have been f*cked in the ring by some horrible malware, but it's not an Anti Virus program, even the chargeable one. Do not rely on this to keep you out of trouble, rely on it to get you out of trouble.

Posted by edubbz on Feb-25-2010 23:33:

avast

Posted by Danny Ocean on Feb-25-2010 23:36:

NOD32 for windows..

Posted by bas on Feb-25-2010 23:37:

Get a Mac.

Posted by DJ Mikey Mike on Feb-26-2010 00:01:

NOD32 is an incredible piece of software.

Free as well If you steal it...

Posted by RapidFire on Feb-26-2010 00:38:

and steal I shall.

nice suggestions so far , . I'll give em a try

Posted by SPACEMASTERS on Feb-26-2010 03:48:

quote:
Originally posted by bas
Get a Mac.

+1

Posted by Sunsnail on Feb-26-2010 03:59:

i use avast

Posted by Danny Ocean on Feb-26-2010 04:00:

hes asking for an anti-virus, not if he should buy another computer.
It's easy and pointless to recommend getting a mac, since if hasn't been living in the moon, he's probably aware they aren't as vulnerable to viruses as a PC. He's also probably aware of their pricing. Which is why he is asking for an anti-virus.

NOD32 is the best though, i used it on my PC. Even if you fail at getting it free, it's better than the others if you have to buy it. It barely used resources or was intrusive like, Norton for example.
AVG is decent if you can't get the other in my opinion.

Posted by Thierry on Feb-26-2010 04:03:

I use avast and its great

Posted by Viber on Feb-26-2010 13:31:

Im using Avira after a small research ive made, it takes a small amount of resources,has a good reputation and its free.

AVAST is one of the best AV programs out there for spotting threats ,but it is really poor in handeling them.

Posted by boris_the_bear on Feb-26-2010 13:45:

quote:
Originally posted by Viber
Im using Avira after a small research ive made, it takes a small amount of resources,has a good reputation and its free.

same here. been using it for over a year and zero complaints

Posted by Lunar Phase 7 on Feb-26-2010 16:01:

Does anyone know of any on-line file scanner?

My PC is dog old and it's slow as fuck theses days (Athlon 64, 512MB RAM) so until I can buy a beat I am thinking of sacking AV off and only using an on-line file scanner when I download zip, etc. Also saves update hassle and start up time, etc.

Pointers?

Posted by Viber on Feb-26-2010 16:54:

quote:
Originally posted by Lunar Phase 7
Does anyone know of any on-line file scanner?

My PC is dog old and it's slow as fuck theses days (Athlon 64, 512MB RAM) so until I can buy a beat I am thinking of sacking AV off and only using an on-line file scanner when I download zip, etc. Also saves update hassle and start up time, etc.

Pointers?

http://www.kaspersky.com/scanforvirus

Posted by woscar on Feb-26-2010 16:55:

quote:
Originally posted by bas
Get a Mac.

Posted by PivotTechno on Feb-26-2010 18:37:

+1 Avira

Posted by Cloudburst on Feb-26-2010 21:52:

Just installed win7 so I decided to try out (microsoft) security essentials.

Posted by Ian on Feb-26-2010 22:50:

quote:
Originally posted by bas
Get a Mac.

there goes my sympathy for your team this season!

Posted by Gen3r4l1ty on Feb-26-2010 23:03: