If you are using Norton, etc then you are being scammed.
Use either avast for free or get Kaspersky or NOD32
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Well I only use trial versions and when they expire I download new software. You can go like this for about half a year until you have nothing to try from the most popular security software. And then, you can just reinstall the windows and use the trial versions again. This works for me 
I still plan to buy one of them, though. After I get past the micro stakes ♦
Originally posted by juodalksnis
Well I only use trial versions and when they expire I download new software. You can go like this for about half a year until you have nothing to try from the most popular security software. And then, you can just reinstall the windows and use the trial versions again. This works for meI still plan to buy one of them, though. After I get past the micro stakes ♦
You sound like someone i could get on with lol
Originally posted by juodalksnis
Well I only use trial versions and when they expire I download new software. You can go like this for about half a year until you have nothing to try from the most popular security software. And then, you can just reinstall the windows and use the trial versions again. This works for meI still plan to buy one of them, though. After I get past the micro stakes ♦
You realize that every time you uninstall a virus scanner a lot of the files are left behind and some parts of the program are still active which can conflict with your current program?
Originally posted by TobyCS
Originally posted by juodalksnis
Well I only use trial versions and when they expire I download new software. You can go like this for about half a year until you have nothing to try from the most popular security software. And then, you can just reinstall the windows and use the trial versions again. This works for me
I still plan to buy one of them, though. After I get past the micro stakes ♦You realize that every time you uninstall a virus scanner a lot of the files are left behind and some parts of the program are still active which can conflict with your current program?
They also clutter the registry and some times things stay resident which use up system resources
and slow down your computer.
This is a good thread to be floating around right now after what happened to Ihufa.
Originally posted by caltabiano
Gerv FTW:Awesome tips in there
Very good post by Gerv. I recommend reading it.
Originally posted by Hahaownedlolz
Originally posted by tokyoaces
Originally posted by 8979687
Eset is the nuts.Nod 32 or smart security for the whole package.
Very low resource usage and it kicks ass.
Been using it for a few years now.
This and nothing else.
AVG, Avast, McAfee ... you are better off using nothing at all.
I completely disagree. They do work. And don't forget if you actualy get a virus it's a 100% your fault.
If you careful with what you do on the internet and protect your computer even if they are free programs you should be fine.
No, honestly... before using AVG or McAfee you're better off without. They just slow your computer down to stupid levels and do actually worse then a virus.
I remember an event with McAfee, in the lan where I used to work, a pc got infected and McAfee itself got infected, eventually with an update McAfee started recognizing the virus and quarantined itself, with the result that I couldn't load the antivirus for removal as the antivirus didnt allow itself to load.
Took me hours to manually fix everything.
Install a decent one or don't install it at all.
Avira is probably the best free antivirus. Been using it for about 1 year now and I'm pretty happy with it. I used AVG before but Avira is better I think. McAffe is pretty horrible I would say. Just try Avira for a while...
@Degre i have used AVG so i know what your talking about.. althoughthat computer was very old. Haven't tried MCaffee
But avast is working fine for me.. i have no viruses nothing and no lagg. And the few times i did visit a suspicous webistes the programs i use to protect my computer took care of it flawlessly..
I never used one on my home PC, but it's not something I'll recommend easily to your average Joe... but honestly having to choose one, more then Avast I'll go for Nod. I admit I havent used it in a while, but I remember it being more kind to your machine, while I remember Avast as quite intrusive and annoying.
Yet again, havent touched an anitvirus in a while now, maybe they've improved it...
I'm currently testing Avast and I like it. It seems more complete compared to Avira. The scan seems to be a little slower but I don't think this is a big issue. I think I will dump Avira....
As I work for one of the Anti-Virus companies you are discussing here, I feel responsible to answer you as objective I can. You must understand that there is no %100 protection. Whatever program you choose, there will always be false positives, missed infected files. Todays, antivirus programs use static and dynamic heuristics as well as virus definitions, to determine if some file has derived from some known malware. When doing that they use special algorithms to check the structure of the file and find similarities, similar behaviors in how they work. If they find such similarities they mark as malware. I won't go in details. It is important to contact the technical support and send as much as suspicious files to antivirus program vendor's virus labs . As you can imagine, without the feedback, reports from the customers there is no way an antivirus company can detect all the viruses. It is technically not possible to get infected by all the malwares in the world in order to add them in the virus definitions from a virus lab. So that means someone has to be infected first (most malwares, rogue antivirus programs are being rewritten almost everyday, thus their structure maybe different from previous day) and when notices that he should immediately contact the technical support and ask for help. If you open the EULA (End User License Agreement) of any antivirus program you'll see that none of them guarantee %100 protection. Let me repeat with the current technology, there is no way to prevent malwares which will be written in the future.
The point is, how often one antivirus company updates its virus definitions and their program. Without cooperation on both sites world cannot be safer place. I would recommend you to try out all trial versions and see what is best for you. Everybody (including myself) wants a low system resource demanding, protective from all perspectives (Online surfing, email scanning, anti-spam for those who use email client, a resident threat detector, firewall, safe search results etc..). But some users are more experienced some not, some like how one program look, others not..
some like how one program look, others not..
QFT
If it doesn't look good then it ain't good ♦ Why else is Apple still in business?
Quite often a virus is just an annoying and time-consuming nuisance. IF it is beyond the users ken to remove it, it is generally enough to reset the computer to an earlier restore point. This of course may in turn require re-installation of recent updates.
I would also humbly suggest the following, not being in the least anywhere near expert.
When one joins a site, they generally enter their details, generate a username and either create a password or use password generator software to make one.
From what I've seen, because one may have many login sequences on numerous sites, once logged in they save the login page to 'favourites', thus negating the need to remember all those passwords, as one click will take them right to the 'Home Page.'
The user must bear in mind that they are storing their personal information in full view of a more seriously malicious virus, should they encounter one.
Suggestions;
1. Don't save logged in pages to 'favourites'
2. Create different passwords for each site. Don't be worried about remembering them all, just write them down, but I would also suggest you don't save them in a file on your computer.
Originally posted by gadget51
2. Create different passwords for each site. Don't be worried about remembering them all, just write them down, but I would also suggest you don't save them in a file on your computer.
I think Keepass is more secure than writing them down on paper personally
I don't know much about those types of software, perhaps you could enlighten as to there usefulness and safety for me? I have used hem but naively, so it would be appreciated.
