Anti virus? Or dont use protection?
nod32… not free tho… unless you know what to look for ;)
its a fairly light program that is easy on the resources.. easy to set up and use
As far as i know, the best anti-virus out there at the moment is Symantec’s Norton (according to some review i’ve read recently). It’s not free though, but there may be a free lite version available (not sure about that). As for me, I’m using Avira Antivir, which is completely free, except for one advertisement, which pops up everytime you start your PC – a pretty low price for one of the best anti-virus programs out there, if you ask me (it was ranked second, and last year even first, if i remember correctly). It’s pretty comfortable, doesn’t consume much hardware, and will detect most stuff. Only negative thing I can think of is that it has a relatively high rate of false positives, if you’re involved with warez and the likes. Gotta be careful there.
Additionally, I use Comodo firewall, which is (according to the same review) the best firewall atm. Plus, it’s totally free and even ad-free. Really can recommend that piece of software. Security options can be customized very well, so you can either have it running in the background without even noticing it, or you can make it prompt you every time a programs makes a suspicious move – if you prefer that ^^
I use an operating system called Debian. One of the many benefits is that I don’t need an anti-virus because 99% of malware runs on Windows. Don’t need a firewall either….
Thanks for all the suggestions everyone; will check out avira, mabye nod32 as well.
As to Debian, I am very familiar with it, have used it plenty; I just hate using it. But to each their own I suppose.
…U didn’t say that u’d check Comodo? :( That’s harsh…i consider it to be better than avira cuz its far less annoying…Avira just pops up…beeps…its ugly too >_> U should try Comodo also…
I use Avast! Free, it seems to work alright and doesn’t slow my system down the way that Norton used to.
If you have a router, the need for an anti-virus program is null.
However the thing you should be concerned with is spyware. With your “Account Control” setting on Windows 7 set to “Default” in the event you get attacked via a website, prior to the spyware installing the .dll file Windows Defender will alert you, you can then choose to abort the connection at that time.
One site that is notorious for hitting PC’s with spyware is Pirate Bay, Windows Defender works amazingly will on this site.
I use Avast Pro 4.8, I have a serial# that you can use if your interested just send me an e-mail. armyof1@armyof1.info
Edited: about 1 month ago
disinfecting computers… the only AV I have on my computers is Microsoft Security Essentials. I’m rather confident that I don’t have any viruses, as my laptop isn’t showing any of the usual signs. Removing adware, spyware, and the like used to be simple with Ad-Aware and Spybot, but now Ad-aware is pretty much more trouble than it’s worth. Spybot still works wonders, but I also use HijackThis and Killbox when getting rid of malware… that is, on other people’s computers.
So I just upgraded another one of my pc’s to win 7. Anyway, point is im sick of AVG free, and Im not really familiar with todays anti-virus software. AVG was all the talk back a few years ago, but i really have no idea which virus scanners are any good these days. Are there any good free ones out there?
Im fine with downloading one here, but… seems a bit odd downloading something that is used to check all of your other downloads, is it risky? On my other pc’s i simply dont bother with using protection, but this is the one i use for downloading most things, and also some so to say important work stuff. i can just use a junkbox for dl’s, but would rather have the convenience of using less pc’s.
All in all i am asking, what does everyone else use or recommend?