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besilarius

January 13, 2014, 08:14:10 AM
Hey, guys, looking for a new anti virus/malware/protection software.  Any recommendations?
There was, somewhere on the forums, a thread with info about free programs, but cannot locate that either.
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.  Had Norton, and it's not really satisfying at some level.  Like to find something else.
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Greybriar

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January 13, 2014, 10:06:59 AM
I had good luck with AVG AntiVirus.
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bob48

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January 13, 2014, 10:14:41 AM
We've been using AVG AV and AVG system tune up for quite a few years. Seems to do the job fine and can't recall ever having any bother with it.
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January 13, 2014, 10:29:43 AM
+1 for AVG. I use it for my AV and ZoneAlarm for my firewall.
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Martok

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January 13, 2014, 10:32:11 AM
Quote from: Greybriar on January 13, 2014, 10:06:59 AM
I had good luck with AVG AntiVirus.
Same here.  I like AVG. 

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besilarius

#5
January 14, 2014, 07:28:40 AM
Thanks everyone.  I'll take a look at AVG.  Consumer Reports suggests Avast is the best, so will try and compare them.
"Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out until too late that he's been playing with two queens all along".  Terry Pratchett.

During filming of Airplane, Leslie Nielsen used a whoopee cushion to keep the cast off-balance. Hays said that Nielsen "played that thing like a maestro"

Tallulah Bankhead: "I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late, start without me."

"When all other trusts fail, turn to Flashman." — Abraham Lincoln.

"I have enjoyed very warm relations with my two husbands."
"With your eyes closed?"
"That helped."  Lauren Bacall

Master Chiefs are sneaky, dastardly, and snarky miscreants who thrive on the tears of Ensigns and belly dancers.   Admiral Gerry Bogan.

BanzaiCat

#6
January 14, 2014, 07:45:00 AM
Comodo is a good product as well, and it's free to boot. I had an IT guy I trust recommend it highly to me.

mirth

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January 14, 2014, 08:54:35 AM
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on January 14, 2014, 07:45:00 AM
Comodo is a good product as well, and it's free to boot. I had an IT guy I trust recommend it highly to me.

NEVER trust an IT guy.
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Martok

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January 14, 2014, 03:28:10 PM
Quote from: besilarius on January 14, 2014, 07:28:40 AM
Thanks everyone.  I'll take a look at AVG.  Consumer Reports suggests Avast is the best, so will try and compare them.
Avast is pretty good too.  However, I found it to be significantly more...obtrusive.  I initially had Avast installed on both halves of my computer, and it was constantly nagging me:  To run a scan, to check for (and download) updates, to fork over umpteen dollars to acquire their "premium" version, etc.  It was damn irritating, and I switched back to AVG after only a couple months. 

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"I like to think of it not as an excuse but more like Pavlovian Response." - Sir Slash

"At our ages, they all look like jailbait." - mirth

"If we had lines here that would have crossed all of them. For the 1,077,986th time." - Gusington

"Government is so expensive that it should at least be entertaining." - airboy

"As long as there's bacon, everything will be all right." - Toonces

Grimnirsson

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January 14, 2014, 04:12:56 PM
QuoteComodo is a good product as well, and it's free to boot

+1
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January 14, 2014, 04:28:53 PM
Quote from: Martok on January 14, 2014, 03:28:10 PM
Quote from: besilarius on January 14, 2014, 07:28:40 AM
Thanks everyone.  I'll take a look at AVG.  Consumer Reports suggests Avast is the best, so will try and compare them.
Avast is pretty good too.  However, I found it to be significantly more...obtrusive.  I initially had Avast installed on both halves of my computer, and it was constantly nagging me:  To run a scan, to check for (and download) updates, to fork over umpteen dollars to acquire their "premium" version, etc.  It was damn irritating, and I switched back to AVG after only a couple months.

Avast seems to have recently upped the annoyance ante and I'm getting a little tired of it but on the other hand with Avast and Spybot I have had no problems in many, many years.
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#11
January 14, 2014, 07:00:09 PM
Quote from: mirth on January 14, 2014, 08:54:35 AM
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on January 14, 2014, 07:45:00 AM
Comodo is a good product as well, and it's free to boot. I had an IT guy I trust recommend it highly to me.

NEVER trust an IT guy.

Well, this one I do. He runs his own company in New York and does a lot of troubleshooting. He's helped me out of numerous jams.

GDS_Starfury

#12
January 14, 2014, 07:06:24 PM
Russian pr0n will get ya every time.
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#13
January 14, 2014, 07:24:16 PM
It was Romanian pron, dammit. I prefer my nekkid Slavic babes with some duskiness to them.

mirth

#14
January 14, 2014, 08:27:22 PM
Romulan porn is the most dangerous.
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"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus
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