what do you guys use as your antivirus?

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8ace
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what do you guys use as your antivirus?

Post by 8ace »

getting tired of avast - keeps crashing... any recommendations? (XP x64)

thanks!
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Post by PacoLM »

Try www.Avira.com, for me the best free antivirus.
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Post by mastertheknife »

I don't use Windows but my family does. I first used AntiVir in their computers but over the years it became very annoying with all its new ads so i switched all machines to AVG Free 2011, works nicely so far.

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Post by punch-card »

Look at ClamWin or Microsoft Security Essentials .

I run ClamWin (http://www.clamav.net/lang/en/ ) on a netbook and when I build a system for people short on funds, I use MSE. Both are free, and no ad's.
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nikolamo
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Post by nikolamo »

I use ZenOK Free Security software and heres a really good free anti viris program called
superantispyware but don't think the free verison runs in the background so I use both

as for my firewall it's built in the router
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Post by DREMA »

+1 for Microsoft Security Essentials, good and low on resources
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Post by justin_ruch1180 »

Norton..:D
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Re: what do you guys use as your antivirus?

Post by wayneirw1 »

For winders :D users superantispyware and avg free together works well.
norton and most others are worthless. Believe me I fix microsoft garbage for a living.
Don't have to fix my own since I run linux :)
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Re: what do you guys use as your antivirus?

Post by kingofkya »

I have a much simpler solution for you. Make 2 accounts one limited one admin. Now google hide windows xp account; hide the admin. When there logged into the limited account and want to be a admin all they do is right click the application that needs admin -> then run as --> admin : pass
Prevents almost all explotes.


Another thing i do is disabble p2p traffic i haven had a virus issues in years. As well as disable any "anti-virus".
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Try , for me the best free antivirus.
well, i have tried, it's okay, good site.
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Jacob
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Post by Jacob »

Now and I always used Avast free Antivirus ...... :P

Its working is best and it has no extra load on my computer :P

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Post by reflection »

ClamAV would be my recommendation. It is maintained by SourceFire which created and owns Snort. Many others use the snort libraries for their security software and repackage it (like McAfee). It's opensource, it's cross platform, it's free, up-to-date, and consumes low resources.
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Post by Hockeytown777 »

The most popular antivirus programm for MC-users are MSE、avast and comodo internet security. I use avast.
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Post by Haundasa »

i haven had a virus issues in years. As well as disable any "anti-virus".
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Re: what do you guys use as your antivirus?

Post by abzstrak »

avast seldom if ever crashes on a stable system, I suspect you have another issue causing it.

That being said, do yourself a favor and get off of Windows... Linux, OSX, FreeBSD, ChromeOS,doesn't matter.... friends dont let friends use windows, its an admin headache.
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