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.
I had good luck with AVG AntiVirus (http://free.avg.com/us-en/homepage).
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.
+1 for AVG. I use it for my AV and ZoneAlarm for my firewall.
Quote from: Greybriar on January 13, 2014, 10:06:59 AM
I had good luck with AVG AntiVirus (http://free.avg.com/us-en/homepage).
Same here. I like AVG.
Thanks everyone. I'll take a look at AVG. Consumer Reports suggests Avast is the best, so will try and compare them.
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.
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.
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.
QuoteComodo is a good product as well, and it's free to boot
+1
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.
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.
Russian pr0n will get ya every time.
It was Romanian pron, dammit. I prefer my nekkid Slavic babes with some duskiness to them.
Romulan porn is the most dangerous.
horta porn makes ya rock hard though.
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on January 14, 2014, 10:05:09 PM
horta porn makes ya rock hard though.
love those silicon nodules.
there is no topic we cant twist. ;D
Green girls are pretty hawt, too, so if anyone has an Orion site to share...
In the interests of keeping this thread derailed...
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Guys, this is fantastic how the thread morphed from antivirues to Orion girls.
Let's see where a new thread takes us, "where no man has gone before."
My vote is a thread on that very popular subject, Antidisestablishmentarianism.
These days you want one that runs in the cloud. If you PC is somehow infected it could hide itself deeper than any check run from your PC. By doing the scan from their servers they can get unpolluted data.
Got this today from my AV:
Infection detected: c:\program files (x86)\roma surrectum\installer\rsii_setup.exe [MD5: 3467E6B06A936D31A0218AB643EAC121] [3/00080000] [W32.Malware.Gen]
FYI